COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Denmark’s defence ministry was hit by a cyberattack on Thursday that had cut off access to its websites, although it had no impact on its operations, the ministry said on Twitter. The websites were hit by so-called distributed denials of service (DDoS), which direct a firehose of traffic towards targeted servers in …
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By Marco Aquino LIMA (Reuters) – Peru swore in a new president on Wednesday after a day of political drama that saw leftist leader Pedro Castillo arrested after his ousting from office in an impeachment trial following his last-ditch bid to cling to power by dissolving Congress. Ignoring Castillo’s attempt to shut down the legislature …
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(Reuters) – A Reuters investigation published on Wednesday revealed that the Nigerian Army has run a secret, systematic and illegal abortion programme in the country’s northeast since at least 2013. The programme has involved terminating at least 10,000 pregnancies among women and girls, many of whom had been kidnapped and raped by Islamist militants, according …
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By Sara Rossi MILAN (Reuters) – Milan’s La Scala theatre opened its 2022-2023 opera season on Wednesday with a gala performance of the Russian work “Boris Godunov” as protesters against the Ukrainian war demonstrated outside the venue. The opera won a 13-minute ovation from an audience that included Italy’s new Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, President …
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By Mark Trevelyan and Tom Balmforth LONDON/KYIV (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday his army could be fighting in Ukraine for a long time, but he saw no sense in expanding a call-up of 300,000 reservists from September and October after serious Russian battlefield setbacks. Earlier, Russia’s ally Belarus said it was …
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BARCELONA (Reuters) -A commercial airplane flying from Morocco to Turkey made an emergency landing at Barcelona’s El Prat airport early on Wednesday after a reported medical event and 28 of the passengers fled across the tarmac, the Spanish government said. Police initially detained 14 people, including a pregnant woman who officials claim pretended that her …
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By Max Hunder KYIV (Reuters) -Kyiv’s mayor on Wednesday warned of an “apocalypse” scenario for the Ukrainian capital this winter if Russian air strikes on infrastructure continue and said although there was no need for people to evacuate now, they should be ready to do so. “Kyiv might lose power, water, and heat supply. The …
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BERLIN (Reuters) -Twenty-five alleged members and supporters of a far-right terrorist group suspected of aiming to overthrow the German state were detained early on Wednesday during raids across Germany, the federal prosecutor’s office said. One active soldier and several reservists are among those being investigated, a spokesperson for the military intelligence service (BAMAD) told Reuters. …
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By Dan Williams JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu was still one partner short of a coalition to secure a parliamentary majority on Wednesday after an ultra-Orthodox Jewish party signed up, with the deadline for forming a government looming. The deal with United Torah Judaism (UTJ), announced late on Tuesday, promised Netanyahu control …
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By Isla Binnie and Simon Jessop (Reuters) – As government officials begin negotiating Wednesday toward a hoped-for deal to protect the wildlife and resources that prop up the global economy, investors are looking for one thing above all – clarity. As the COP15 biodiversity summit kicks off in Montreal, businesses and corporate leaders are pushing …
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