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TORIJA, Spain (Reuters) – Spanish farmers on Friday blocked streets across the country in a fourth day of protests and announced plans to gather in Madrid as they railed against the EU’s environmental rules and what they see as excessive taxes and red tape. Since Tuesday, Spanish farmers have joined peers from Germany, France, Italy, …

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By Angelo Amante ROME (Reuters) – A convoy of tractors on Friday drove past the landmarks of ancient Rome before Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni told a delegation of farmers that the government would partially reintroduce a tax break for them. Farmers have staged demonstrations across Europe, including in Spain and Poland, to protest against …

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By Gloria Dickie and Dan Peleschuk KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine should seek reparations from Russia for environmental costs such as contamination by land mines, a group of international figures including climate activist Greta Thunberg and European politicians said in a report on Friday. The recommendations, intended for both Ukraine and the international community, include establishing …

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(Reuters) -Russia and Ukraine have exchanged 100 prisoners of war from each side in the nearly two-year-old war, with the United Arab Emirates acting as an intermediary, both countries said on Thursday. Russia’s Defence Ministry, in a post on the Telegram messaging app, said returning soldiers would undergo medical examinations in Moscow. It noted the …

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By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Humeyra Pamuk DOHA/TEL AVIV (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden said Israel’s military response in Gaza was “over the top” and that he was seeking a sustained pause in fighting as diplomats sought to salvage ceasefire talks after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected a Hamas proposal. “I’m of the view, as …

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By Max Hunder and Ivan Lyubysh-Kirdey TETIANIVKA, Ukraine (Reuters) – For 16-year-old Ivan, living with cerebral palsy is made harder by the war raging less than 30 kilometres from his home in eastern Ukraine. His village of Tetianivka was badly damaged by fighting in the first year of Russia’s full-scale invasion: almost every house bears …

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ESSERT-SOUS-CHAMPVENT, Switzerland (Reuters) -Swiss authorities said a man armed with an axe and a knife held 15 hostages on a train for almost four hours, until police stormed the train and fatally wounded him late on Thursday. The incident occurred in the town of Essert-sous-Champvent on the train line connecting Baulmes and Yverdon-les-Bains in the …

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