KURBIN, Albania (Reuters) – Albania is fighting a large wildfire near the western town of Lac, the army and firefighters trying to keep away the flames threatening houses, the interior minister said on Tuesday. Police showed video of a man being arrested and Interior Minister Taulant Balla said he was suspected of arson. “The fire …
MADRID (Reuters) -Spain’s King Felipe on Tuesday nominated the leader of the conservative People’s Party (PP), Alberto Nunez Feijoo, to face a parliamentary vote for prime minister, according to lower house speaker Francina Armengol. The king, who is head of state, made the decision after consulting representatives of parties that won parliamentary seats in an …
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By Alexandros Avramidis ALEXANDROUPOLIS, Greece (Reuters) – Eighteen charred bodies were found in a remote village in northeastern Greece on Tuesday where wildfires have been raging for days, authorities said, as a heatwave that has seen red alerts issued across southern Europe turned deadly. Firefighters said they were investigating whether the bodies, found near a …
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(Reuters) – A prominent Russian journalist on Tuesday said General Sergei Surovikin, who at one time was commander of Moscow’s war effort in Ukraine, has been dismissed as head of the country’s aerospace forces. There was no official confirmation of the report by Alexei Venediktov, the well-connected former head of the now-defunct Ekho Moskvy radio …
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ANKARA (Reuters) -Maritime traffic from the Aegean Sea to the Sea of Marmara has been suspended due to the ongoing forest fire in the Turkish northwestern province of Canakkale, the transport ministry and a shipping agency said on Tuesday. “The traffic at Dardanelles was suspended for both directions on Tuesday at 18:45 (1545 GMT) hours …
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(Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin said the BRICS grouping of countries was on course to meet the aspirations of most of the world’s population, according to recorded remarks at a summit of the BRICS countries in South Africa on Tuesday. “We cooperate on the principles of equality, partnership support, respect for each other’s interests, and …
By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) – Germany’s Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said on Tuesday China posed a challenge to the “fundamentals of how we live together in this world” and Germany would work with mid-sized nations like Australia to de-escalate tension in the Indo-Pacific. In a video address to an Australian foreign policy think tank, …
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KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine said on Tuesday its troops had entered the strategic southeastern village of Robotyne, a potentially significant advance in its counteroffensive against Russian forces. Deputy Defence Minister Hanna Maliar said on the Telegram messaging app that Ukrainian soldiers were organising the evacuation of civilians after entering Robotyne but were still coming under …
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KYIV (Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic held talks in Athens on Tuesday which both leaders described as “good” and “open”. Serbia has repeatedly condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine at the United Nations and other international forums but has not imposed sanctions on Moscow. It also maintains trade and military cooperation …
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COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Denmark’s government on Tuesday announced a reshuffle that will see economy minister Troels Lund Poulsen take the role of defence minister, as the NATO member enters a period with heavy investments in military spending. Jakob Ellemann-Jensen, who returned to work on August 1 following a 6-month sick leave for stress, will move …
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