STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – A former worker for Sweden’s security police and armed forces went on trial with his brother on Friday, both accused of espionage on behalf of Russia. Prosecutors earlier this month said the indictment accuses the pair of actions directed against Sweden’s intelligence and security system. The men, aged 42 and 35, were …
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ZURICH (Reuters) – Switzerland is experiencing medicine shortages due to supply chain issues linked to COVID lockdowns in China and war in Europe, the country’s pharmacists association said. “We have the biggest problems with children’s medications, especially fever-reducing syrup,” Enea Martinelli from pharmaSuisse told Swiss broadcaster SRF. “There are also shortages of blood pressure medications, …
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TAIPEI (Reuters) – Production of Apple Inc’s iPhones could slump by at least 30% at Foxconn’s factory in China’s city of Zhengzhou after worker unrest disrupted operations, a person with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Friday. The estimate was an upward revision of an October internal forecast for production impact of up …
By Mei Mei Chu KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysia’s newly appointed Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said on Friday his primary focus would be on the cost of living as he takes office with a slowing economy and a country deeply split after a close election. Anwar, 75, was sworn in as premier on Thursday, capping …
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By Jay Paul and Nathan Layne CHESAPEAKE, Va. (Reuters) – A Walmart supervisor armed with a handgun and several magazines of ammunition opened fire on fellow employees in a Virginia store, killing six people before turning the gun on himself in a break room, witnesses and police said on Wednesday. The country’s latest mass shooting …
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By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – A court at a Vatican corruption trial on Thursday heard a secretly recorded telephone call between the main defendant, embattled Cardinal Angelo Becciu, and Pope Francis. The recording was made without the pope’s knowledge by someone in a room with Becciu in July 2021, shortly before the trial …
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By Toby Davis DOHA (Reuters) -Cristiano Ronaldo drew a line under a tumultuous tournament build-up as he wrote his name in the record books to become the first man to score in five World Cups in a 3-2 victory for Portugal over Ghana on Thursday. Ronaldo drilled home a penalty in the 65th minute of …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia’s parliament approved on Thursday a bill that widens a prohibition of “LGBT propaganda” and restricts the “demonstration” of LGBT behaviour, making any expression of an LGBT lifestyle almost impossible. Under the new law, which still needs the approval of the upper house of parliament and President Vladimir Putin, any action or information …
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By Juliette Portala (Reuters) – Summer heatwaves in France, Germany, Spain and Britain led to more than 20,000 “excess” deaths, a report compiling official figures said on Thursday. Temperatures hit nearly 40 degrees Celsius or above from Paris to London in 2022 and climate scientists from the World Weather Attribution group found that such high …
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By Michel Rose PARIS (Reuters) – France’s financial prosecutor has opened a probe into suspected favouritism and alleged illegal financing of President Emmanuel Macron’s 2017 campaign, in connection with contracts with McKinsey, Le Parisien newspaper said on Thursday. Macron’s office said it took note of the investigation. Here are past instances of previous French leaders’ …
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