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MADRID (Reuters) -Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said he will suspend public duties until next week to decide whether he wants to continue leading the government after a court launched a preliminary investigation against his wife. Sanchez, who last year secured another term for his Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party (PSOE) as leader of a minority …

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KYIV (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday he met British finance minister Jeremy Hunt in Kyiv and called for sanctions against Russia to be tightened to stop Moscow bypassing them. The Ukrainian leader said in a statement on the Telegram app that he was grateful to close ally Britain for unveiling this …

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ROME (Reuters) – Venice became the first city in the world on Thursday to introduce a payment system for visitors in an experiment aimed at dissuading tourists from arriving during peak periods. However, it isn’t the only place in Italy that has recently introduced new measures aimed at slowing tourist flows. Here are some of …

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By Mark Trevelyan (Reuters) -A third man has been detained in a bribery investigation centring on Deputy Russian Defence Minister Timur Ivanov, the Moscow court service said on Thursday. The widening scandal is the worst to hit the defence ministry since the start of the war in Ukraine, and has gripped the political and media …

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By Alexander Tanas CHISINAU (Reuters) -A criminal case against the governor of Moldova’s region of Gagauzia has been sent to court, prosecutors said on Wednesday, setting up the prospect of the Kremlin ally being tried on charges of channelling funds from Russia to a pro-Moscow party. Evgenia Gutul, who emerged out of obscurity last year …

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By Belén Carreño and Emma Pinedo MADRID (Reuters) -Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Wednesday he would step back from public duties for a week to decide whether he wants to continue leading the government after a court launched a business corruption probe into his wife’s private dealings. Sanchez, who last year secured another …

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By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Dan Williams CAIRO/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israeli warplanes pounded the northern Gaza strip for a second day on Wednesday in a fierce assault that has shattered weeks of comparative calm, and Israel said it was moving forward with plans for an all-out assault on Rafah in the south. After an abrupt Israeli pullback …

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By Belén Carreño and Jesús Aguado MADRID (Reuters) – Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez is no stranger to high octane political battles and has successfully fought for his career in public life several times. On Wednesday evening, Sanchez said he would suspend public duties until next week to decide whether he wants to continue leading …

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