BERLIN (Reuters) – The NATO air base in the German town of Geilenkirchen remained at high alert on Friday, a spokesperson said, after the security level was raised overnight “based on intelligence information indicating a potential threat”. “We are still at Charlie,” a spokesperson for the base told Reuters, referring to the second-highest of four …
By Jarrett Renshaw CHICAGO (Reuters) – In a roundtable discussion at this week’s Democratic National Convention, presidential candidate Kamala Harris’ senior policy adviser Brian Nelson was peppered with questions about the policies at the heart of her campaign. Will Harris try to revive the Iran nuclear deal? How will she pay for expanded child tax …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia accused Ukraine on Friday of trying to attack the Kursk nuclear power station overnight in what it called an act of “nuclear terrorism”, days before the head of the U.N. atomic watchdog is due to visit the site. The Ukrainian defence ministry did not immediately respond to a request for comment on …
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(Refiles to fix byline formatting, no changes to text) By Dan Peleschuk and Serhii Chalyi KYIV/ZAPORIZHZHIA (Reuters) -Ukraine’s newly minted judges have waited years to be hired and know they must create trust in the courts for the country’s European aspirations to be realised. “Morally, you need always to be thinking about the fact that …
By Nandita Bose, Jeff Mason and Doina Chiacu CHICAGO (Reuters) -Vice President Kamala Harris formally accepted the Democratic nomination for president on Thursday with a rousing call to end the war in Gaza and to fight tyranny around the world, drawing a sharp contrast with Republican Donald Trump. “In the enduring struggle between democracy and …
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Belgian politician Bart De Wever, appointed by King Philippe to lead coalition talks following the country’s June election, resigned on Thursday, the palace said. “The King has accepted his resignation and will start consultations tomorrow with the chairmen of the five parties participating in the government negotiations,” the palace said in a …
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BERLIN (Reuters) – The NATO air base in the German town of Geilenkirchen has raised its security level based on intelligence information indicating a potential threat, it said late on Thursday. “All non-mission essential staff have been sent home as a precautionary measure,” the base said in a statement on the social media platform X, …
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By Andrew Osborn MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia’s FSB security service said on Thursday it had opened a criminal case against a journalist working for CNN who it said had illegally crossed the Russian border to film a report inside the Kursk region after a Ukrainian cross-border incursion. The FSB named the journalist as Nick Paton Walsh, …
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By Jasper Ward and Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – An Arizona man is wanted after threatening over social media to kill former President Donald Trump, the Cochise County Sheriff’s Office said on Thursday. Donald Trump, the Republican nominee for president, is in Cochise County as he visits the U.S. border with Mexico as part of …
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KYIV (Reuters) – Russian drone attacks killed two civilians and wounded a third on Thursday in Ukraine’s Sumy region, on the border with Russia, the regional administration said in a statement. Sumy region neighbours Russia’s Kursk region, where Ukrainian troops have been mounting an incursion since earlier this month. (Writing by Christian Lowe; editing by …
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