By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is still waiting for a response from Russian President Vladimir Putin on a proposal to extend a deal allowing the safe Black Sea export of Ukraine grain beyond Monday, a U.N. spokesperson said on Friday. Guterres wrote to Putin on Tuesday asking him …
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By Jennifer Rigby LONDON (Reuters) -The sweetener aspartame is a “possible carcinogen” but it remains safe to consume at already-agreed levels, two groups linked to the World Health Organization (WHO) declared on Friday. The rulings are the outcome of two separate WHO expert panels, one of which flags whether there is any evidence that a …
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ROME (Reuters) – An Italian court on Friday suspended a ruling that a brown bear should be put down for the mauling to death in April of a 26-year-old man who was jogging in the Alps. Judges at the Rome administrative court, known as the Council of State, said that while the bear should be …
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Next week’s summit of leaders from the European Union, Latin America and the Caribbean is unlikely to unlock a proposed EU-Mercosur free trade agreement, officials from both sides said on Friday. More than 50 leaders are expected to attend the EU-CELAC (Community of Latin American and Caribbean States) summit in Brussels on …
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By Tom Balmforth KYIV (Reuters) – He wears a pistol to interviews with foreign journalists and discusses wartime intelligence. Weapons and military gear are strewn on the floor of his Kyiv office. He says he has “sources” close to Russian President Vladimir Putin. For an intelligence chief running Ukraine’s spy operations during war with Russia, …
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The Dutch election will be held on Nov. 22, domestic public broadcaster NOS reported on Friday, citing government sources. The Netherlands’ coalition government collapsed last week after failing to reach a deal on restricting immigration. Mark Rutte, the country’s longest-serving prime minister of 13 years, announced on Monday that he is quitting …
(Reuters) -One person was killed in an accident at a uranium enrichment plant in Russia’s Urals region on Friday but state nuclear corporation Rosatom said the incident posed no threat to the health of people in the area, state media reported. The factory said the “depressurisation” of a cylinder containing depleted uranium hexafluoride had occurred, …
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CHISINAU (Reuters) – Moldovan Prime Minister Dorin Recean accepted the resignation of the interior minister and two other ministers on Friday, two weeks after a deadly shootout at the country’s main international airport. Announcing the decision to reporters at a briefing, Recean thanked the ministers for their work in government, but did say why they …
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ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece will shut the ancient Acropolis for a few hours on Friday to protect visitors to one of the world’s most famous archaeological sites from a heatwave enveloping Athens and other countries in southern Europe. The Acropolis Hill, home to the Parthenon temple that is visited by millions of tourists every year, …
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WARSAW (Reuters) – Poland will respond in kind if Russia closes down its diplomatic missions, the Polish prime minister said on Friday, after Moscow said it had decided to close Warsaw’s consulate in Smolensk. The war in Ukraine has brought relations between Warsaw and Moscow to new lows. Poland accuses Russia of trying to destabilise …
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