ZURICH (Reuters) -Switzerland voted decisively to increase pension payments for the elderly in a referendum on Sunday, as concern over living costs and support for a stronger social safety net trumped questions about how to afford it. Provisional official results published by the government showed over 58% of voters backed the extra pension, a 13th …
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FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Germany’s defence minister said on Sunday Russia was conducting an “information war” aimed at creating divisions within Germany, his first reaction to the publication in Russia of an audio recording of a meeting of senior German military officials. Russian media on Friday published a 38-minute recording of a call in which German …
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ZURICH (Reuters) – Police have stepped up security measures at Jewish sites in Zurich following a serious knife attack on an orthodox Jewish man in the Swiss city overnight, local police said on Sunday. Police said they had taken action after a 15-year-old Swiss youth was arrested for inflicting “life-threatening” injuries on the 50-year-old Jewish …
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By Carlos Osorio OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Saturday canceled a joint visit to the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto for security reasons, according to a Canadian spokesperson. Two groups of protesters, one against Trudeau’s government and another of pro-Palestinian protesters, had gathered outside …
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BERLIN (Reuters) – Police have made two arrests in Berlin during their search for individuals wanted for their suspected involvement in Germany’s notorious Red Army Faction militant group, they said on Sunday. A police spokesperson from the German state of Lower Saxony, which was participating in the effort, confirmed that two arrests had been made …
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(Reuters) -Russian security forces killed six alleged militants in a special operation in Russia’s North Caucasus republic of Ingushetia, TASS news agency reported on Sunday, citing local law enforcement agencies. On Saturday, authorities introduced counter-terrorism emergency powers in the town of Karabulak after the alleged militants had opened fire on law enforcement forces in a …
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JERUSALEM (Reuters) – The Israeli military said on Sunday it intensified operations in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis, destroying dozens of Hamas targets in a blitz of air and artillery strikes. The air force and artillery hit about 50 targets within six minutes, it said, in a bid to “intensify operational achievements in …
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By Ahmad Luqman Ismail and Gwladys Fouche LANGKAWI, Malaysia/OSLO (Reuters) -Norway’s King Harald was discharged from a Malaysian hospital on Sunday and was flying home on a medical evacuation plane after receiving treatment for an infection and receiving a temporary pacemaker. The 87-year-old had been hospitalised while on a private trip in the resort island …
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By Mohammad Ghobari ADEN, Yemen (Reuters) -A UK-owned ship attacked by Houthi militants last month sank in the Red Sea, the U.S. military confirmed on Saturday, as it echoed a warning from Yemen’s internationally recognised government that the vessel’s cargo of hazardous fertiliser posed a risk to marine life. The Belize-registered Rubymar is the first …
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(Reuters) – Russian air defence systems destroyed all 38 drones that Ukraine launched at the Crimean Peninsula early on Sunday, Russia’s defence ministry said, after reports on Ukrainian and Russian social media of powerful explosions in the port of Feodosia. The Russian defence ministry did not say whether there was any damage or casualties in …
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