By Sharon Bernstein and Andrew Hay (Reuters) – Before Salman Rushdie arrived on Friday, the bucolic New York retreat where the author was due to speak had arranged for a law enforcement presence at his lecture, mindful that the security might be needed for a man who faced death threats. Chautauqua Institution, a haven in …
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By Sarah N. Lynch (Reuters) -FBI agents who searched former President Donald Trump’s Florida home this week removed 11 sets of classified documents including some marked as top secret, the U.S. Justice Department said on Friday while also disclosing that prosecutors had probable cause to believe Trump may have violated the Espionage Act. The bombshell …
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(Reuters) – Indian-born novelist Salman Rushdie, who was attacked on a New York state lecture stage on Friday, spent years in hiding after he was ordered killed by Iran in 1989 because of his writing. Following are some key events that followed that death edict – or fatwa – issued by Iran’s Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini …
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By Natalia Zinets KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine and Russia accused each other on Friday of risking catastrophe by shelling Europe’s largest nuclear power plant, occupied by Russian forces in a region expected to become one of the next big front lines of the war. Western countries have called for Moscow to withdraw its troops from the …
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BERLIN (Reuters) -An unidentified highly toxic substance in the Oder river, which runs through Poland and Germany, appears to be the cause of a mass die-off of fish, the German state of Brandenburg’s environment ministry said. An analysis of river water taken this week showed evidence of “synthetic chemical substances, very probably also with toxic …
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By Marek Strzelecki WARSAW (Reuters) – Tonnes of dead fish have been hauled out of the River Oder, which flows along part of Poland’s border with Germany, and officials warned people not to enter the water while the Polish government pledged to investigate possible contamination. Volunteers and anglers have removed at least 10 tonnes of …
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By Simon Lewis WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Russian officials trained in Iran in recent weeks as part of an agreement on the transfer of drones between the two countries, the U.S. State Department said on Thursday. U.S. officials said last month that Washington had information that Iran was preparing to provide Russia with up to several …
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BERLIN (Reuters) – The families of Israeli athletes murdered at the 1972 Munich Olympics plan to boycott a ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of the attack in a row with German authorities over compensation, Bild newspaper reported on Thursday. Widows of the victims wrote to the premier of the state of Bavaria, saying: “50 years …
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By Manuel Ausloos and Stephane Mahe HOSTENS, France (Reuters) -A “monster” wildfire raged for a third day in southwestern France on Thursday, ravaging forests and forcing 10,000 people to evacuate their homes. With no let-up in scorching temperatures likely before the weekend, firefighters backed by water-bombing aircraft battled on many fronts, saying the massive fire …
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By Jake Spring and Gloria Dickie (Reuters) – Brazil vowed last year to halt deforestation by 2030, yet the number of fires burning in the country’s Amazon rainforest hit a 15-year high in June. Burning season began last month and the rate of forest clearing remains high. Things could worsen this month, as Brazil’s fires …
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