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DUBLIN (Reuters) – Ireland’s oldest university, Trinity College Dublin, has announced it will remove the name of philosopher George Berkeley from one of its main libraries over his ownership of slaves and efforts to “advance ideology in support of slavery”. The college said in a statement it will retain a stained-glass window commemorating the philosopher, …

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(Reuters) – The Russian drone industry could soon be worth 1 trillion roubles ($12.25 billion) once a plan to boost production is put into place, given the vehicles’ versatility, President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday. Late last year Putin said Russia must increase its output of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and create infrastructure for their …

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By Ayhan Uyanik, Friederike Heine and Sarah Marsh MUNICH (Reuters) -Turkish citizens based in Germany began voting on Thursday in Turkey’s elections at a record number of polling stations aimed at boosting their participation in a vote that is the biggest electoral threat to President Tayyip Erdogan in two decades in power. Germany is home …

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HELSINKI (Reuters) -Finland’s conservative National Coalition, winner of this month’s parliamentary election, said on Thursday it hopes to form a majority government together with the eurosceptic, anti-immigration Finns Party and two smaller groups. The four parties will negotiate under the leadership of National Coalition Party (NCP) head Petteri Orpo, a fiscal conservative who is widely …

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By Lucien Libert NIMES, France (Reuters) – France will have wildfire-fighting troops and their water-carrying aircraft ready on June 1, one month earlier than usual, to adapt to fires starting earlier than in the past due to climate change, a senior official said. An unusually dry winter has reduced moisture in the soil and raised …

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By Sarah Marsh and Andreas Rinke BERLIN (Reuters) – Berlin appointed its first conservative mayor in more than two decades on Thursday after the Christian Democrats (CDU) beat Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social Democrats (SPD) in a repeat election in February, dislodging its centre-left coalition. Kai Wegner, 50, a former insurance salesman, was sworn in as …

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(Reuters) -A Russian court on Thursday fined the Wikimedia Foundation, which owns Wikipedia, two million roubles ($24,510) for not deleting what it said was “banned content” related to the Russian military, Interfax reported. It said this was the seventh fine imposed on Wikimedia in 2023 for not removing prohibited information. The fines now total 8.4 …

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By Alexander Tanas CHISINAU (Reuters) – President Maia Sandu accused Russia on Thursday of meddling in Moldova’s internal affairs, pointing to an election this weekend in the region of Gagauzia where she said many of those running were Russian agents. Moldova barred a Russian regional delegation this week from going to the semi-automonous pro-Russian region …

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BRUSSELS (Reuters) – NATO allies have delivered almost all their promised combat vehicles to Ukraine, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Thursday. “More than 98 percent of the combat vehicles promised to Ukraine have been delivered,” said Stoltenberg, as he spoke at a news briefing alongside Luxembourg Prime Minister Xavier Bettel. (Reporting by Bart …

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By Elizabeth Piper and Vitalii Hnidyi VYSHNEVA, Ukraine (Reuters) – Doctor Oleg Marchenko never knows what he will find when he visits villages retaken by Ukrainian forces in the east of the country last autumn. Mines lie scattered around and often there are no medical facilities left. He can be certain of one thing, however: …

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