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BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Wednesday the EU will propose sanctions targeting for the first time Iranian economic operators involved in the Russian war in Ukraine. “For the first time we are also proposing to sanction Iranian entities including those linked to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard,” Von der Leyen …

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By John O’Donnell BERLIN (Reuters) -The United States could sanction more banks with links to Russia and will step up enforcement against any dodging existing rules, a senior U.S. official told Reuters, as Western powers seek to reinvigorate efforts to isolate Moscow. The comments come as Western diplomats seek to agree a new raft of …

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PARIS (Reuters) -The European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday ruled in favour of a former employee of accounting firm PwC, saying his 2016 conviction for leaking data about Luxembourg’s tax deals with large corporations violated his right to freedom of expression. The case revolved around confidential data used in the high-profile “LuxLeaks” revelations by …

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(In 5th paragraph, corrects the aircraft designated by Flanker NATO reporting name to Su-27 from Su-28) (Reuters) -Two Dutch F-35 fighters intercepted a formation of three Russian military aircraft near Poland and escorted them out, the Netherlands’ defence ministry said in a statement late on Monday. “The then unknown aircraft approached the Polish NATO area …

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By Catarina Demony LISBON (Reuters) -More than 100 priests suspected of child sexual abuse remain active in church roles in Portugal, according to the head of a commission investigating the issue. The commission, which started its work in January 2022, said in its final report published on Monday that at least 4,815 children were sexually …

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By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) -A U.S. jury convicted a wealthy Russian businessman with ties to the Kremlin of charges that he and others made tens of millions of dollars by hacking U.S. computer networks to obtain secret, inside information about multiple companies which they used to make trades. Vladislav Klyushin, the owner of a …

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