ROME (Reuters) – An Italian appeals court has acquitted the parents of former prime minister Matteo Renzi on charges of issuing false invoices. The court ruled late on Tuesday that no crime had been committed, a development that Renzi applauded online. “After years of struggle and pain, my parents were acquitted,” Renzi said in a …
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By Josh Smith YEOJU, South Korea (Reuters) – South Korean and American troops practiced building floating bridges to ferry tanks and other armoured vehicles across rivers on Wednesday, part of a larger joint military exercise that has angered North Korea. South Korean attack helicopters deployed flares and armoured vehicles blew white smoke screens into the …
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By Tom Balmforth KYIV (Reuters) -The new commander of Russian forces in Ukraine made a rare acknowledgment of the pressures they are under from Ukrainian offensives to retake southern and eastern areas that Moscow claims to have annexed just weeks ago. And in another sign of Russian concern about the situation on the ground eight …
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(Reuters) -Iran has promised to provide Russia with surface to surface missiles, in addition to more drones, two senior Iranian officials and two Iranian diplomats told Reuters, a move that is likely to infuriate the United States and other Western powers. A deal was agreed on Oct. 6 when Iran’s First Vice President Mohammad Mokhber, …
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By Sarah Marsh and Kirsti Knolle BERLIN (Reuters) -Germany’s interior ministry fired the country’s cybersecurity chief on Tuesday and launched an investigation into his conduct after media allegations that he may have come into contact with Russian security circles through a consultancy he co-founded. Arne Schoenbohm came under scrutiny in recent weeks after a satire …
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By Michelle Nichols and Arshad Mohammed NEW YORK (Reuters) -The United States, Britain and France plan to raise alleged Iranian arms transfers to Russia at a closed-door U.N. Security Council meeting on Wednesday, diplomats said, after Ukraine said Russia’s having obtained drones violated a Council resolution. Speaking on condition of anonymity, the diplomats said the …
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ROME (Reuters) – Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said on Tuesday he was back in touch with Russian President Vladimir Putin and had recently exchanged “sweet letters” with him, according to an audio released by an Italian news agency. Berlusconi, 86, often boasted of his friendship with Putin until Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and …
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KYIV (Reuters) – Russia launched dozens of “kamikaze” drones on Ukraine on Monday, hitting energy infrastructure and killing five people in the capital of Kyiv. Ukrainians have nicknamed them “mopeds” for the loud whirring noise their engines make as they fly overhead. Ukraine says they are Iranian-made Shahed-136 attack drones – loitering munitions that cruise …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Around 1,000 GXO drivers in Britain will take strike action in a dispute over pay between Oct. 31 and Nov. 4, the Unite union said on Tuesday. The strikes will impact beer supplies to pubs and venues supplied by major breweries, including Heineken, Stonegate, Admiral Taverns and Shepherd Neame, Unite said, adding …
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STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -Sweden’s new right-wing prime minister, Moderates leader Ulf Kristersson, appointed party colleagues Elisabeth Svantesson as finance minister and Tobias Billstrom as foreign minister in his minority coalition on Tuesday. Sweden’s parliament confirmed Kristersson on Monday after more than month of talks to forge a coalition agreement and agree a policy platform with the …
