DUBAI (Reuters) -Iran’s judiciary confirmed on Tuesday that a Swedish national working for the European Union had been detained, the latest known case of a foreign national being held in Iran amid political tension with the West. Sweden and the European Union Commission said last week a Swedish national was being detained in Iran. Sweden …
By Denis Balibouse GENEVA (Reuters) – On the square across from the United Nations in Geneva, Swiss-French artist SAYPE has used eco-friendly paint to create a giant fresco intended to draw attention to the plight of civilians in armed conflicts. Working with the Handicap International charity, the 34-year-old painted a gigantic hand on a grass …
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VLADIVOSTOK, Russia (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that the prosecution of former U.S. President Donald Trump was politically motivated and showed that the U.S. political system was “rotten”. In comments at a forum in Russia’s Far Eastern city of Vladivostok, Putin also said that significant changes in the U.S.-Russia relationship were …
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By Nandita Bose ANCHORAGE (Reuters) – President Joe Biden urged Americans on Monday not to succumb to the “poisonous politics of difference and division” as he sought to revive the spirit of national unity after the deadly Sept. 11, 2001, attacks 22 years ago. “It shouldn’t take a national tragedy to remind us of the …
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OSLO (Reuters) – Norway’s governing Labour Party fell to second place behind the Conservatives in Monday’s regional and municipal election, a preliminary count showed, the first time since 1924 that the leftwing group failed to finish first in a nationwide vote. With 60% of ballots counted, Labour had won 21.8% of the vote, official data …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department has approved the potential sale of an Integrated Air and Missile Defense Battle Command System to Poland for an estimated cost of $4 billion, the Pentagon said on Monday. As it upgrades its air defenses, the Pentagon said NATO-ally Poland had requested to buy phase two of a …
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By Mike Stone WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Biden administration is close to approving the shipment of longer-range missiles packed with cluster bombs to Ukraine, giving Kyiv the ability to cause significant damage deeper within Russian-occupied territory, according to four U.S. officials. After seeing the success of cluster munitions delivered in 155 mm artillery rounds in recent …
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By Max A. Cherney (Reuters) – Nvidia’s supremacy in building computer chips for artificial intelligence has chilled venture funding for would-be rivals, investors said, with the number of U.S. deals this quarter falling 80% from a year ago. The Santa Clara, California company dominates the market for chips that work with massive amounts of language …
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AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Police in the Netherlands said they were deploying a water cannon to clear a major highway blocked by climate activists for the third straight day on Monday in protests over government subsidies for fossil fuels. Protesters earlier walked onto the A12 highway at The Hague around noon local time preventing traffic from …
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GENEVA (Reuters) -The United Nations rights chief on Monday blamed Russia’s exit from the Black Sea grain deal as well as its attacks on agricultural facilities for higher food prices that have been particularly damaging in the Horn of Africa. “The Russian Federation’s withdrawal from the Black Sea Grain Initiative in July, and attacks on …
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