PARIS, Dec 12 (Reuters) – The French Interior Ministry’s e-mail servers were the target of a cyber attack this week, Interior Minister Laurent Nunez said on Friday, adding an investigation was under way. “There has been a cyber attack. An attacker was able to access a number of files … there is no evidence that …
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KYIV, Dec 12 (Reuters) – Russia attacked energy facilities in the southern Ukrainian Odesa region overnight, causing fires and blackouts, the local governor and emergency service said on Friday. Governor Oleh Kiper said on Telegram the drone attack left several settlements in the region, where Ukraine’s main seaports are concentrated, without electricity. Russia has intensified …
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MOSCOW, Dec 12 (Reuters) – Russia’s Ministry of Defence said on Friday that air defence systems had destroyed 90 Ukrainian drones over the country and the Black Sea overnight. In the city of Tver, 181 kilometres (112 miles) northwest of Moscow, local authorities said that seven people had been injured. Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said …
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By John O’Donnell and Padraic Halpin DUBLIN, Dec 12 (Reuters) – Ireland’s planned curbs on trade with Israeli settlements will be limited strictly to goods, a minister told Reuters, offering the first clear signal on the scope of the contested legislation and rejecting accusations that the country is antisemitic. Ireland has been preparing a law …
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WASHINGTON, Dec 11 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump will send a representative to talks in Europe on Ukraine this weekend if there is a real chance of signing a peace agreement, the White House said on Thursday. But Trump has grown weary of multiple meetings that never seem to reach an agreement on ending …
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By Sergio Goncalves LISBON, Dec 11 (Reuters) – Train services ground to a halt across Portugal on Thursday, hundreds of flights were cancelled, and schools closed as unions launched a first general strike in more than a decade, in protest against proposed labour reforms. The minority centre-right government says the proposed changes – amending more …
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(Refiles to describe Abdallah as a visuals journalist in first paragraph, rather than correspondent) By Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON, Dec 11 (Reuters) – Four U.S. lawmakers on Thursday said there has been no accountability for an October 2023 attack by the Israeli military that struck a group of journalists in Lebanon, killing a Reuters visuals journalist …
CHISINAU, Dec 11 (Reuters) – Former Moldovan Prime Minister Dorin Recean, who left office for the business sector after a general election, was appointed special envoy for “development and resilience” on Thursday, responsible for tackling external threats to the ex-Soviet state. Pro-European President Maia Sandu made the appointment by decree, saying Recean would coordinate work …
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By Edward McAllister Dec 11 (Reuters) – The resignation of Bulgaria’s government on Thursday puts an end to an increasingly unpopular coalition but is likely to usher in a period of prolonged political instability on the eve of the Black Sea nation’s entry into the euro zone. The European Union and NATO member state has …
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SOFIA, Dec 11 (Reuters) – Bulgaria’s government resigned on Thursday after less than a year in power, following weeks of street protests over its economic policies and its perceived failure to tackle corruption. Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov announced the decision in a televised address just minutes before parliament was due to vote on a no-confidence …
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