OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada, Britain, Sweden and Ukraine on Monday formally complained to the U.N. aviation council in their bid to hold Iran accountable for the downing of a passenger airliner in January 2020 that killed 176 people, they said on Monday. Most of the dead were citizens from the four nations, which created a …
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RIBEIRA, Spain (Reuters) – Hundreds of volunteers sifted through sandy beaches with colanders and shovels on Monday in Spain’s northwestern Galicia region after millions of plastic pellets washed up on its coast, triggering environmental concerns and a political blame game. Sometimes known as mermaid tears or nurdles, the pellets are used to produce everyday items …
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NICOSIA (Reuters) – Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides axed his health, justice, defence and agriculture ministers on Monday in a widely expected reshuffle almost a year into his term. The key posts of foreign affairs, finance, energy and interior were unchanged. Christodoulides, who came to power as an independent with the backing of centrist parties, faced …
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By Dan Peleschuk and Pavel Polityuk KYIV (Reuters) -Russia fired missiles across Ukraine early on Monday in its latest mass air strike, killing at least two civilians and hitting residential areas and commercial sites, Ukrainian authorities said. A shopping centre and more than two dozen private buildings were damaged in the south central city of …
By Gwladys Fouche OSLO (Reuters) – Anders Behring Breivik, the far-right fanatic who killed 77 people in a bombing and shooting rampage in Norway in 2011, will ask a court on Monday to end his isolation in prison, saying it violates his human rights. The 44-year-old, who emailed out copies of a manifesto before his …
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By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -The Roman Catholic Church should “seriously think” about allowing priests to marry, a senior Vatican official and advisor to Pope Francis said in an interview published on Sunday. “This is probably the first time I’m saying it publicly and it will sound heretical to some people,” Archbishop Charles Scicluna …
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By Lisa Richwine and Danielle Broadway BEVERLY HILLS, California (Reuters) -Historical drama “Oppenheimer” dominated the Golden Globe awards on Sunday, and gothic comedy “Poor Things” upset summer blockbuster “Barbie,” as Hollywood threw its biggest party since labor disputes shut down much of show business last year. “Oppenheimer,” about the making of the atomic bomb, landed …
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By Luis Jaime Acosta BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombia and Ecuador broke up a criminal organization responsible for sending up to five tons of cocaine per month to the U.S. and Europe and captured the Colombian brothers in charge, the two countries said on Sunday. Colombian police said the Los Curva criminal organization generated more than …
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By Simon Lewis, Nidal al-Mughrabi and Emily Rose AMMAN/CAIRO/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -The top U.S. diplomat swept through the Middle East on Sunday, warning that the Gaza conflict could spread across the region without concerted peace efforts, although Israel’s leader vowed to continue the war until Hamas was eliminated. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, at the …
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ROME (Reuters) -Mountain rescue teams found the bodies of two Italian hikers after an avalanche on Sunday in the Alps close to the border between Italy and Switzerland. One body was found buried in snow while the other was recovered from a lake after the avalanche at a height of around 2,200 metres (7,200 feet)in …
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