KYIV (Reuters) – An abnormal heatwave seen in Ukraine in the last few weeks will begin to ease on Thursday making way for rain in most of the country, the state weather forecaster said on Wednesday. Record high temperatures have had a negative impact on Ukraine’s grain and oilseed crops and led to widespread electricity …
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WARSAW (Reuters) – A former Polish deputy justice minister who was detained in a probe into the misuse of public funds was released late on Tuesday after the president of a European rights assembly said he had immunity as a member of the body. The pro-European government of Donald Tusk says it has opened the …
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By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union’s goals to produce and import green hydrogen fuel are unrealistic and unlikely to be met despite billions of euros in funding, the European Court of Auditors (ECA) said on Wednesday. The European Commission has set out targets to produce up to 10 million tonnes of renewable …
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Europe’s second-top court on Wednesday said the European Commission did not give the public sufficient access to the purchase agreements for COVID-19 vaccines during the pandemic, upholding a challenge brought by EU lawmakers against the EU executive’s handling of the deals. The EU executive signed a number of large contracts to secure vaccines …
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By Alexandra Ulmer, Gram Slattery and Nathan Layne MILWAUKEE (Reuters) -Donald Trump’s former leading rivals for the Republican presidential nomination, Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis, offered full-throated endorsements of his candidacy at the party’s convention on Tuesday, a display of unity three days after Trump survived an assassination attempt. Haley, who had described Trump as …
PARIS (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron spoke on Tuesday with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, Qatar’s Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani and Bahrain’s King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa to discuss the conflict between Israel and Hamas, said Macron’s office. WHY IT’S IMPORTANT France is a United Nations Security Council permanent member and the …
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By Andrew Gray, Andreas Rinke and John Irish BRUSSELS (Reuters) – In February, Europe’s political and foreign policy elite heard directly from Senator J.D. Vance on his opposition to military aid for Ukraine and his blunt warning that Europe will have to rely less on the United States to defend the continent. If those comments …
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(Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy urged parliament on Tuesday to pass legislation that would define procedures to strip “traitors” of state awards previously bestowed on them, including the country’s highest honours. Zelenskiy, in his nightly video address, named no individuals that would be subject to the proposed legislation to alter Ukraine’s criminal code. He …
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By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Hatem Khaled CAIRO/GAZA (Reuters) – Israeli forces battled Hamas-led fighters in several parts of the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, and Palestinian health officials said at least 57 people were killed in Israeli bombardments of southern and central areas. The Palestinian Islamist militant group Hamas has accused Israel of stepping up attacks …
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By Kate Abnett and Marta Fiorin STRASBOURG (Reuters) – The European Parliament’s organising body will discuss how the institution will engage with Hungary while it holds the EU’s rotating presidency, the head of the bloc’s legislature said on Tuesday, following criticism of Prime Minister Viktor Orban. Orban drew rebukes from other European Union countries and …
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