By Juliette Jabkhiro and Lucien Libert PARIS (Reuters) -France ordered a security review at the Louvre and checks at other cultural sites on Monday while a hunt was underway for thieves who lifted priceless crown jewels in an audacious daylight heist at the world’s most popular museum. In what some politicians branded a national humiliation, …
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PORTOROZ, Slovenia (Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy will attend a meeting of Ukraine’s allies known as the “coalition of the willing” in London on Friday, French President Emmanuel Macron said, as Kyiv tries to bolster support in its war against Russia. “This Friday, we will have a meeting of the coalition of the willing – …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian lawmakers said on Monday they had drafted a law mandating life imprisonment for anyone involving minors in sabotage and lowering the age threshold for criminal responsibility for such crimes to 14 years old. Since it sent military forces into Ukraine in 2022, Russia has crafted a series of laws which give state …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) -Rosneft-controlled Novokuibyshevsk oil refinery in Russia’s Volga region halted primary crude processing on Sunday following a drone attack, the second in a month, two industry sources told Reuters on Monday. Rosneft was not immediately available for comment. The governor of the Samara region, Vyacheslav Fedorishchev, said on social media on Sunday that air …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia said its foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, tasked with preparing a summit between presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump, held a “constructive” conversation on Monday. Putin and Trump agreed in a phone call last Thursday to meet soon in Budapest, Hungary for their second summit this …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) -A Ukrainian drone attack on Russia’s Orenburg gas plant has forced neighbouring Kazakhstan to reduce production at its Karachaganak oil and gas condensate field by 25% to 30%, two industry sources told Reuters on Monday. One of the world’s largest gas processing plants, Orenburg was forced to suspend its intake of gas from …
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ATHENS (Reuters) -An operation was underway on Monday to salvage the liquefied petroleum gas tanker MV Falcon, which remains on fire and adrift in the Gulf of Aden following an October 18 explosion on board, maritime security sources said. The Cameroon-flagged vessel was fully laden when the explosion occurred at 0700 GMT as it was …
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CAIRO (Reuters) -Hamas’ armed wing said on Monday it would hand over at 1700 GMT the remains of a hostage recovered a day earlier in Gaza. (Reporting by Menna Alaa El-Din and Jaidaa Taha; editing by Mark Heinrich)
PARIS (Reuters) -Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy is due to start a five-year prison sentence on Tuesday after being found guilty of criminal conspiracy in a case related to efforts to obtain campaign financing from Libya during Muammar Gaddafi’s rule. The sentence was handed down last month and Sarkozy – still an influential behind-the-scenes player …
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BUDAPEST (Reuters) -Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto told a press briefing broadcast on his Facebook page that he will visit Washington on Tuesday. U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he would soon meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Budapest for talks on the war in Ukraine. In his comments on Monday, Szijjarto did not …
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