By Renee Maltezou ATHENS (Reuters) -Greece’s parliament approved a bill allowing same-sex civil marriage on Thursday, a landmark victory for supporters of LGBT rights that was greeted with cheers by onlookers in parliament and dozens gathered on the streets of Athens. The law gives same-sex couples the right to wed and adopt children and comes …
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By Brad Brooks, Rich McKay and Brendan O’Brien (Reuters) -A quarrel among several people sparked the shooting spree in Kansas City, Missouri, that killed a woman and wounded 22 people after a celebration of the city’s NFL Super Bowl victory, police said on Thursday, ruling out any apparent link to extremism. Three people, including two …
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(Reuters) – Brussels should incentivise Europe’s defence industry to ramp up production and promote consolidation, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen told the Financial Times in an interview on Thursday, warning that the “world has got rougher”. Proposals in the commission’s plan include using the EU budget to increase financing to supplement joint contracts …
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By Joey Roulette and Arshad Mohammed WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The space-based weapon U.S. intelligence believes Russia may be developing is more likely a nuclear-powered device to blind, jam or fry the electronics inside satellites than an explosive nuclear warhead to shoot them down, analysts said on Thursday. The intelligence came to light on Wednesday after …
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By Tom Balmforth and Yuliia Dysa KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine said on Thursday it was withdrawing troops from some parts of the eastern town of Avdiivka to better positions after months of heavy fighting, and battle-hardened reserve fighters from a crack brigade have joined the battle. Russia is trying to encircle and capture Avdiivka nearly two …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department has approved the potential sale to Italy of air-to-air missiles and small diameter bombs, the Pentagon said on Thursday. Italy has requested to buy 125 small diameter bombs and related equipment for an estimated cost of $150 million, the Pentagon said. Italy has also asked to purchase 12 …
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By Guy Faulconbridge MOSCOW (Reuters) -The Kremlin dismissed on Thursday a warning by the United States about Moscow’s new nuclear capabilities in space, calling it a “malicious fabrication” and a trick by the White House aimed at getting U.S. lawmakers to approve more money to counter Russia. The United States has told Congress and allies …
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By Gwladys Fouche and Johan Ahlander OSLO (Reuters) -Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik lost against the state in his bid to end his isolation in prison after he argued his human rights were being violated, a court ruled on Thursday. The far-right fanatic, who killed 77 people, most of them teenagers, in a bombing …
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(Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy signed into law a bill legalising the medical use of cannabis, a parliamentary database showed on Thursday. More than 6 million people, including cancer patients, civilians with post-traumatic stress disorder, and wounded soldiers need medicine containing cannabis, according to a lawmaker. The bill signed by Zelenskiy on Tuesday would …
KYIV (Reuters) – A Russian airstrike killed at least three people and injured two more in the Kharkiv region of Ukraine on Thursday, local governor Oleh Sinehubov said. Two bombs hit a car carrying civilians and set a residential building on fire, Sinehubov said. He posted several photographs of a badly damaged burning building and …
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