By Agnieszka Pikulicka-Wilczewska and Kuba Stezycki WIDUCHOWA, Poland (Reuters) – As thousands of dead fish neared the banks of the Oder River in the village of Widuchowa in western Poland on Aug. 11, local people realised an ecological disaster that started in late July in the country’s south-west was heading towards the Baltic Sea. As …
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PODGORICA (Reuters) – Montenegro’s parliament passed a no-confidence motion on the cabinet of Prime Minister Dritan Abazovic on Saturday, proposed by 36 deputies to protest the signing of a long-disputed deal regulating ties with the powerful Serbian Orthodox Church. It was the year’s second no-confidence motion, following February’s collapse of the cabinet of prime minister …
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By Kanishka Singh ALEXANDRIA, Va. (Reuters) -A U.S. federal judge on Friday sentenced a member of an Islamic State cell known as “The Beatles” to life in prison for involvement in a hostage-taking plot that led to the killings of American journalists and aid workers in Syria. Families and friends of the four Americans killed …
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By Tom Balmforth and Max Hunder KYIV (Reuters) -Russia reported fresh Ukrainian drone attacks on Friday evening, a day after explosions erupted near military bases in Russian-held areas of Ukraine and Russia itself, apparent displays of Kyiv’s growing ability to pummel Moscow’s assets far from front lines. The latest incidents followed huge blasts last week …
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By Steve Scherer and Kanishka Singh OTTAWA (Reuters) – NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg will visit Canada next week to focus on Arctic security amid climate change and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s office said on Friday. Stoltenberg will travel to Canada from Aug. 24 to Aug. 26 and will be …
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By Andreas Rinke and Sarah Marsh BERLIN (Reuters) -A grilling by Hamburg lawmakers of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz over his handling of a multibillion-euro tax fraud when he served as the city’s mayor ended in a stalemate on Friday as Scholz denied any impropriety and opposition lawmakers accused him of obfuscating the truth. Although the …
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PARIS (Reuters) – France’s weather forecaster lifted a major storm warning for Corsica on Friday, a day after hurricane-strength winds and rain ripped across the Mediterranean island, killing five people. A natural catastrophe decree is expected to be approved next week, which will help residents and businesses with insurance claims for damage caused by the …
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FRANKFURT (Reuters) – The euro zone’s current account swung back to a small surplus in June on an improvement in the trade of services and higher primary income, which includes earning from investments abroad, European Central Bank data showed on Friday. The 19-country currency bloc has run a large current account surplus for the past …
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By Tyler Clifford MAYVILLE, N.Y. (Reuters) -The man accused of stabbing novelist Salman Rushdie last week in western New York pleaded not guilty to second-degree attempted murder and assault charges on Thursday and was held without bail. Hadi Matar, 24, is accused of wounding Rushdie, 75, on Friday just before the “The Satanic Verses” author …
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(Reuters) – At least four explosions hit an area near a major Russian military airport in the annexed peninsula of Crimea on Thursday, three local sources said, but a pro-Moscow official said no damage had been done. The sources said the blasts occurred in the vicinity of the Belbek base, north of Sevastopol. The governor …
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