BERLIN (Reuters) -Germany’s parliament on Thursday voted to appoint three new judges to the Constitutional Court, avoiding a repeat of the summer’s coalition crisis. The appointments confirmed two judges first nominated to the court in June and a third new nominee after the government failed to win approval for a prior candidate in June, sparking …
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By Juliette Jabkhiro and Layli Foroudi PARIS (Reuters) -As the shock of former French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s conviction over attempts to raise campaign funds from Libya subsides, the next big question is where he will be jailed. French authorities have yet to say, but people familiar with the French judicial system say a likely lockup …
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By Juliette Jabkhiro, Lucien Libert and Ingrid Melander PARIS (Reuters) -Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy was sentenced to five years in jail on Thursday for criminal conspiracy over attempts to raise campaign funds from Libya, a spectacular downfall for the conservative who led France from 2007-2012. The sentence, which will soon make Sarkozy the first …
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UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -The Global Sumud Flotilla heading to Gaza protected by a Spanish military vessel poses no threat to anyone, including Israel, Spain’s Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares told Reuters on Thursday. In an interview, Albares added that Spain had accepted Belgium’s request to assist Belgian citizens on board the flotilla if needed, and …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) -Niger wants to build two 2,000-megawatt nuclear reactors in partnership with Russia’s state-owned nuclear corporation Rosatom, its mining minister Ousmane Abarchi said on Thursday. Abarchi said Niger was also proposing to cooperate with Russia in developing uranium reserves in the west African country. “Please, let’s develop our uranium deposits together,” he told a …
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PARIS (Reuters) – Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy was handed a five-year prison sentence on Thursday after he was found guilty by a Paris court of criminally conspiracy in a trial over illegal Libyan campaign financing. Here are some reactions: FORMER PRESIDENT NICOLAS SARKOZY: “This verdict is of extreme gravity for the rule of law. …
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THE HAGUE (Reuters) -France has dropped its case before the International Court of Justice against Iran for violating the right to consular protection of two French citizens who have been held in detention for over three years, the court said Thursday. France has repeatedly accused Iran of holding Cecile Kohler and her partner Jacques Paris arbitrarily, …
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VIENNA (Reuters) -Austria has lured what it calls 25 “top researchers” away from U.S. institutions including Harvard, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Princeton with grants set up in response to the Trump administration’s funding cuts targeting universities. Recipients of the grants of 500,000 euros ($587,000) each over two years range from post-doctoral researchers to …
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By John Irish UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -Denmark has informed its allies that drone incursions that have briefly closed airports and affected military installations in the country are linked to another country, Latvia’s Foreign Minister Baiba Braze told Reuters on Thursday. “The Danish government said it’s a state activity that operates it,” Braze said in an …
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MADRID (Reuters) -Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Wednesday he will join Italy in sending a military warship to protect an international flotilla seeking to deliver aid to Gaza after it was attacked by drones off Greece. Sanchez told a press conference in New York where he has been attending the UN General Assembly …
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