BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen pledged on Thursday to create “a true European Defence Union” over the next five years, with flagship projects on air and cyber defence, if she wins a second term. “Member States will always retain responsibility for their own troops, from doctrine to deployment,” von der …
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By Joseph Ax, Nathan Layne and Gram Slattery MILWAUKEE (Reuters) -Donald Trump’s vice presidential running mate, U.S. Senator J.D. Vance, presented himself to the nation on Wednesday night as the son of a neglected industrial Ohio town who will fight for the working class if elected in November. In chronicling his hardscrabble journey from a …
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(Reuters) – Air defence units downed a drone over an eastern suburb of Kyiv on Wednesday, but falling debris caused no damage on the ground, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said. Klitschko, writing on the Telegram messaging app, said rescue crews dispatched to the Darnitskyi district of the capital, found no damage or casualties. (Reporting by Ron …
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PARIS (Reuters) -A car drove into the terrace of a cafe in the 20th arrondissement in northern Paris on Wednesday evening, leaving one dead and six injured, including three in a critical state, police said. Police said the driver of the vehicle fled the scene. There was one passenger in the car, who tested positive …
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By Kurt Hall PARIS (Reuters) -Some 45,000 police will secure the Paris Olympics’ July 26 opening ceremony, with over 100 heads of state and government set to attend, a senior official said on Wednesday, adding no changes were planned after the weekend attack on Donald Trump. The ceremony, staged for the first time outside a …
By Nidal al-Mughrabi CAIRO (Reuters) -Israeli forces hit areas in the central Gaza Strip on Wednesday, killing at least nine Palestinians, according to health officials, while Israeli tanks carried out a limited advance further into Rafah in the south. Over the past 24 hours, Israeli strikes have killed at least 81 Palestinians and wounded 198, …
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By Marine Strauss BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The late French Catholic priest Abbe Pierre, a lifelong campaigner for the homeless and the poor, has been accused of sexual assault, the charities he founded said, adding they believed the accusations and stood by the victims of abuse. Seven women, including one minor at the time, had reported …
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By Maria Martinez and Holger Hansen BERLIN (Reuters) -Germany plans to halve its military aid to Ukraine next year, despite concerns that U.S. support for Kyiv could potentially diminish if Republican candidate Donald Trump returns to the White House. German aid to Ukraine will be cut to 4 billion euros ($4.35 billion) in 2025 from …
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By Sinead Cruise, Lawrence White LONDON (Reuters) -When Georges Elhedery took a six-month break from HSBC in 2022, some feared he had called time on a 17-year stint at the Asia-focused lender. But two years on, the novice Mandarin-speaker is just weeks away from becoming chief executive. The Lebanese-born banker, appointed on Wednesday to succeed …
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By Mark Trevelyan LONDON (Reuters) – Four decades ago, the United States deployed cruise and Pershing II nuclear missiles in Europe to counter Soviet SS-20s – a move that stoked Cold War tensions but led within years to a historic disarmament deal. “We can be proud of planting this sapling, which may one day grow …
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