By Riham Alkousaa and Holger Hansen BERLIN (Reuters) -German Economy Minister Robert Habeck will announce his intention on Friday to run for the post of chancellor on behalf of the Greens, a source familiar with the matter said, days after the collapse of the country’s three-way coalition. The break-up of Germany’s coalition following months of …
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ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece’s anti-drug authorities have arrested two Greek men suspected of being part of a transnational crime ring exporting crystal meth and MDMA to Australia, police said. Police seized about 56 kg of the psychedelic drug MDMA, the main ingredient of ecstasy pills, and nearly 30 kg of methamphetamine, also known by its …
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PARIS (Reuters) – Despite the violence directed at Israeli soccer fans in Amsterdam, France won’t change its plans to host a Nations’ League game against Israel next week, the interior minister said on Friday. “France is not backing down because that would amount to giving up in the face of threats of violence and anti-Semitism”, …
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ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday that he hoped U.S. President-elect Donald Trump will tell Israel to “stop” its war efforts, suggesting a good start would be halting U.S. arms support to Israel. “Trump has made promises to end conflicts… We want that promise to be fulfilled and for Israel to …
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PARIS (Reuters) -World food prices rose in October to an 18-month high as vegetable oils led increases seen in most food staples, United Nations’ data showed on Friday. A price index compiled by the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) to track the most globally traded food commodities increased to 127.4 points last month, up …
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SHENGJIN, Albania (Reuters) – An Italian navy ship carrying a small group of migrants docked in an Albanian port on Friday in an attempt by Rome to salvage a plan to process asylum seekers abroad after a first attempt hit legal hurdles. The ship arrived before 8 a.m. (0700 GMT), a Reuters reporter said. Only …
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ROME (Reuters) – The number of people aged over 100 in Italy has increased by 30% over the past 10 years, while birth rates have continued to decline. There were more than 22,000 Italians in the age bracket between 100 and 104 in 2024, up from just over 17,000 in 2014, according to a report …
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SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Friday his government would introduce this month the legislation to ban social media for children under 16 years. Australia is trialing an age-verification system to assist in blocking children from accessing social media platforms, as part of a range of measures that include some of …
By Idrees Ali MIAMI (Reuters) – U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Thursday he still believed he should be the one to decide the fate of plea deals for the man accused of masterminding the Sept. 11 attacks and two accomplices held at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Earlier this year …
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(Reuters) – A Russian plane late on Thursday brought home 89 Russian nationals, including 34 children, evacuated from Lebanon, the foreign ministry said. Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova, writing on the Telegram messaging app, said the Il-76 aircraft had landed at Moscow’s Domodedovo airport. (Reporting by Ron Popeski; Editing by Chris Reese)
