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(Reuters) -Police in Ecuador rescued a prominent British businessman on Wednesday morning, four days after he was kidnapped, authorities said. Colin Armstrong, who was also Britain’s former honorary consul in the industrial city of Guayaquil, was abducted on Saturday. He was released and was now safe, General Cesar Zapata, Commander General of the Police, wrote …

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WARSAW (Reuters) -Former Polish Interior Minister Mariusz Kaminski and his deputy from the nationalist Law and Justice (PiS) party were sentenced on Wednesday to two years in prison for abuse of power in previous posts, PAP news agency reported. In 2015, weeks after PiS came to power, President Andrzej Duda issued a pardon to Kaminski …

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BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union’s top court on Wednesday upheld sanctions against Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich that had been placed upon him after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. After President Vladimir Putin ordered Russian troops into Ukraine in February 2022, the EU sanctioned Russian officials and a host of Russian businessmen, such as Abramovich, while …

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KYIV (Reuters) – Russia launched its fifth air attack this month targeting Kyiv and air defence systems destroyed all drones on approach to the capital, Ukrainian military officials said early on Wednesday. Ukraine’s Air Force said air defence systems destroyed 18 out of 19 attack drones launched at Kyiv, Odesa, Kherson and other regions of …

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By Ari Rabinovitch and Rami Amichay JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Just days after Hamas kidnapped more than 35 young children and teenagers during its Oct. 7 rampage, youth psychologists and welfare experts in Israel began worriedly preparing for their return. The war in Gaza was in its early stages and the fate of the hostages was …

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By John Revill ZURICH (Reuters) – Switzerland’s capital is examining a pilot scheme to allow the sale of cocaine for recreational use – a radical approach to the war on drugs that is not thought to have been tried elsewhere. Parliament in Bern has supported the idea, which still needs to overcome opposition from the …

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KYIV (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday he was confident the U.S. would not “betray” his country by withholding crucial wartime funding as it fights off a Russian invasion. Aid for Ukraine has been held up by Republicans in the U.S. Congress, and the White House has warned that it will run …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden welcomed the decision by Pope Francis to allow Roman Catholic priests to administer blessings to same-sex couples as long as they are not part of regular Church rituals or liturgies, White House spokesperson Karine Jean Pierre said on Tuesday. (Reporting By Nandita Bose and Jarrett Renshaw; Editing by …

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