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Dutch party NSC steps away from coalition government talks, AD reports

6 Feb 2024

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) -Dutch centrist party NSC has stepped away from talks on forming a majority government, Dutch newspaper AD reported on Tuesday, complicating the task for far-right politician Geert Wilders to assemble a working coalition. NSC, an upstart party, took 20 seats in the Nov. 22 election that was won by Wilders’ nationalist Freedom Party …

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At least 30 arrested in Ecuador, Spain in Albanian mafia probe

6 Feb 2024

By Alexandra Valencia QUITO (Reuters) -Police in Ecuador and Spain have arrested at least 30 people in simultaneous operations as part of an investigation into Albanian organized crime, the Ecuadorean attorney general’s office said on Tuesday. Prosecutors from both countries carried out 57 raids in six provinces of Ecuador and in four Spanish cities related to …

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Spanish farmers blockade roads, joining EU peers’ protests

6 Feb 2024

MADRID (Reuters) -Spanish farmers blocked traffic on several major highways and burned tyres on Tuesday, joining colleagues in other European countries protesting against high costs, bureaucracy and competition from non-EU nations. “With different shades, in the whole of the EU, we have the same problems,” Donaciano Dujo, vice president of ASAJA, one the largest farmers …

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After captivity, Israeli-Irish girl won’t say ‘Gaza’ or ‘blood’

6 Feb 2024

By Dan Williams JERUSALEM (Reuters) – More than two months after she was freed from Gaza, Emily Hand no longer speaks in terrified whispers. But the Israeli-Irish girl who was among the youngest Hamas hostages still refuses to name her captors or the Palestinian enclave where she was held. At the temporary home she shares …

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Houthis fire missiles at two ships in the Red Sea, one sustains minor damage

6 Feb 2024

(Reuters) – Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis fired missiles at two vessels in the Red Sea, they said on Tuesday, causing minor damage to a cargo ship that was sailing off the coast of Yemen’s Hodeidah. The Houthis have been targeting commercial vessels with drones and missiles in the Red Sea since mid-November, in what they describe …

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Russian attack on Ukraine’s Kharkiv kills 2-month-old baby – governor

6 Feb 2024

(Reuters) – A Russian attack overnight on a village in the northeastern Ukrainian Kharkiv region killed a 2-month-old boy and injured his mother, the regional governor said on Tuesday. Oleh Synehubov said on the Telegram messaging app that the body of the infant boy was recovered from the rubble of a three-storey hotel that Russian …

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Spain’s Industry Minister expects ‘good news’ on Stellantis’ battery plant

6 Feb 2024

BARCELONA (Reuters) -Spain’s Industry Minister Jordi Hereu said on Monday he hopes to have “good news” regarding Stellantis’ plan to build a battery factory in the country. “We have to put out the new aid (packages) and I expect we will have relatively good news,” Hereu told Reuters on the sidelines of an event in …

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Palestinians hope Blinken visit can deliver Gaza truce before Rafah assault

6 Feb 2024

By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Humeyra Pamuk DOHA/RIYADH (Reuters) -The top U.S. diplomat met Saudi Arabia’s de-facto ruler on Monday during a Middle East visit Palestinians hope will clinch a truce before a threatened Israeli assault on Rafah, a border city where about half the Gaza Strip population is sheltering. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived …

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Russian cosmonaut sets record for most time in space – more than 878 days

5 Feb 2024

By Guy Faulconbridge and Lidia Kelly MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko on Sunday set a world record for total time spent in space, surpassing his compatriot Gennady Padalka who logged more than 878 days in orbit, Russia’s space corporation said. At 0830 GMT Kononenko broke the record, Roscosmos said. Kononenko is expected to reach …

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