ATHENS (Reuters) – Police on Sunday were searching a Ryanair passenger plane that landed at Athens International Airport for any suspicious items after receiving an alert for a bomb threat, police officials said. The pilot of the Boeing 737 aircraft, with about 190 passengers and crew on board, had earlier alerted authorities over a possible …
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By Leigh Thomas and Andreas Rinke PARIS (Reuters) – The leaders of France and Germany sought at a summit on Sunday to pave over divisions that have dogged Europe’s closest bilateral relation since the war in Ukraine broke out, leaving many of their most vexed issues to be worked out later. In a show of …
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PARIS (Reuters) -German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, under pressure to allow the shipment of German-made tanks to Ukraine, said on Sunday all decisions on weapons deliveries would be made in coordination with allies including the United States. Last week Germany and Western allies reached no decision on whether Germany would agree to send Leopard 2 tanks …
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YAOUNDE (Reuters) – The mutilated body of a prominent Cameroonian journalist was found on Sunday near the capital Yaounde five days after he was abducted by unidentified assailants, the press union and a colleague said on Sunday. Media advocates described Martinez Zogo’s disappearance and death as a further sign of the perils of reporting in …
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By Dan Williams JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will dismiss coalition ally Aryeh Deri from the cabinet on Sunday following a Supreme Court order for his removal over his criminal record, said a confidant of the minister. However, Deri – who was appointed interior and health minister on Dec. 29 – will …
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(Reuters) – A referendum in Slovakia failed to open a path to early elections after most voters avoided the polling stations on Saturday, quashing the opposition’s plan to bring the contest forward. Only 27.3% of voters cast ballots, far below the absolute majority a referendum must attract to be valid, according to data released overnight …
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(Reuters) – A close ally of President Vladimir Putin said on Sunday that deliveries of offensive weapons to Kyiv that threaten Russia’s territories will lead to a global catastrophe and make arguments against using weapons of mass destruction untenable. Vyacheslav Volodin, speaker of the Duma – Russia’s lower house of parliament – warned that the …
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(Reuters) – The Baltic states of Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania made a joint call to Germany on Saturday to step up its leadership and send its main battle tanks to Ukraine, putting further pressure on Berlin to move faster on aiding Kyiv in its war against Russia. “We, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania Foreign Ministers, call …
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By Lucy Craymer WELLINGTON (Reuters) -New Zealand’s ruling Labour Party chose former COVID minister Chris Hipkins on Sunday to replace the charismatic Jacinda Ardern as its new leader, and become the next prime minister of the country. Hipkins, 44, was the only nomination for the job and his confirmation at a party meeting on Sunday, …
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By Maria Starkova LVIV, Ukraine (Reuters) – Russia increased shelling of Ukraine’s eastern regions outside the main front line in the Donbas industrial area, officials from the Zaporizhzhia and Sumy regions said on Saturday. Russia’s defence ministry said a recent offensive had put its army’s units in more advantageous positions along the Zaporizhzhia front line, …
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