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By Catarina Demony, Corina Pons and Doyinsola Oladipo LISBON/MADRID (Reuters) – Residents near the port of Lisbon and elsewhere hope plug-in infrastructure can take some of the pain out of sharing their cities with cruise ships that belch out fumes while pleasure-seeking passengers see the sights. European Union rules designed to reduce carbon emissions have …

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BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Tuesday expressed concern over the political situation in France, where Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally came out well ahead in a first-round vote of national snap elections. The comments mark the first time Scholz, a Social Democrat, has expressed a clear political preference with regard to …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and the Ukrainian president’s chief of staff, Andriy Yermak, on Tuesday discussed NATO members’ intention to bring Ukraine closer to the alliance, State Department deputy spokesperson Vedant Patel said. Their meeting in Washington came before a NATO summit in the U.S. capital next week, at which …

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By Crispian Balmer ROME (Reuters) – Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni told her Brothers of Italy party on Tuesday that it should expunge from its ranks anyone who idolises Italy’s fascist past. Her call came after an undercover media investigation last week released a video of members of her party’s youth wing making fascist salutes and …

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(Reuters) – Russia is aiming to create the four-module core of its planned new orbital space station by 2030, its Roscosmos space agency said on Tuesday. The head of Roscosmos, Yuri Borisov, signed off on the timetable with the directors of 19 enterprises involved in creating the new station. The agency confirmed plans to launch …

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AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Dutch anti-Islam populist Geert Wilders saw ministers from his party sworn in for the first time ever on Tuesday, as the Netherlands’ new right-wing government was installed almost a year after the previous administration resigned. Far right leader Wilders, the clear winner of last year’s general election, will not be part of …

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ATHENS (Reuters) – Greek firefighters battled a blaze on the island of Kos for a second day on Tuesday, as hundreds of tourists and locals who had been forced to evacuate overnight returned to their hotels and homes. As the wildfire reached the seaside village of Kardamaina overnight, people took refuge in a sports centre …

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