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BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday ruled in favour of a group of Swiss elderly women suing their government for alleged “woefully inadequate” efforts to fight climate change, agreeing that their government had violated some human rights by missing past emissions reduction targets. The ruling cannot be appealed. (Reporting by …

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By Sudip Kar-Gupta LONDON (Reuters) – Britain and other major European countries with maritime borders on the North Sea on Tuesday signed an agreement to work together to protect underwater infrastructure, including from possible Russian attacks. The six countries involved – Belgium, Britain, Denmark, Germany, Norway and the Netherlands – signed a joint declaration they …

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By Gloria Dickie and Emma Farge LONDON (Reuters) -Does government inaction on climate change violate human rights? That is the question the European Court of Human Rights will for the first time seek to answer in Strasbourg, France, as it rules on Tuesday on three separate climate cases. The verdicts will set a precedent for future litigation …

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WARSAW (Reuters) -Nationalist opposition party Law and Justice (PiS) won the popular vote in Poland’s local government elections, final results showed on Monday, in a setback for Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s ambitions to cement his grip on power. While Tusk did not succeed in leading his Civic Coalition (KO) grouping to first place in the …

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DAMASCUS (Reuters) -Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian inaugurated a new site for Iranian consular services in the Syrian capital on Monday, Syrian state media reported, in a building near the previous consulate flattened in an Israeli airstrike last week. The strike, which flattened the consular building adjacent to Iran’s embassy and killed seven Iranian military …

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By Alvise Armellini VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -The Vatican on Monday reaffirmed its opposition to gender-affirming surgery, “gender theory” and surrogate parenthood, drawing criticism from advocates for LGBTQ Catholics. The declaration by the Vatican’s doctrinal office (DDF) comes four months after another document in which it supported blessings for same-sex couples, triggering fierce conservative pushback, especially …

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VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -The Vatican is against laws that criminalize same-sex acts, as enforced by a number of countries with the support of Catholic groups, the head of the Vatican’s doctrine office said on Monday. Presenting a publication which reaffirmed the Vatican’s opposition to sex reassignment surgery, so-called “gender theory” and having a child via …

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