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European investigators question Lebanon central bank chief’s assistant in fraud probe

27 Apr 2023

BEIRUT (Reuters) – European investigators in Beirut questioned an assistant to Lebanon’s central bank governor on Thursday as part of a probe into whether the governor embezzled and laundered hundreds of millions of dollars in public funds, local media and a judicial source said. Governor Riad Salameh is being investigated in Lebanon and in at …

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Hungary govt to submit judicial bill to parliament to unlock EU funds -minister

27 Apr 2023

BUDAPEST (Reuters) -After talks with the European Commission, Hungary’s government will submit a key judicial reform bill to parliament as part of its efforts to unlock suspended EU funds, Justice Minister Judit Varga said on her official Facebook page on Thursday. “We have the green light from Brussels (to the judicial bill),” Varga said, adding …

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‘Military object’ found in Poland probably not fired from abroad, broadcaster reports

27 Apr 2023

WARSAW (Reuters) -A military object found in a Polish forest was probably not fired from abroad and most likely belonged to the Polish army, private broadcaster RMF FM reported on Thursday. RMF, which did not identify its sources, said authorities believed the object could be part of an air-to-surface missile, measuring several metres, which was …

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Fire damages Russian cultural centre in Cyprus, Moscow cites ‘terrorist attack’

26 Apr 2023

NICOSIA (Reuters) -A fire damaged a Russian cultural centre in the Cypriot capital Nicosia on Wednesday, prompting Moscow to denounce what it called a “terrorist attack.” The cause of the fire was under investigation, fire brigade spokesman Andreas Kettis said. In statements to the semi-official Cyprus News Agency, Cypriot police spokesman Christos Andreou said authorities …

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Italian reporter hurt, Ukrainian fixer killed in Kherson ambush – paper

26 Apr 2023

(Reuters) – A reporter for the Italian newspaper La Repubblica was injured and his Ukrainian fixer died on Wednesday when they were ambushed in southern Ukraine, most likely by Russian snipers, the paper said in an article on its website. La Repubblica said correspondent Corrado Zunino and fixer Bogdan Bitik were fired on near a …

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Britain evacuates 301 people from Sudan as first nationals arrive home

26 Apr 2023

LONDON (Reuters) -Britain has flown 301 people out of Sudan and hopes to complete eight evacuation flights by the end of Wednesday, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s spokesman said, as the first rescued Britons landed at London’s Stansted Airport. Britain began evacuating its citizens on Tuesday, following other nations in pulling people out of the North …

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Navalny says he faces 30 more years in Russian jail after terrorism case opened

26 Apr 2023

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny said on Wednesday that investigators had opened what he called an “absurd” terrorism case against him that could see him sentenced to an additional 30 years in jail. Navalny, a former lawyer who rose to prominence more than a decade ago by lampooning President Vladimir Putin’s elite …

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Police respond to report of armed individuals at Berlin conference centre

26 Apr 2023

BERLIN (Reuters) – German police are responding to a report that two people carrying dangerous items were spotted in the area of Berlin’s International Conference Centre (ICC) on Wednesday, a police spokesperson said. The rbb24 broadcaster reported that a large police operation was taking place at the venue. (Reporting by Rachel More, Writing by Friederike …

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Three Russian aircraft intercepted over Baltic Sea – German air force

26 Apr 2023

BERLIN (Reuters) -Three Russian military aircraft flying without transponder signals have been intercepted in international airspace over the Baltic Sea, Germany’s Luftwaffe said on Wednesday. Germany and Britain sent Eurofighter jets to identify the two Sukhoi Su-27 fighter aircraft and one Ilyushin Il-20 aircraft, the German air force said on Twitter. It posted several images …

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