ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s available water resources hit an all-time low in 2022, as a combination of rising temperatures and lower rainfall halved fresh supplies compared to the average of the last 30 years, data showed on Friday. A drought last year also disrupted Italian olive oil output, which fell to its lowest level since …
VIENNA (Reuters) – Germany opposes sending cluster munitions to Ukraine, its foreign minister said on Friday, a day after U.S. officials said Washington was planning to provide Kyiv with the weapons, widely denounced for killing and maiming civilians. Human rights organisations oppose such a move and German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said that Germany, as …
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ROME (Reuters) – The number of people aged over 100 in Italy hit a record high last year, the national statistics office said on Friday, as the average age of the population grows at a faster pace than its European Union peers. In its annual report, ISTAT said the share of the population aged over …
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BERLIN (Reuters) – The Swiss, German and Austrian defence ministers on Friday signed a memorandum of understanding on their participation in the European Sky Shield Initiative, said the Swiss government. European Sky Shield is a common air defence scheme set up by Germany in 2022 to boost European air defence, an issue which has come …
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PRAGUE (Reuters) -Ukraine’s future is in the European Union and the NATO military alliance, Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala said on Friday after meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in Prague. Zelenskiy flew to Prague on Thursday, escorted by two Czech Air Force jets, after holding talks in Bulgaria. He aims to build support for …
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PRAGUE (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said during a visit to the Czech Republic on Friday that Kyiv needed long-range weapons form the United States to fight Russian forces that have invaded his country. “Without long-range weapons it is difficult not only to carry out an offensive mission but also to conduct a defensive …
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KYIV (Reuters) – Ukrainian troops have advanced by more than a kilometre in the last day against Russian forces near the eastern city of Bakhmut, a military spokesperson said on Friday. His comments were the latest by Kyiv signalling that the counteroffensive it launched in early June is gradually making progress although Russian accounts of …
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LVIV, Ukraine (Reuters) – Ukraine halted rescue operations in the western city of Lviv on Friday and said the death toll had risen to 10 from a Russian missile strike on a residential building. Regional governor Maksym Kozytskyi said rescuers had worked through the night to clear debris despite heavy rain after a missile hit …
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By Giancarlo Navach and Alvise Armellini MILAN (Reuters) -An overnight fire in a retirement home in Milan killed six people and injured around 80, including three who are in a critical condition, Italian authorities said on Friday. The fire started in a first-floor room of the facility. It was put out quickly and did not …
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By Olena Harmash KYIV (Reuters) – With war dragging on, some of Ukraine’s millions of refugees are beginning to think about settling for good in the countries they find themselves in across Europe, posing a challenge to rebuilding the economy when the guns finally fall silent. Natalka Korzh, 52, a TV director and mother-of-two, left …
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