MOSCOW/LONDON (Reuters) -Nord Stream’s insurers have denied that their policies provide cover for gas pipelines damaged by blasts in 2022 because the damage was caused by war, in their written defence to a lawsuit filed at London’s High Court. Nord Stream is seeking more than 400 million euros ($427 million) from its insurers over the …
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HALLE, Germany (Reuters) -A leading member of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party appeared in court on Thursday, charged with using a banned Nazi paramilitary slogan, in a trial just months before a state election he hopes to win. Bjoern Hoecke, head of the AfD in the eastern state of Thuringia, is part of …
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By Anthony Deutsch AMSTERDAM (Reuters) -Reuters photographer Mohammed Salem won the prestigious 2024 World Press Photo of the Year award on Thursday for his image of a Palestinian woman cradling the body of her five-year-old niece in the Gaza Strip. The picture was taken on Oct. 17, 2023, at Nasser hospital in Khan Younis in …
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By Lewis Jackson SYDNEY (Reuters) – Sydney’s Bondi Westfield mall on Thursday reopened for the first time since a man with a knife killed six people there on Saturday before police shot him. The operators of the Westfield mall, about 3 kilometres (2 miles) from the city’s iconic Bondi Beach, allowed residents enter to pay …
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COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -Firefighters worked through a second night to quell remaining flames that destroyed Denmark’s Old Stock Exchange, while the Copenhagen mayor was invited to Paris to learn how the city dealt with a similar fire at Notre-Dame Cathedral. The blaze ripped through Copenhagen’s 400-year-old landmark stock exchange on Tuesday, toppling its spire and triggering …
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BERLIN (Reuters) -Two German-Russian nationals have been arrested in Germany on suspicion of plotting sabotage attacks, including on U.S. military facilities, in an effort to undermine military support for Ukraine, officials said on Thursday. Authorities have searched the homes and workplaces of the two suspects accused of working for a foreign secret service. One of …
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WARSAW (Reuters) – Polish President Andrzej Duda discussed Ukraine and the Middle East with Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump during a meeting in New York on Wednesday at which the former U.S. president said he was “behind Poland all the way”. Duda, whose term in office expires in 2025, was one of Trump’s preferred international …
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CAPRI, Italy (Reuters) – European Union countries must send their anti-missile systems to bolster Ukraine’s air defences as Russia pounds its cities, the EU’s top diplomat said on Thursday, warning that Europe cannot just rely on the United States to help Kyiv. More than two years into Russia’s full-scale invasion, Ukraine is facing a shortage …
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By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. House of Representatives will have its long-awaited vote on aid for Ukraine, Israel and the Indo-Pacific as soon as Saturday, Republican Speaker Mike Johnson said on Wednesday, paving the way for its possible passage despite fierce objections from the right wing of his conference. The House Appropriations Committee …
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By Andrea Shalal and David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Wednesday underscored the Biden administration’s commitment to provide Ukraine with the budgetary and military assistance it needs, while calling Republican delays in approving the aid inexcusable. Yellen made the comments after meeting with Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal and Finance Minister …
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