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ROME (Reuters) – Young women’s “first aspiration” should be to have children, a senator with the right-wing party of Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Thursday, sparking outrage among opposition groups. Meloni’s Brothers of Italy party has made it a priority to reverse the country’s declining birth rate and promote the traditional family as …

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(Reuters) – Two people were killed and at least 15 were injured, including two children, as Russian missiles hit residential buildings in the southern city of Odesa, the regional governor said. (Reporting by Yuliia Dysa; Editing by Jon Boyle)

KYIV (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said he discussed Ukraine’s peace formula in a call with Pope Francis on Thursday. “We discussed our joint work to put Ukraine’s Peace Formula into action,” Zelenskiy said in a post on X, formerly Twitter. “Over 80 countries are already involved in this process at the level of …

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By Jonathan Landay WASHINGTON (Reuters) -France, Germany, Britain and the United States on Thursday condemned an increase by Iran in the production rate of highly enriched uranium of up to 60% purity, close to the level used for nuclear weapons fuel. In a joint statement, the allies made no mention of any consequences Iran could …

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CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Thursday said the deployment of a British warship to waters off the coast of Guyana breaches the “spirit” of an agreement reached between Venezuelan and Guyanese authorities. Guyana and Venezuela agreed earlier this month to avoid the use of force and avoid increasing tensions in the long …

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By Andrew Osborn MOSCOW (Reuters) – A rapper who attended a celebrity party with only a sock to hide his modesty has been jailed for 15 days, sponsors of some of Russia’s best known entertainers have torn up their contracts, and President Vladimir Putin is reported to be unamused. An “almost naked” party at a …

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