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COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -Russian warships have repeatedly sailed on collision courses, aimed weapons at Danish naval vessels and disrupted navigation systems in Denmark’s straits that connect the Baltic Sea to the North Sea, its defence intelligence service said on Friday. Such incidents risk unintended escalation, it said. The Baltic region remains on high alert after incidents …

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BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The European Commission said on Friday it was restricting the use of substances known as PFAS, or “forever chemicals”, in firefighting foams, marking a step towards the EU’s objective to minimise the use of PFAS in consumer goods. PFAS, or per- and polyfluorinated substances, do not break down in the environment, raising concerns …

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DUBLIN (Reuters) -Ireland expects to collect 34 billion euros in corporate tax next year, up substantially from the 28 billion euros forecast earlier this year, Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe said on Friday. Ireland has collected record levels of tax each year since 2021, primarily due to huge increases in corporate receipts paid mainly by a …

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(Corrects attribution of quote in paragraph 3 to Merz, not Macron) By Tilman Blasshofer and Alessandro Parodi SAARBRUECKEN, Germany (Reuters) -The leaders of Germany and France marked the 35th anniversary of Germany’s democratic reunification on Friday by calling for more resolve to check the spreading appeal of what they called the “dark enlightenment” of authoritarianism. …

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By Kate Abnett and Pietro Lombardi BRUSSELS/MADRID (Reuters) -The massive power outage that hit the Iberian Peninsula in April is the first known blackout caused by excessive voltage, the European network of electricity transmission system operators said in a report on Friday. Released ahead of an October 28 legal deadline, the report focused on the power …

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By Alexander Cornwell TEL AVIV (Reuters) -The Israeli military intercepted the last boat in an aid flotilla attempting to reach blockaded Gaza on Friday, a day after stopping most of the vessels and detaining some 450 activists including Swedish campaigner Greta Thunberg. The organisers of the Global Sumud Flotilla said the Marinette was intercepted some …

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