By Inti Landauro, Crispian Balmer and Marek Strzelecki MADRID/ROME/WARSAW (Reuters) -While attention in the European Parliament elections has focused on far-right gains, some anti-establishment and outspoken candidates from the left and right are set to take up their seats. Here is a selection of the newly elected lawmakers: CZECH REPUBLIC FILIP TUREK – MOTORISTS’ PARTY …
By Anne Kauranen and Riham Alkousaa HOILOLA, Finland (Reuters) – Only the whine of mosquitoes mars the tranquility of this idyllic spot amid the rolling forests and blue lakes of eastern Finland, on the European Union’s longest border with Russia. But Finnish authorities fear the peace and quiet of places like Hoilola could soon be …
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By Elizabeth Pineau and Michel Rose PARIS (Reuters) – The far-right National Rally was forecast on Monday to win a snap election in France but fall short of an absolute majority in the first opinion poll published after President Emmanuel Macron’s shock decision to dissolve parliament. Following a massive loss for his Renaissance party in …
By Andrius Sytas VILNIUS (Reuters) -Hungary’s President Tamas Sulyok will not attend the summit of the Bucharest Nine, a group of European countries on the eastern edge of NATO in Riga on Tuesday, Latvian president’s office said. The summit will not end with a joint declaration of the nine countries, the office added, for the …
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By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United Nations Security Council on Monday backed a proposal outlined by President Joe Biden for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip and urged the Palestinian militants to accept the deal aimed at ending the eight-month-long war. Hamas welcomed the adoption of the U.S.-drafted …
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(Reuters) – The Ukrainian military announced the appointment on Monday of a commander of drone forces, underscoring the importance of drone warfare as repeatedly stressed by President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and other leaders in the 27-month-old war against Russia. A statement by the General Staff of the Armed Forces said Vadym Sukharevskyi, deputy armed forces commander, …
(Reuters) – Ukraine’s military on Monday claimed responsibility for an attack on a refinery last week in southern Russia and said the damage done cost the Russian oil industry more than half a billion dollars in lost production. A statement issued by the military’s General Staff said it was responsible for the June 5 attack …
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By Daphne Psaledakis CAIRO/TEL AVIV (Reuters) -U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday urged Arab leaders to pressure Hamas to accept a ceasefire proposal outlined ten days ago by U.S. President Joe Biden to end the eight month-long war in Gaza. Blinken is on his eighth visit to the region since Hamas militants attacked …
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SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva defended his proposal for peace talks involving both Russia and Ukraine in a call with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, according to a statement from Brazil’s presidential palace on Monday. Lula’s special advisor Celso Amorim has already signed, along with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang …
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By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Daphne Psaledakis CAIRO (Reuters) -U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken blamed Hamas on Monday for holding up a ceasefire in Gaza, as the top U.S. diplomat conducted a Middle East peace mission to deliver President Joe Biden’s latest proposed plan to end the Gaza war. Speaking after meeting Egyptian President Abdel …
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