By Jan Lopatka BANSKA BYSTRICA, Slovakia (Reuters) -A Slovak court ruled on Tuesday that a man who shot and wounded Prime Minister Robert Fico last year was guilty of terrorism charges and handed him a 21-year jail sentence. Juraj Cintula, 72, shot at Fico five times from just over a one-metre distance as the prime …
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(Reuters) -The European Union is considering classifying ethanol used in biocidal products such as hand sanitizers as a dangerous substance over increasing risks of cancer, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday. An internal recommendation on October 10 by one of the working groups within the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) flagged ethanol as a toxic substance, …
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KYIV (Reuters) -President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Russia “almost automatically became less interested in diplomacy” due to the postponement of a decision by the U.S. administration on Tomahawk missiles for Ukraine. Zelenskiy, in his nightly address, said he and U.S. President Donald Trump had agreed that a starting point for talks would be with the two …
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By Gabriel Stargardter, Juliette Jabkhiro and Elissa Darwish PARIS (Reuters) -Crime gangs around Europe are increasingly robbing valuable jewels and gold from cash-needy museums like the Louvre, but while police often catch the thieves, they struggle to recover the priceless goods, law enforcement and art experts say. Only a small pool of criminals would be …
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By Mike Stone and Utkarsh Shetti WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Weapons makers Lockheed Martin and RTX predicted strong profits for the rest of this year on Tuesday as their results benefited from surging demand for arms from conflicts in the Middle East and a protracted Russia-Ukraine war. Missiles, munitions and air defenses were important drivers for both …
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MADRID (Reuters) -Spain’s High Court has ordered that former senior U.N. official Vitaly Vanshelboim be extradited to the United States where he is accused of taking bribes and money laundering, according to a court document seen by Reuters on Tuesday. Vanshelboim, a Ukrainian national, served in high-ranking roles within the U.N. Office for Project Services …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -There are no plans for U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin to meet “in the immediate future,” a senior White House official said on Tuesday, days after Trump floated another summit with his Russian counterpart. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov also have no …
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By Anna Voitenko and Max Hunder CHERNIHIV (Reuters) -Russian attacks killed four people and left hundreds of thousands without power and many without water in Ukraine’s Chernihiv region on Tuesday, Moscow’s latest salvo in a campaign to break its neighbour’s energy system ahead of winter. The energy ministry said in the morning that the regional …
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GENEVA/UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has named Belgium’s former Prime Minister Alexander De Croo to head the U.N. Development Programme (UNDP), a letter dated October 20 and seen by Reuters on Tuesday revealed. The document appointing De Croo for a four-year term was signed by Secretary General Antonio Guterres. The decision still …
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By Natascha Koch BERLIN (Reuters) -A senior member of Friedrich Merz’s party joined growing criticism of the German chancellor on Tuesday over comments on migration that opponents have depicted as dangerous. Merz rose to power on a pledge to see off the challenge of the far-right Alternative for Germany by addressing their voters’ concerns, but …
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