By Bart H. Meijer, Toby Sterling and Anthony Deutsch THE HAGUE (Reuters) -The centrist D66 party made huge gains in Dutch elections likely giving it the lead in the formation of the next government, as the party of far-right leader Geert Wilders lost support. With 98% of votes counted early on Thursday, D66 and Wilders’ …
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By Stephanie van den Berg THE HAGUE (Reuters) -Dutch centrist party leader Rob Jetten, 38, revamped his image on the campaign trail from nagging climate minister to optimistic “yes, we can” politician. He is now poised to be the youngest and first openly gay prime minister in the Netherlands’ history after his party’s strong performance …
By Daria Sito-Sucic SARAJEVO (Reuters) -The U.S. Treasury Department on Wednesday lifted sanctions from Bosnian Serb nationalist leader Milorad Dodik, his allies, and family members and companies related to them, the Office of Foreign Assets Control announced. OFAC did not explain why it removed dozens of Dodik’s closest allies, including government ministers and his son …
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WELLINGTON (Reuters) -New Zealand on Thursday announced expanded sanctions on Russia’s oil industry and shadow fleet while meeting with the Nordic 5 foreign ministers in Stockholm. New Zealand’s Foreign Minister Winston Peters said in a statement that New Zealand was sanctioning a further 65 shadow fleet vessels and actors from Belarus, Iran and North Korea …
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By Raphael Satter WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A former executive with U.S. defense contractor L3Harris has pleaded guilty to selling digital spy tools to a Russian broker, the Justice Department announced Wednesday. In a statement, the department said Peter Williams, a 39-year-old Australian, pleaded to two counts of theft of trade secrets. It said he took “at …
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By Dan Peleschuk KYIV (Reuters) -Ukrainian forces are struggling to fend off intensifying Russian advances on the eastern city of Pokrovsk, the military and open-source analysts said on Wednesday. Moscow’s troops have in recent weeks closed in on the key logistics hub after more than a year of grinding advances, which Kyiv says have come …
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By Alessandro Parodi PARIS (Reuters) -Two men arrested on suspicion of stealing jewels from the Louvre Museum have “partially admitted” their involvement in the daylight heist but the precious pieces remain missing, the Paris prosecutor said on Wednesday. Four hooded thieves made off with their booty after breaking into the Louvre’s Apollo gallery, home to …
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ST PETERSBURG (Reuters) -A group of young Russian street musicians who went viral on social media for playing banned anti-Kremlin songs received more jail time on Wednesday, as authorities crack down on buskers who have staged performances across Russia in support of them. The members of the band Stoptime were arrested earlier this month after …
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By Yousef Saba and Gleb Bryanski RIYADH/MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin’s special envoy Kirill Dmitriev said on Wednesday during a visit to Saudi Arabia that he expected the war in Ukraine to end within a year. Dmitriev was speaking after meeting officials from U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration in the United States last weekend. …
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By Guy Faulconbridge and Maxim Rodionov MOSCOW (Reuters) -President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that Russia had successfully tested a Poseidon nuclear-powered super torpedo that military analysts say is capable of devastating coastal regions by triggering vast radioactive ocean swells. As U.S. President Donald Trump has toughened both his rhetoric and his stance on Russia, …
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