BERLIN (Reuters) -The leaders of Britain, France and Germany said on Friday they had agreed in a phone call to move towards using the value of immobilised Russian assets to support Ukraine’s armed forces. In a statement published by the German government, the E3 leaders said they would do this in cooperation with the United …
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KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Friday he had discussed “fair use” of frozen Russian assets with European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde. His comments come after a large overnight Russian air attack across Ukraine. “We discussed how to ensure the fair use of frozen Russian assets to protect against Russia’s war and …
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By Barbara Erling WARSAW (Reuters) -Poland’s critical infrastructure has been subject to a growing number of cyberattacks by Russia, whose military intelligence, has trebled its resources for such action against Poland this year, the country’s digital affairs minister told Reuters. Of the 170,000 cyber incidents that have been identified in the first three quarters of …
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(Reuters) -Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for promoting democratic rights in her country and her struggle to achieve a transition to democracy, the Norwegian Nobel Committee said. Following are some facts about the democracy campaigner: WHAT IS HER BACKGROUND? Maria Corina Machado, 58, was born in Caracas, …
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By Jeff Mason and Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump suggested on Thursday the NATO alliance should weigh throwing Spain out of its membership ranks over a dispute about the Western European nation’s lagging military spending. Members of the U.S.-backed security alliance agreed in June to sharply increase their military spending to 5% …
WARSAW (Reuters) -Generators, extra electricity supplies and an LNG terminal are at Ukraine’s disposal, Polish foreign minister Radoslaw Sikorski said on Friday, as Russia continues to attack Kyiv’s energy infrastructure. Moscow has intensified its assaults in recent weeks. Early on Friday, large parts of Kyiv were plunged into darkness and around 600,000 households were temporarily …
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By Philip O’Connor (Reuters) -Norwegian Football Federation President Lise Klaveness is looking forward to meeting her counterpart from Israel ahead of their World Cup qualifier on Saturday following the announcement of a peace deal between Israel and Hamas, she told Reuters. The two governing bodies were at odds after the Norwegian FA said in August it …
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ROME (Reuters) -A large white coral reef containing important species and fossil traces has been discovered at a depth of more than 500 metres in the Gulf of Naples, in a rare discovery for the Mediterranean, the Italian Research Council (CNR) said on Friday. Known as the “rainforests of the sea”, coral reefs are of …
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By Alexander Cornwell and Maayan Lubell JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israel’s government approved the Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal early on Friday, setting the clock ticking on the first phase of an agreement that aims to end the two-year-old war. The agreement covers only an initial stage, including handing over hostages held in Gaza in exchange …
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -A Swedish appeal court on Friday acquitted one man of accessory to the murder in 2024 of the rapper known by the alias C.Gambino. The Swedish award-winning artist, who kept his identity hidden, was shot dead in a suspected gang-related attack in Gothenburg on the country’s west coast. A lower court had found …
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