(Reuters) -Poland holds a parliamentary election on Sunday, with the ruling nationalist Law and Justice (PiS) party seeking an unprecedented third term in power after eight years in power. WHAT’S AT STAKE? A third PiS term could mean Poland continues to drift away from democratic standards, critics say. They accuse the government of politicizing the …
By Mark Trevelyan (Reuters) -Russian investigators detained a lawyer who has worked for jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny and searched the homes of two others, allies of Navalny said on Friday. They said the three lawyers were being investigated on suspicion of belonging to an extremist group, and accused authorities of opening the case …
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By Nerijus Adomaitis and Nora Buli OSLO (Reuters) – Norway, Europe’s largest gas supplier, is closely monitoring the progress of a probe into unexplained damage on a Baltic Sea gas pipeline, having already stepped up security at its energy installations after the Nord Stream blasts last year. Sunday’s incident in the Gulf of Finland, when …
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SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia Prime Minister Anthony Albanese made a final plea to vote in favour of recognising Indigenous people in the constitution in a referendum on Saturday, as opinion polls show the vote is set to fail. Australians have to vote ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ to a question asking whether they agree to alter the …
BERLIN (Reuters) – At least seven people were killed and more than a dozen others injured when a suspected human smuggler lost control of a van carrying migrants in southern Germany, police said on Friday. The accident occurred on the A94 motorway to the east of the Munich after the Mercedes Vito van started speeding …
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By Jonathan Landay WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States must prepare for possible simultaneous wars with Russia and China by expanding its conventional forces, strengthening alliances and enhancing its nuclear weapons modernization program, a congressionally appointed bipartisan panel said on Thursday. The report from the Strategic Posture Commission comes amid tensions with China over Taiwan …
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LONDON (Reuters) – The British government issued a rare rebuke on Thursday to the Football Association (FA) for its decision not to light up Wembley Stadium’s arch in blue and white in solidarity with Israel following last week’s attacks by Palestinian militant group Hamas. Wembley, the home of England’s national football team, has previously lit …
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By John Irish and Michel Rose PARIS (Reuters) -President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday he would do everything to bring back French citizens held by Hamas in Gaza, but warned that the only way to end the bloodshed would be through guaranteeing Israel’s security and creating a state for Palestinians. France has Europe’s largest Jewish …
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By Layli Foroudi and Michel Rose PARIS (Reuters) -French police used teargas and water cannon to break up a banned rally in support of the Palestinian people in Paris on Thursday, as President Emmanuel Macron urged the French to remain united and refrain from bringing the Israel-Hamas conflict home. Macron’s interior minister had earlier banned …
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PARIS (Reuters) – French prosecutors have opened an investigation into why an exiled Russian journalist who staged a high-profile protest against the war in Ukraine was suddenly taken ill, a spokesperson said on Thursday. Christophe Deloire, director general of Reporters without Borders, said he had met Russian television journalist Marina Ovsyannikova after her malaise outside …
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