By Julien Pretot PARIS (Reuters) – French Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau on Thursday criticised the unfurling of a giant “Free Palestine” banner at a Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) soccer match, saying it was “unacceptable”. However, European soccer’s governing body UEFA said the club would not face sanctions. Retailleau, asked if he would seek sanctions against PSG, …
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Europe and the United States face tough talks on trade after Donald Trump’s U.S. election victory, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Thursday. “The trade issue with the U.S. will come up and it will not be easy,” Orban told a news conference after a meeting of 42 European leaders in …
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SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday described NATO as a “blatant anachronism” which was needed by the United States in order to dominate its zone of influence. Putin, setting out his world view in a speech to a conference of Russia experts, said the alliance was subject to “the diktat of …
By Valerie Volcovici, Kate Abnett and Gloria Dickie WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Donald Trump’s victory in the U.S. presidential election has darkened the outlook for a strong deal at the COP29 climate summit next week and will increase pressure on Europe and China to lead international progress in curbing planetary warming, according to climate negotiators. Trump, who …
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By Krisztina Than BUDAPEST (Reuters) – As much of Europe frets over the return of Donald Trump, Hungary’s Viktor Orban is in a jubilant mood. “A much needed victory for the World!” the Hungarian nationalist leader wrote on X minutes after Trump declared victory. Orban hopes his close personal ties with Trump will elevate his …
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(Reuters) -A Russian guided bomb attack on Ukraine’s southeastern city of Zaporizhzhia on Thursday killed four people and wounded 33, destroying houses and damaging an oncology centre, officials said. A four-month-old girl and two boys, aged one and 10, were among the wounded, regional governor Ivan Fedorov said on the Telegram messaging app. Two people …
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By Maria Martinez and Holger Hansen BERLIN (Reuters) -Germany will be able to provide most of the 4 billion euros ($4.3 billion) pledged to Ukraine even if the 2025 budget cannot be approved on time following the collapse of the coalition government, sources from the budget committee told Reuters. The funds are largely committed appropriations …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has pardoned 31 more people convicted of crimes related to “extremism”, state news agency Belta said on Thursday. Belta cited Lukashenko’s press service as saying that among those pardoned were two women and 29 men. (Reporting by Reuters; Writing by Maxim Rodionov; Editing by Alexandra Hudson)
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Thursday called on European leaders to apply an approach of “peace through strength” to confront the threat posed by Russia. Zelenskiy’s appeal comes a day after Donald Trump won another term in the White House, bringing uncertainty about Washington’s future policy after he had criticized the scale …
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BAALBEK, Lebanon (Reuters) – An Israeli airstrike has destroyed an Ottoman-era building just a stone’s throw from the UNESCO-listed temples of Baalbek in eastern Lebanon, the closest Israel has come yet to striking one of Lebanon’s most treasured archaeological sites. Heaps of grey masonry and twisted metal lay on Thursday next to a burnt-out bus …
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