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MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov drew a sharp rebuke from the White House on Wednesday for saying the United States had assembled a coalition of European countries to solve “the Russian question” in the same way that Adolf Hitler had sought a “final solution” to eradicate Europe’s Jews. “How dare he compare anything …

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BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Parliament called on Wednesday for the EU to list Iran’s Revolutionary Guards as a terrorist organisation, blaming the powerful force for the repression of protesters and the supply of drones to Russia. Ties between the European Union (EU) member states and Tehran have deteriorated in recent months as efforts to …

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By Djaffar Al Katanty GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) -Police fired tear gas to disperse demonstrators in Congo’s eastern city of Goma on Wednesday who were calling on authorities to enforce an agreed withdrawal of M23 rebels from occupied territory in the region. Regional leaders brokered a ceasefire in November under which the Tutsi-led …

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LUETZERATH, Germany (Reuters) – Environmental activist Greta Thunberg swiftly resumed campaigning on Wednesday after she was briefly detained in Germany during a protest against a coal mine expansion, tweeting that protecting the climate was not a crime. “Yesterday I was part of a group that peacefully protested the expansion of a coal mine in Germany. …

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KYIV (Reuters) -Eighteen people including Ukraine’s interior minister, other senior ministry officials and three children were killed on Wednesday morning when a helicopter crashed near a nursery outside Kyiv, Ukrainian officials said. The helicopter came down close to the nursery and a residential building in Brovary to the northeast of the capital, local officials said. …

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By Nandita Bose and Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The White House said on Tuesday it would respond in “good faith” to inquiries from lawmakers about the improper storage of classified documents at President Joe Biden’s home and former office while accusing Republicans of hypocrisy in how they were pursuing the issue. On Saturday, the Democratic …

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LUETZERATH, Germany (Reuters) -Climate campaigner Greta Thunberg was detained alongside other activists on Tuesday during protests against the demolition of a village to make way for a coal mine expansion but was released after an identity check, according to police. Thunberg was held while protesting at the opencast coal mine of Garzweiler 2, some 9 …

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By Wladimir Pantaleone PALERMO, Italy (Reuters) – Perfumes, designer clothes and sex pills were found on Tuesday in an apartment which investigators believe was the last hideout of Sicilian mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro, judicial sources said, a day after the arrest of the fugitive. Messina Denaro, 60, caught on Monday at a private hospital …

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