MOSCOW (Reuters) -A overnight Ukrainian drone attack struck an oil refinery in the Russian city of Saratov but caused no significant damage, a local source said on Friday. The source told Reuters the plant was hit but was almost unharmed. “An inspection was performed – luckily, there was no fire, casualties or critical damage,” the …
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By Timour Azhari BEIRUT (Reuters) -Hezbollah welcomes any effort to stop the war in Lebanon but does not pin hopes for a ceasefire on any particular U.S. administration, Hezbollah lawmaker Ibrahim al-Moussawi said on Thursday when asked about Donald Trump’s election victory. “It might be a change in the party who is in power, but …
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By Renee Maltezou ATHENS (Reuters) -Greece and Turkey still disagree on the extent of issues needing to be tackled over the designation of their maritime boundaries but talks will continue, the Greek and Turkish foreign ministers said after meeting on Friday. Neighbours Greece and Turkey, NATO allies but historic foes, have long been at odds …
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By Krisztina Than and Andrew Gray BUDAPEST (Reuters) – The European Union needs to rethink its support for Ukraine following Donald Trump’s U.S. election victory, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said before a summit of EU leaders on Friday, adding that Europe cannot finance the war alone. Trump has criticised the level of U.S. support …
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ANKARA (Reuters) – War in Ukraine could end easily if the U.S. administration under Donald Trump takes a solution-based approach, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan was quoted as saying on Friday. “We can easily end this war if we see a Trump administration that approaches the issue with a solution-based perspective. More dialogue, diplomacy, agreement will …
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BUDAPEST (Reuters) – The EU must focus on setting its own house in order, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Friday, citing tariffs, competitiveness and defence as the most pressing issues the bloc faces as it comes to terms with Donald Trump’s election win. Trump’s return to power poses a major challenge for the …
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(Reuters) – President Tayyip Erdogan called Donald Trump a “friend” in welcoming his return to the White House, and invited him for a visit despite longstanding strains in Turkish-U.S. ties including some rooted in Trump’s first term as president. Here are some of the rifts between Washington and Ankara: DEFENCE, SANCTIONS, NATO Turkey, a NATO …
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By Andrius Sytas VILNIUS (Reuters) – Lithuania’s Social Democrats, who won last month’s parliamentary election, said on Friday they had decided to include in a new coalition government a populist party whose leader is standing trial for alleged antisemitic statements. Nemunas Dawn party founder and leader Remigijus Zemaitaitis resigned from parliament in April after the …
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PARIS (Reuters) – France has stepped up its bird flu risk assessment to ‘high’ from ‘moderate’, it said on Friday in a decree that will trigger reinforced security measures around poultry farms. Highly pathogenic avian influenza, commonly called bird flu, has been spreading faster among poultry in the European Union this season than in 2023, …
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TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan has set up a “war room” to watch the live stream from next week’s COP29 climate summit given it is not allowed to attend for political reasons, Environment Minister Peng Chi-ming said on Friday. Democratically-governed Taiwan is excluded from almost all international bodies due to objections from China, which views the …
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