ROME (Reuters) -Italian Defence Minister Guido Crosetto on Wednesday strongly condemned an overnight attack on an international flotilla trying to deliver aid to Gaza. In a statement, Crosetto also said he had redirected an Italian navy ship to head towards the flotilla to possibly offer assistance. (Reporting by Alvise Armellini, editing by Gavin Jones)
BERLIN (Reuters) -Berlin airport is battling to restore its check-in and baggage handling systems after a cyberattack at the weekend, with further delays and cancellations possible on Wednesday, the airport operator said in a statement. Berlin is one of several airports across Europe impacted by the disruptions, attributed to a ransomware attack on software provider …
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By Juliette Jabkhiro NANTERRE, France (Reuters) -As French President Emmanuel Macron recognised Palestine statehood earlier this week, dozens of town halls across France hoisted the Palestinian flag in celebration – defying instructions by Macron’s interior ministry not to do so. By Wednesday, some had taken the flag down after regional authorities initiated legal proceedings – …
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By Muvija M THE HIGHLANDS, Scotland (Reuters) -It is exciting to be here in these times, says Sister Mary Gianna, a 41-year-old nun from the Dominican Sisters of St. Cecilia, who teaches children and adults in Scotland about the Catholic faith. “I feel like the original apostles sometimes – going and speaking the name of …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia said on Wednesday it was economically stable and its army was advancing in Ukraine, rejecting comments by U.S. President Donald Trump urging Kyiv to take advantage of Russian economic weakness and seize back all of its captured territory. In a sudden and striking rhetorical shift, Trump said on Tuesday that he believed …
By Matt Spetalnick WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Growing international frustration with Washington over the war in Gaza spilled into the open at the U.N. General Assembly this week, with U.S. allies recognizing a Palestinian state in a major test for President Donald Trump’s Middle East policy. After promising at the start of his second term to quickly …
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(Reuters) -Atos will be the lead contractor in a consortium with Leonardo to provide cyber security services to the European Union, the Paris listed company said on Wednesday. The contract is valued at a maximum of 326 million euros ($384 million). Atos will protect EU institutions’ cloud and information systems for up to 48 months. …
ROME (Reuters) -Claudia Cardinale, a glamorous symbol of post-war Italian cinema who enjoyed a long and varied acting career on film and in the theatre, has died at age 87, according to AFP and other French media. Raised in Tunisia to a family of Sicilian origin, Cardinale’s introduction to the movie world came in 1957 …
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By Angeliki Koutantou and Renee Maltezou ATHENS (Reuters) -When Greek firefighters investigated the cause of a deadly wildfire near the Athens Riviera in August, they found a familiar culprit: a loose power cable whose sparks were blown across a field of dry grass in a windstorm. The investigators’ report, seen by Reuters, said the cable …
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UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump shifted his rhetoric about the war in Ukraine on Tuesday, saying he believes Ukraine can win back all of the territory Russia has taken since its invasion, although he gave no indication of how that would affect U.S. policy. Trump made his comment in a post on his …
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