By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. scientists on Tuesday revealed a breakthrough on fusion energy that could one day help curb climate change if companies can scale up the technology to a commercial level in the coming decades. Scientists at the Lawrence Livermore National Lab in California on Dec. 5 for the first time briefly …
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ATHENS (Reuters) – Eva Kaili feels betrayed by European Parliament colleagues who decided to strip the Greek MEP of her role as vice president of the assembly on Tuesday after she was accused of accepting bribes from Qatar, her lawyer in Athens told Reuters. The case, in which Kaili has denied any wrongdoing, is evolving …
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By Andreas Buerger and Charlotte Van Campenhout STRASBOURG (Reuters) -The European Parliament removed Greek MEP Eva Kaili as a vice president of the assembly on Tuesday after she was accused of accepting bribes from Qatar in one of the biggest corruption scandals to hit Brussels. Kaili has denied any wrongdoing, but European lawmakers have acted …
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By Gloria Dickie LONDON (Reuters) – The United Nations on Tuesday announced its top priorities for restoring ecosystems from South America’s Atlantic Forest to the Ganges River in India. With countries negotiating a global conservation pact at the U.N. nature summit in Montreal, the U.N. sought to boost momentum by naming 10 flagship restoration initiatives …
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By John Irish and Michel Rose PARIS (Reuters) – Some 70 countries and institutions worldwide pledged more than 1 billion euros ($1.05 billion) in immediate aid to help Ukraine get through a harsh winter as Russian forces batter its energy grid and other critical civilian infrastructure. France hosted the global meeting to discuss what could …
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COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -Denmark’s Social Democratic leader Mette Frederiksen said on Tuesday she had agreed to form a rare bipartisan government with the main opposition party, the Liberal Party, and the Moderates to form a government with her as prime minister. “We have set high ambitions, both in terms of ensuring higher employment, more people getting …
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WELLINGTON (Reuters) – Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy urged New Zealand, a staunch supporter of Kyiv, to take leadership in working on ensuring environmental security that has been destroyed by the Russian invasion of his country. “Economy and infrastructure can be reconstructed,” Zelenskiy told New Zealand’s parliament. “You cannot rebuild the destroyed nature, just as you …
By Caroline Pailliez PARIS (Reuters) – A French court on Tuesday convicted seven men and one woman for their roles in a 2016 truck rampage in the Riviera city of Nice in which 86 people were killed, a verdict that seeks to close a bloody chapter in French history. Attacker Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel was shot …
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JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israeli Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu pledged on Tuesday to balance religious and secular interests as he tries to form a new government with nationalist and ultra-Orthodox Jewish parties. Netanyahu has come under fire from outgoing Prime Minister Yair Lapid and anti-corruption groups warning that demands from his future partners will erode Israel’s democracy …
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Kosovo and Serbia must de-escalate a tense situation in the region, the European Union’s foreign policy chief said, after Serb protesters in northern Kosovo blocked main roads for a third day on Monday. In recent weeks Serbs in northern Kosovo have responded with violent resistance to moves by Pristina that they see …
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