By David Latona MADRID (Reuters) – Madrid’s regional assembly on Friday passed a proposal by the Spanish capital’s ruling conservative People’s Party (PP) to strip back protections for transgender people, sparking outcry from the opposition and LGBTQ activists. The bill, which amended a regional trans rights law and an LGBTQ rights law – both passed …
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WARSAW (Reuters) -Poland’s deputy infrastructure minister said on Friday that he hoped truckers’ protests on the border with Ukraine could be solved before the end of the year. Polish drivers have been blocking several crossings with Ukraine since Nov. 6, demanding the European Union reinstate a system whereby Ukrainian companies need permits to operate in …
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(Reuters) – Ukraine’s SBU security service and the Defence Ministry said on Friday they had uncovered a scheme for fraudulent purchase of artillery shells that involved embezzlement of the equivalent of nearly $40 million. Corruption in Ukraine, more than 30 years after the end of Soviet rule, has become an even more crucial issue as …
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By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United Nations Security Council on Friday adopted a resolution to boost humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip that stopped short of a call for a ceasefire after a week of vote delays and intense negotiations to avoid a United States veto. The resolution “calls for urgent steps …
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KYIV/WARSAW (Reuters) -Ukraine and Poland said on Friday they were ready to try to resolve “problematic” issues in their relations, suffering especially by a Polish truckers’ blockade of border crossings. The pledge emerged from a meeting in Kyiv between Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba and Polish counterpart Radoslaw Sikorski, who was on his first official …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) -The head of a company that makes navigation systems for Russia’s space programme was arrested in Moscow and charged with major fraud, state media reported on Friday. TASS news agency quoted an unidentified law enforcement official as saying that Yevgeny Fomichev had been interrogated and charged with large-scale fraud, which carries a prison …
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By Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A total of more than 20 countries have agreed to participate in the new U.S.-led coalition safeguarding commercial traffic in the Red Sea from attacks by Yemen’s Houthi movement as more nations join the effort, the Pentagon said on Thursday. Still, the new Pentagon total would suggest that at …
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By Daphne Psaledakis and Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday signed an executive order threatening penalties for financial institutions that help Russia circumvent sanctions, the White House said in a statement, as Washington seeks to increase pressure on Moscow. The order also gives Washington the ability to broaden import bans of …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Thank you for the music, London’s authorities might say, after Swedish pop group ABBA’s digital concert residency raked in 178 million pounds ($225 million) in terms of net economic benefit to the British capital in its first year. ABBA Voyage recreates Bjorn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson, Agnetha Faltskog and Anni-Frid Lyngstad as high-tech, …
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By Nicolas Delame and Tassilo Hummel PARIS (Reuters) – France’s moves to limit climate damage came late but were sufficient, a French court ruled on Friday, in a blow to attempts by environmental campaigners to impose a 1.1 billion euro ($1.21 billion) penalty on the state for alleged failings. The ruling comes two years after …
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