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Women students tell Iran’s president to ‘get lost’ as unrest rages

9 Oct 2022

DUBAI (Reuters) -Female students in Tehran chanted “get lost” as Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi visited their university campus on Saturday and condemned protesters enraged by the death of a young woman in custody, videos on social media showed. Raisi addressed professors and students at Alzahra University in Tehran, reciting a poem that equated “rioters” with …

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Explainer-U.S. marijuana pardons help thousands, leave others in prison

9 Oct 2022

By Sharon Bernstein (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden’s pardon for thousands of Americans convicted of simple marijuana possession under federal law has profound impact, experts and individuals say, even if it affects fewer people than similar state and local initiatives. Biden has called on governors to issue similar pardons regarding state marijuana offenses. WHO …

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Ireland ‘numb’ as 10 die at petrol station explosion

8 Oct 2022

CREESLOUGH, Ireland (Reuters) -Ten people, including two teenagers and a younger girl, were killed in an explosion at a petrol station in the Irish county of Donegal, police said on Saturday, adding that the incident appeared to be “a tragic accident”. The police said no more casualties were expected from the explosion which happened shortly …

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Breakaway church gives gay ex-monk what Vatican would deny him: a holy wedding

8 Oct 2022

By Louisa Off and Sarah Marsh MUNICH (Reuters) – Anselm Bilgri, a former monk and prior at one of Germany’s most famous monasteries, had to leave the Roman Catholic Church to wed his long-term male partner. Now he hopes their wedding within a breakaway church will normalise such unions. Bilgri, 68, and his partner Markus …

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In echo of Cold War, Nobel Peace Prize goes to Ukraine, Russia, Belarus rights campaigners

8 Oct 2022

By Nora Buli and Gwladys Fouche OSLO (Reuters) – Jailed Belarusian activist Ales Byalyatski, Russian rights group Memorial and Ukraine’s Center for Civil Liberties won the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, amid a war in their region that is the worst conflict in Europe since World War Two. The award, the first peace prize …

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‘Malicious and targeted’ sabotage halts rail traffic in northern Germany

8 Oct 2022

By Sarah Marsh and Andreas Rinke BERLIN (Reuters) -Cables vital for the rail network were intentionally cut in two places causing a near three-hour halt to all rail traffic in northern Germany on Saturday morning, in what authorities called an act of sabotage without identifying who might be responsible. The federal police are investigating the …

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French government favours raising taxes on private jets -minister

8 Oct 2022

PARIS (Reuters) – The French government is in favour of raising taxes for private jets next year by aligning the taxation of aviation fuels with that of fuels used by cars, environment minister Christophe Bechu said on Saturday. “The government supports this amendment,” Bechu told franceinfo radio after some lawmakers from President Emmanuel Macron’s bloc …

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Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant disconnected from power supply by shelling -Energoatom

8 Oct 2022

KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant lost its connection to external power supply early on Saturday as a result of shelling, Ukraine’s state nuclear company Energoatom said, blaming Russia. Energoatom said the plant was now getting power to cover its own needs from its backup diesel generators. “The diesel generators started automatically. The …

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Ukraine presidential advisor says Crimea bridge ‘must be destroyed’ following damage

8 Oct 2022

KYIV (Reuters) – A Ukrainian presidential advisor posted a message on Twitter after conflicting reports of an explosion or fire on Saturday that damaged the bridge connecting the Russian mainland to the occupied Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea, calling it “the beginning” but not directly claiming Ukrainian responsibility. “Everything illegal must be destroyed, everything stolen must …

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Spain launches hate crime inquiry over dorm sex threat video

7 Oct 2022

By David Latona and Silvio Castellanos MADRID (Reuters) -Spanish prosecutors on Friday launched a hate crime investigation into male students whose choreographed misogynist outburst from their dormitory towards a neighbouring all-girls residence outraged the nation. A video from last weekend’s incident went viral on social media, though it was later downplayed by some female residents. …

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