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Luxembourg authorises some frozen Russian assets to be unblocked

20 Dec 2022 20 Dec 2022

(This content was produced in Russia where the law restricts coverage of Russian military operations in Ukraine) MOSCOW (Reuters) – Luxembourg’s finance ministry on Tuesday said it had authorised the release of certain frozen funds or economic resources held at the Clearstream settlement house by Russia’s National Settlement Depository (NSD). The general licence issue should …

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Spain to ask for more than $89 billion in fresh EU funds

20 Dec 2022 20 Dec 2022

By Belén Carreño and Inti Landauro MADRID (Reuters) – Spain will ask the European Union for loans worth 84 billion euros ($89 billion) and a further 7.7 billion euros in grants as part of the bloc’s COVID-19 recovery package, Spanish Economy Minister Nadia Calvino said on Tuesday. That means Spain will seek its full allotment …

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Germany convicts 97-year-old woman of Nazi war crimes – media

20 Dec 2022 20 Dec 2022

BERLIN (Reuters) – A German court convicted a 97-year-old woman of having contributed to the murder of over 11,000 people during her time working as a typist at a Nazi concentration camp in World War Two, NDR broadcaster and other media reported on Tuesday. The district court in the northern town of Itzehoe handed Irmgard …

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Bill Gates upbeat on climate innovation, even if 1.5C goal out of reach

20 Dec 2022 20 Dec 2022

By Katy Daigle WASHINGTON (Reuters) – When it comes to climate change, Bill Gates considers himself a realist – even if that means admitting the world has no chance limiting warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. Given “the overall scale of our industrial economy … we’re going to have to do mind-blowing work to stay below …

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South African flying school executive investigated by police in Australia

20 Dec 2022 20 Dec 2022

By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian police have searched a property of, but not charged, a former British military pilot who is an executive of a South African flight school under scrutiny by British authorities for training Chinese military pilots. Another ex-military pilot who previously worked for the flying school was arrested in Australia …

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Jury finds former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein guilty of rape

20 Dec 2022 20 Dec 2022

By Lisa Richwine and Tim Reid LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Former movie producer Harvey Weinstein was found guilty of rape and two other sexual assault counts by a Los Angeles jury on Monday, marking the second conviction of the onetime Hollywood kingmaker who became the face of #MeToo sexual abuse allegations five years ago. The jury …

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Putin and Lukashenko dwell on cooperation, not Ukraine war, after summit

19 Dec 2022 19 Dec 2022

By Tom Balmforth (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Belarusian counterpart extolled ever-closer ties on Monday as Putin visited Minsk for the first time since 2019, hardly mentioning the war raging in nearby Ukraine at a joint news conference. Russian forces used Belarus as a launch pad for their abortive attack on the Ukrainian …

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Senator wants review of U.S. security assistance to Nigeria following abortion report

19 Dec 2022 19 Dec 2022

By David Lewis and Daphne Psaledakis NAIROBI/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Senator Jim Risch, the top Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, has requested a review of U.S. security assistance and cooperation programs in Nigeria following Reuters reporting on an illegal abortion program and killing of children carried out by the Nigerian military. Risch, in a …

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Russian strikes on Ukraine’s grid fail to dim resistance – U.S. diplomat

19 Dec 2022 19 Dec 2022

By Jonathan Landay and Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Waves of Russian strikes on Ukraine’s electrical grid have failed to dim its determination to resist Moscow, but Washington and its allies need do more to help the country keep the power on, a senior U.S. diplomat said on Monday. “I think this strategic bombing campaign …

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Russian ‘kamikaze’ drones hit Kyiv, Putin has talks in ally Belarus

19 Dec 2022 19 Dec 2022

By Tom Balmforth and Valentyn Ogirenko KYIV (Reuters) – Russian “kamikaze” drones hit key energy infrastructure in and around Kyiv on Monday and President Vladimir Putin visited Belarus for the first time since 2019, fuelling Ukrainian fears he will pressure his ally to open a new invasion front. But Ukraine was hardly mentioned by Putin …

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