(Reuters) -European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Wednesday she spoke with new British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and is looking forward to working on issues such as Russia’s war on Ukraine and climate change. The bloc is also working on finding joint solutions under the Protocol on Ireland and Northern Ireland that …
By Belén Carreño and Marwa Rashad MADRID/LONDON (Reuters) – Several ships carrying liquefied natural gas (LNG) anchored off Spain’s Bay of Cadiz are likely to stay there until late November in anticipation of a rise in European gas prices, industry sources said. Dozens of ships have been circling off the Iberian coast and in the …
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By Angelo Amante and Alvise Armellini ROME (Reuters) – Two migrants were found dead and more than 1,150 were rescued off Sicily, the coast guard said on Wednesday, as the new nationalist government in Rome threatened to prevent two refugee boats run by charities from entering Italian waters. The coast guard said 663 people and …
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By Gavin Jones and Angelo Amante ROME (Reuters) -The only way to facilitate a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine is helping Kyiv to defend itself militarily, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni told parliament on Wednesday. “Peace can be achieved by supporting Ukraine … it is the only chance we have for the two sides …
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LONDON (Reuters) – The British government on Wednesday called on Iran to release environmentalist Morad Tahbaz, an Iranian-American who also holds British citizenship, after his family said he had been returned to prison. Tahbaz was arrested in 2018 and sentenced to 10 years in prison for “assembly and collusion against Iran’s national security” and working …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States on Wednesday imposed sanctions on individuals and entities involved in what it described as Russia’s malign influence operations in Moldova as well as systemic corruption in the small eastern European country. The individuals sanctioned, a mix of Russian and Moldovan officials, include oligarchs “widely recognized for capturing and corrupting …
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By Michel Rose and Andreas Rinke PARIS/BERLIN (Reuters) – When Germany unveiled a 200 billion euro ($200 billion) package to shield its industry and consumers from soaring energy prices, its government failed to notify neighbouring France beforehand, leaving French President Emmanuel Macron seething in private. “We learnt about it in the press. That’s not the …
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KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine will not face a shortage of potatoes this winter despite its refusal to import from Russia and Belarus, the agriculture ministry said on Wednesday. Ukraine traditionally imports some potatoes from the two neighbouring states but it halted all supplies after the Russian invasion on Feb. 24. Belarus has been Moscow’s main …
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By Jonathan Landay NEAR KHERSON FRONTLINE, Ukraine (Reuters) – Russian forces are digging in for the “heaviest of battles” in the strategic southern region of Kherson, a senior Ukrainian official said, as the Kremlin prepares to defend the largest city under its control in Ukraine. Russian forces in the region have been driven back in …
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By Jonathan Landay NEAR KHERSON FRONTLINE, Ukraine (Reuters) -Russia on Tuesday took its case to the U.N. Security Council that Ukraine is preparing to use a “dirty bomb” on its own territory, an assertion dismissed by Western and Ukrainian officials as misinformation and a pretext for intensifying the war. Moscow sent a letter detailing the …
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