By Philip Pullella, Catarina Demony and Patricia Vicente Rua LISBON (Reuters) – One of the biggest crowds ever seen in Portugal mobbed Pope Francis on Thursday as he rode in an open vehicle to a rally where he told an ocean of young Catholics from all over the world to beware the false happiness lurking …
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(Reuters) – Agence France-Presse (AFP) said on Wednesday it filed a lawsuit in Paris against Elon Musk’s X social media platform, formerly known as Twitter, accusing it of failing to discuss potential payment for the distribution of the news agency’s content. France in 2019 enacted a copyright rule dubbed “neighbouring rights” that compels large online …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) -A Moscow court fined Apple 400,000 roubles ($4,274) on Thursday for not deleting “inaccurate” content about what Russia calls a “special military operation” in Ukraine on apps and podcasts, Russian news agencies reported. The TASS news agency said it was the first time Apple had been fined for that offence. Interfax said Apple …
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By Mario Fuentes HAVANA (Reuters) – Among the classic cars, mopeds and rickshaws Cubans use to get around the capital city Havana, a new kind of ride is hitting the streets – bamboo bicycles made by a local workshop. Velo Cuba, a bike shop and tour company, produces the lightweight, eco-friendly options as part of …
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By Alvise Armellini ROME (Reuters) – A particularly aggressive crab species from the western Atlantic is threatening Italy’s role as one of the world’s top producers of clams – as well as, potentially, one of its signature pasta dishes. The “blue crab”, originally from the coast of north and south America, has spread across several …
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ATHENS (Reuters) – Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch on Thursday called for a “credible” probe into a migrant shipwreck off Greece in June in which hundreds died, saying that contrasting accounts by the Greek coastguard and survivors “were extremely concerning”. The overcrowded fishing trawler said to be carrying between 400-750 people from Pakistan, Syria …
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WARSAW (Reuters) – Russian Wagner Group forces are being moved close to NATO’s eastern flank to destabilise it, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said on Thursday. An unspecified number of Wagner fighters have begun training with the Belarus national army, prompting Poland to start moving more than 1,000 troops closer to the border. (Reporting by …
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By Layli Foroudi DNIPRO, Ukraine (Reuters) – When the body of 34-year-old Liubov Borniakova was found in her home in the city of Dnipro in central Ukraine in January, it was marked with 75 bruises, according to the coroner’s report. Her husband, Yakov Borniakov, had been laying low inside their apartment during the previous month, …
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(Reuters) -Russia has added Norway to its list of foreign states that have committed so-called “unfriendly” acts against Russian diplomatic missions, news agencies reported on Thursday. Countries on the list are limited in the number of local staff they can hire in Russia, with Norway restricted to 27, state news agency RIA Novosti said. Norway …
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OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife Sophie Gregoire Trudeau unexpectedly announced their separation on Instagram on Wednesday, likely marking the end of the couple’s 18-year high-profile marriage. Trudeau, 51, and Gregoire Trudeau, 48, got married in May 2005. Ten years later, Trudeau became prime minister, landing the sharply-dressed couple in …
