KHARTOUM (Reuters) -Seven protesters were shot dead in Sudan on Thursday, medics said, as large crowds took to the streets despite heavy security and a communications blackout to rally against the military leadership that seized power eight months ago. In central Khartoum, security forces fired tear gas and water cannon in the afternoon as they …
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By Arshad Mohammed and Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Senior Western officials voiced doubts about reviving the 2015 Iran nuclear deal on Thursday, with the European Union saying it “might not make it over the finishing line” and a U.S. official saying the odds had lengthened after this week’s failed talks. The U.N. Security …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) -Leading Russian economist Vladimir Mau has been charged with fraud “on an especially large scale”, the interior ministry said on Thursday, in a shock to Russia’s academic and economic elite. It said he was accused of embezzling funds from the institute where is rector, as part of a larger case involving another top …
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ROME (Reuters) – Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi said on Thursday he would step down if his coalition lost the support of some of its members, but added he was confident the government was not in jeopardy. Draghi, the former head of the European Central Bank, has been leading a broad coalition since February 2021, …
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By Mark Trevelyan LONDON (Reuters) -Russia said on Thursday it had summoned the British ambassador to voice a strong protest against “offensive” British statements, including about alleged Russian threats to use nuclear weapons. The Russian Foreign Ministry said it issued the rebuke to Ambassador Deborah Bronnert over “the frankly boorish statements of the British leadership …
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LONDON (Reuters) -The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) said on Thursday it had issued an order to Russia to ensure that two Britons captured after fighting for Ukraine do not face the death penalty. Earlier this month, a court in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) in eastern Ukraine sentenced British citizens Aiden Aslin …
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(Reuters) – A first cargo ship has left the Russian-occupied Ukrainian port of Berdyansk, a local official said on Thursday, after Russia said the port had been de-mined and was ready to resume grain shipments. “After a stoppage of several months the first cargo ship has left the Berdyansk port,” Yevgeny Balitsky, a Russian-installed official …
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By Tangi Salaün, Clotaire Achi and Ingrid Melander PARIS (Reuters) -A French court on Wednesday handed a life sentence to the lone survivor of the Islamist squad that killed 130 people in a night of carnage across Paris, bringing some closure to survivors and a country whose psyche was left scarred. Salah Abdeslam was found …
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By Nqobile Dludla JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – With two days to go until opening to the public, workers rush to put the finishing touches on the Kwena Square shopping complex, a shiny $13 million sign that South Africans are defying the global “retail apocalypse”. Not even COVID-19 could separate them from their beloved malls. “I love …
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LONDON (Reuters) – The World Health Organization says “sustained transmission” of monkeypox worldwide could see the virus begin to move into high-risk groups, such as pregnant women, immunocompromised people and children. WHO said on Wednesday it was investigating reports of infected children, including two cases in Britain, as well as following up reports in Spain …
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