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By Andrew Osborn and Filipp Lebedev (Reuters) -Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny was “killed” because he was close to being freed in a prisoner swap and President Vladimir Putin could not tolerate the thought of him being released, a close ally alleged on Monday. Navalny, 47, died at an Arctic penal colony on Feb. 16. …

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By Boldizsar Gyori BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Hungary’s parliament elected Constitutional Court chief Tamas Sulyok as the country’s next president on Monday, two weeks after the unexpected resignation of Katalin Novak. Novak, a close ally of conservative Prime Minister Viktor Orban, resigned from the largely ceremonial role as president after she came under mounting pressure for …

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KYIV (Reuters) -Kyiv has urged Poland to punish those responsible for spills of a Ukrainian grain cargo at the border over the weekend, Deputy Prime Minister Oleksandr Kubrakov said on Monday. Around 160 tonnes of Ukrainian grain were destroyed at a Polish railway station amid protests in what a senior Ukrainian official said on Sunday …

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By Kate Abnett and Philip Blenkinsop BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Farmers jammed part of Brussels with tractors on Monday in a protest to demand EU action on issues ranging from cheap supermarket prices to free trade deals, as agricultural ministers gathered to discuss the crisis in the sector. Around 100 tractors were parked around the European …

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By Andrea Shalal, Bernardo Caram and Leika Kihara SAO PAULO/BRASILIA/TOKYO (Reuters) – With their countries deeply divided over Israel’s attacks on Gaza, finance officials from the Group of 20 major economies are poised to set aside geopolitics and focus on global economic issues when they meet in Sao Paulo, Brazil this week. Brazil, keen to …

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VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis has cancelled his audiences on Monday morning because he is still suffering from mild flu, the Vatican said in a statement. “Mild flu-like symptoms persist, with no fever,” the statement said, adding the morning audiences were suspended as a precaution. The 87-year-old pontiff, who cancelled his meetings on Saturday …

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By David Stanway SINGAPORE (Reuters) -A European Union plan to impose tariffs on high-carbon imports could hurt developing countries in Asia but is unlikely to lead to big reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said in a report published on Monday. The Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) was introduced to address …

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