PARIS (Reuters) – The Ocean Viking NGO ship carrying over rescued 200 migrants at the southern French port of Toulon after being rejected by Italy, BFM TV reported. The French government agreed on Thursday to take the boat in but only after criticising Italy and saying it would suspend plans to take in 3,000 migrants …
MILAN (Reuters) – One of Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s closest aides warned France against escalating an ongoing spat on migration by limiting Rome’s access to the European Union’s post-pandemic recovery funds. “I hope they are not referring to (the EU post-pandemic) funds,” as any such action would be “very serious”, Giovanbattista Fazzolari, Undersecretary for …
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(Reuters) -Russian troops retreating from the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson have blown up part of a television broadcasting centre and damaged heating and power infrastructure, reports from the region said on Thursday. “Today, during the day, Russian troops blew up the broadcasting centre of Kherson television,” said the website IMI, one of two outlets …
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By Francois Murphy VIENNA (Reuters) -Iran has agreed to a visit by the U.N. nuclear watchdog this month to start giving answers the agency and its 35-nation board have long called for on the origin of uranium particles found at three sites, an IAEA report on Thursday seen by Reuters said. Iran has yet to …
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By John Chalmers BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The European Commission proposed on Thursday two action plans to address the deteriorating security situation following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine to bolster cyber defence and to allow armed forces to move faster and better across borders. The EU executive said Russian cyber attacks on European Union countries and their partners …
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KYIV (Reuters) -Ukrainian forces have advanced seven km (4.3 miles) in two directions in the south and recaptured 12 new settlements in the last 24 hours, Ukrainian army chief Valeriy Zaluzhnyi said on Thursday. Russia said on Wednesday that its forces would retreat from the west bank of the Dnipro River, which includes Kherson, the …
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(Reuters) – The Danish Football Association (DBU) said on Thursday that FIFA had rejected Denmark’s request to train at the World Cup in shirts with the words “human rights for all” on them. The DBU said in 2021 that their two training kit sponsors would make way for messages critical of Qatar while also minimising …
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By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) -The risk of death, hospitalization and serious health issues from COVID-19 jumps significantly with reinfection compared with a first bout with the virus, regardless of vaccination status, a study published on Thursday suggests. “Reinfection with COVID-19 increases the risk of both acute outcomes and long COVID,” said Dr. Ziyad Al-Aly of …
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(Reuters) – Ukrainian forces have liberated 41 settlements as they advance through the south of the country, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday, adding that an unspecified number of pro-Kyiv troops had been killed. “Today we have good news from the south,” he said in an evening video address. “But although we are joyful, we …
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By Tatiana Gomozova and Filipp Lebedev RYAZAN, Russia (Reuters) -A Russian court on Thursday ordered U.S. citizen Sarah Krivanek to be detained for 30 days before being deported to the United States in a case where she was imprisoned for almost 11 months on charges of assaulting her partner. The decision was taken at a …
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