By Yara Nardi LAMPEDUSA, Italy (Reuters) -Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni called on Friday for the European Union to act jointly “with a naval mission if necessary” to prevent migrants crossing the Mediterranean from North Africa. Meloni posted a video message on social media promising tough action in response to a surge in migrant arrivals …
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) -A Belgian court on Friday sentenced eight defendants in the country’s largest ever trial involving the 2016 Islamist bombings in Brussels that killed 32 people, Belga news agency said. Six men, who were found guilty of murder and attempted murder for their part in the twin bombings at Brussels airport and third bomb …
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(Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy welcomed the EU’s decision not to further extend the ban on Kyiv’s grain exports, but said his government would react “in civilised fashion” if EU member states broke EU rules. “This is an example of true unity and trust between Ukraine and the EU,” Zelenskiy wrote on the Telegram …
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By Yara Nardi LAMPEDUSA (Reuters) – Claudine Nsoe, a 29-year-old mother of two from Cameroon, is one of the thousands of migrants who have arrived this week on the tiny Italian island of Lampedusa, a first port of call for those crossing the Mediterranean from North Africa. Nsoe spoke to Reuters while she was camped …
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By Fernando Kallas MADRID (Reuters) -A group of 39 players from Spain, including most of the 23 Women’s World Cup-winning squad, said on Friday it wanted further changes at the Spanish soccer federation and that the resignation of chief Luis Rubiales and the replacement of the team’s manager was not enough. In a statement, the …
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DUBAI (Reuters) – Iranian security forces deployed in the hometown of Mahsa Amini in anticipation of a flare-up in unrest marking this weekend’s first anniversary of her death in morality police custody, witnesses, social media posts and rights groups said on Friday. The Sept. 16 death of Amini, a 22-year-old Kurd arrested for allegedly flouting …
GENEVA (Reuters) – The World Health Organization and other aid groups on Friday called on authorities in Libya to stop burying flood victims in mass graves after a U.N. report showed that more than 1,000 people had so far been buried in that manner since the country was hit by floods. A torrent washed away …
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By Romolo Tosiani and Federica Urso SAN PAOLO DI CIVITATE, Italy (Reuters) – As Italy’s autumn grape harvest begins, winemakers are braced for a sharp drop in output after a rampant fungus ruined vines, thriving on drought followed by torrential spring rain. The plasmopara viticola fungus, which causes a disease named grape downy mildew, destroyed …
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STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg was charged with disobeying a police order on Friday, less than two months after she was convicted and fined for the same offence. Thunberg, 20, was fined 1,500 Swedish crowns ($134) by a Swedish court on July 24 for failing to leave a protest when ordered by …
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By Emma Pinedo MADRID (Reuters) -Former Spanish soccer chief Luis Rubiales will appear before a judge on Friday over a complaint of sexual assault stemming from his allegedly unsolicited kiss on the lips of player Jenni Hermoso that has triggered a furore over sexism in Spanish sport and society. The events of Aug. 20 eclipsed …
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