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P&O Cruise passengers injured after ‘weather-related’ incident in Mallorca

27 Aug 2023

LONDON (Reuters) – A small number of people were injured on Sunday during a “weather-related incident” involving P&O Cruises Britannia ship moored in the Spanish island of Mallorca, a spokesperson for the company said. Port authorities in the capital Palma said the ship collided with a petrol tanker because of high winds. The BBC said …

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France to ban Muslim abaya dress in state schools

27 Aug 2023

PARIS (Reuters) – France will ban children from wearing the abaya, the loose-fitting, full-length robes worn by some Muslim women, in state-run schools, its education minister said on Sunday ahead of the back-to-school season. France, which has enforced a strict ban on religious signs in state schools since 19th century laws removed any traditional Catholic …

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Zelenskiy says he will propose tougher corruption measures this week

27 Aug 2023

KYIV (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in a television interview shared on his Telegram channel on Sunday that he would ask parliament in the coming week to increase penalties for those found guilty of corruption during wartime. “I have set a task for the legislation and the Ukrainian legislators will be offered my …

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Darmanin, potential successor to Macron, makes pitch to working class

27 Aug 2023

PARIS (Reuters) – French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin staged his first rally on Sunday with an appeal to working class voters in what political opponents saw as the start of the race to succeed President Emmanuel Macron. The constitution bars Macron from running for a third term and potential candidates in the centre-right camp – …

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Thousands of redheads celebrate at annual festival in the Netherlands

27 Aug 2023

TILBURG, The Netherlands (Reuters) – Thousands of people gathered in the Netherlands this weekend to celebrate their red hair at the annual Redhead Days Festival in the southern town of Tilburg. Scottish Liam Hunter, 30, told Reuters attending the three-day festival made him feel better about himself. Like many redheads Hunter said he has experienced …

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Second vessel leaves Odesa through temporary Black Sea corridor: Minister

27 Aug 2023

KYIV (Reuters) – A vessel carrying steel products to Africa has left Ukraine’s Odesa port through a temporary Black Sea corridor, the second ship to do so since Russia withdrew last month from a U.N.-brokered deal that allowed for grain to be safely exported, a senior Ukrainian government official said on Sunday. Deputy Prime Minister …

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Russia launches overnight air attack on northern, central Ukraine

27 Aug 2023

(Reuters) -Russia launched an overnight air attack against Ukraine on Sunday, sending missiles over other northern and central parts of the country, authorities said. The Ukrainian military reported shooting down four cruise missiles out of up to eight total airborne targets detected, adding that the rest of the targets were “probably false”. It also said …

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Russian SU-30 plane escorted U.S. drone Reaper over Black Sea – RIA

27 Aug 2023

MOSCOW (Reuters) – A Russian SU-30 military plane escorted a U.S. reconnaissance Reaper drone on Sunday over the Black Sea, RIA news agency reported, citing the Russian defence ministry. TASS news agency said the drone had not breached Russia’s state border. (Reporting by Vladimir Soldatkin; Editing by Gareth Jones)

One person dead, 57 injured after explosions at Romanian gas station

27 Aug 2023

BUCHAREST (Reuters) -One person died and 57 were injured after two explosions at a liquefied petroleum gas station in the Romanian town of Crevedia near the capital Bucharest on Saturday. After the first explosion, the fire spread to two fuel tanks and a nearby house, leading authorities to evacuate everyone within a radius of 700 …

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Three US Marines die in ‘tragic’ Australia helicopter crash

27 Aug 2023

By Samuel McKeith SYDNEY (Reuters) -Three U.S. Marines died during military exercises in northern Australia on Sunday, the U.S. military said, in a helicopter crash that Prime Minister Anthony Albanese called “tragic”. Five others were “transported to Royal Darwin Hospital in serious condition”, Marine Rotation Force – Darwin said in a press release. It said …

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