ROME (Reuters) – An Italian appeals court overturned a 2021 ruling convicting 37 people and three firms for deadly pollution linked to the former Ilva steelworks on Friday and ordered a retrial, ANSA news agency said. The ex-Ilva site, once the largest steel producer in Europe, has for more than 10 years been embroiled in …
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By Phil Stewart, Jonathan Landay and Matt Spetalnick WASHINGTON (Reuters) – As the U.S. and Britain discuss allowing Ukraine to use Western weapons to strike deep within Russia, some U.S. officials are deeply skeptical that doing so would make a significant difference in Kyiv’s battle against Russian invaders. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer arrived in …
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ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece said on Friday it would give a three-year tax break to homeowners who convert their short-term rentals to long ones, becoming the latest European country to clamp down on holiday lets to tackle a housing shortage. Europe’s short-term rental boom has already prompted tourism hotspots such as Spain’s Canary Islands, Lisbon, …
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RAFAH, Gaza (Reuters) – The Israeli army took reporters on Friday to tunnels uncovered by troops in southern Gaza, including the entrance to the underground chamber where the bodies of six Israeli hostages killed by Hamas were recovered on Sept. 1. The military did not allow reporters into the tunnel, in the Tel al-Sultan area …
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By Olena Harmash KYIV (Reuters) -President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Friday Ukraine’s incursion into Russia’s border region of Kursk had produced the desired result of slowing Moscow’s advance on another front in the east of his country. Zelenskiy told a conference in Kyiv that Russia’s counterattack in the Kursk region had also had no major …
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By Simon Lewis WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Countries should treat the activities of Russian state broadcaster RT as they do covert intelligence operations, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Friday as he unveiled new sanctions aimed at alleged Russian overseas influence campaigns. The United States last week filed money-laundering charges against two employees of RT …
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OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada fully supports Ukraine using long-range weaponry to “prevent and interdict Russia’s continued ability to degrade Ukrainian civilian infrastructure”, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Friday. Trudeau told reporters that Russian President Vladimir Putin was trying to deeply destabilize the international rules-based order and added: “That’s why Canada and others are unequivocal …
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By Doina Chiacu WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States is not planning to announce any new policy on Ukraine and the use of long-range missiles on Friday, the White House said. “There is no change to our view on the provision of long range strike capabilities for Ukraine to use inside of Russia,” White House …
(Reuters) -Ukraine’s government has approved the 2025 draft budget, which has a strong focus on defence spending, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said on Friday. Shmyhal, writing on the Telegram messaging app, said the draft, to be submitted to parliament, provided for 2 trillion hryvnias ($48.2 billion)in revenues and 3.6 trillion hryvnias in expenditures. The draft, …
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ATHENS (Reuters) – Greek authorities have arrested a 40-year-old Turkish national who is a suspected member of a criminal gang operating in Turkey, police said in a statement on Friday. The man was arrested on the island of Chios on Wednesday for carrying false, Italian identification documents and for illegal gun possession, police said. A …
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