Dec 15 (Reuters) – A woman from Slovakia was killed during a mass shooting at a Jewish celebration at Sydney’s famed Bondi Beach in Australia on Sunday, Slovak President Peter Pellegrini said on Monday. “Already yesterday, I unequivocally condemned the brutal, deadly attack… Today, that grief has reached Slovakia as well — among the victims …
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FRANKFURT, Dec 15 (Reuters) – Euro zone industrial output growth accelerated in October, bolstering views that the bloc is picking up momentum as trade uncertainty is dissipating, the labour market remains tight and consumption is inching up. Industry expanded by 0.8% on the month after a 0.2% increase in September, in line with expectations, data …
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ATHENS, Dec 15 (Reuters) – Greek police have arrested five suspected members of an international crime ring trafficking an estimated seven tonnes of cocaine from Venezuela to Europe on a Greek-operated fishing vessel, two police officials said on Monday. The arrests, in various parts of Greece, follow an investigation launched in cooperation with the U.S. …
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BUCHAREST, Dec 15 (Reuters) – A sixth day of protests calling for a clean-up of the Romanian judiciary was expected on Monday, after thousands took to the streets of the capital Bucharest and other cities on Sunday to support judges and prosecutors denouncing systemic abuses. Roughly 700 Romanian judges and prosecutors have signed an open …
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PARIS, Dec 15 (Reuters) – France’s Louvre museum in Paris will remain closed all of Monday after its staff voted in favour of a strike, union representatives told BFM TV. (Reporting by Dominique Vidalon, writing by Louise Breusch Rasmussen, editing by Benoit Van Overstraeten)
PRAGUE, Dec 15 (Reuters) – New Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis’ government took power on Monday following an October election victory, in a shift likely to weaken the country’s support for Ukraine and bolster the European Union’s populist right-wing flank. Babis, a 71-year-old billionaire, is returning to power after four years in opposition at the …
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DUBAI, Dec 15 (Reuters) – Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi was taken to the hospital emergency room twice after suffering blows from security forces who arrested her on December 12, her family told the Narges Foundation on Monday. The human rights activist won the award whilst in prison in 2023, following her three-decade campaign …
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BERLIN, Dec 15 – Germany will offer refuge to Maria Kalesnikava and Viktar Babaryka, two prominent Belarusian opposition leaders freed at the weekend after more than five years in prison, Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt said. Dobrindt told broadcaster ARD that Berlin had a “great interest” in strengthening Belarus’ democracy movement in exile. “That is why …
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By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY, Dec 15 (Reuters) – The deadly attack on a Jewish festival at a famed Australian beach has deepened diplomatic tensions between Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and his Israeli counterpart, as domestic pressure mounted for his government to respond to antisemitism. Albanese called for unity on Monday and said his government was …
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MOSCOW, Dec 15 (Reuters) – The Russian Defence Ministry said on Monday that its air defence units had shot down 130 Ukrainian drones overnight, 15 of which were headed for Moscow. Sergei Sobyanin, the mayor of Moscow, said that four more Ukrainian drones en route to the capital had been brought down on Monday morning …
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