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Support for far-right triples in western German vote, early forecasts show

14 Sep 2025

BERLIN (Reuters) -Support for Germany’s far right surged in local elections in the country’s most populous state on Sunday, sending a warning to conservative Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s four-month-old national coalition with the Social Democrats, early projections showed. Initial forecasts from pollster infratest dimap for broadcaster ARD after voting ended for councils, districts and mayors in …

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Pope Leo criticises high, Musk-style corporate pay packages

14 Sep 2025

By Joshua McElwee VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Leo criticised corporate pay packages that offer executives much higher salaries than their employees in excerpts from his first media interview released on Sunday, citing Tesla’s recent $1 trillion compensation plan for CEO Elon Musk. Leo, originally from Chicago, also spoke about the United Nations, his decades working …

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Ukraine considers limiting mobile service to counter Russian drones

14 Sep 2025

KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine may intentionally reduce the quality of mobile communications during Russian drone attacks to stop the networks being used to coordinate strikes, Chief of the General Staff Andriy Hnatov was quoted as saying on Sunday. Three and a half years into the war, Russia has ramped up drone attacks on Ukraine in recent …

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China’s military warns Philippines against provocations in South China Sea

14 Sep 2025

BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s military said on Sunday it had conducted routine patrols in the South China Sea and warned the Philippines against any provocations. The two countries have been engaged in a long-running maritime standoff in the strategic waterway that has included regular clashes between coast guard ships and massive naval exercises.  A spokesperson …

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US lawmakers to seek adding Russia sanctions to funding bill

14 Sep 2025

By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Two U.S. lawmakers sponsoring a bill to impose tough sanctions on Russia over its war on Ukraine said on Saturday they will urge fellow lawmakers this week to tie their bill to must-pass legislation on keeping the federal government operating. Senator Lindsey Graham and U.S. Representative Brian Fitzpatrick, both Republicans, …

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Drone breaches Romanian airspace during Russian attack on neighboring Ukraine

13 Sep 2025

BUCHAREST (Reuters) – Romania scrambled fighter jets on Saturday when a drone breached the country’s airspace during a Russian attack on Ukrainian infrastructure near the border, the defense ministry said. Defense Minister Ionut Mosteanu said the F-16 pilots came close to taking down the drone as it was flying very low before it left national …

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Oil company in Russia’s Bashkortostan will continue output after drone attack, governor says

13 Sep 2025

(Reuters) – An oil company in Russia’s Bashkortostan region will maintain production levels despite a drone attack on Saturday, regional governor Radiy Khabirov said. Ukraine has intensified strikes on Russian energy infrastructure in an effort to undermine Moscow’s military capabilities, as peace negotiations remain stalled. The attack triggered a fire at a facility operated by …

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US’s Rubio calls Russian drone flight over Poland unacceptable

13 Sep 2025

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Saturday said the incursion of Russian drones into Polish airspace this week was unacceptable but that it remained unclear if Russia had deliberately sent the drones into Polish territory. NATO announced plans to beef up the defense of Europe’s eastern flank on Friday, after Poland shot …

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Explosion in Spanish capital injures 21, three seriously

13 Sep 2025

(Corrects typo in ‘injures’ in headline) MADRID (Reuters) – An explosion in a cafe in the Spanish capital Madrid on Saturday injured 21 people, three of them seriously, emergency services said. The blast happened at 3 p.m. (0100 GMT) in Vallecas, a south-central district of Madrid, according to emergency services. The cause of the explosion …

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New French PM gives up predecessor’s idea to cut back two public holidays

13 Sep 2025

PARIS (Reuters) – New French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu said on Saturday that he was dropping a proposal by his predecessor to cut back two public holidays as part of budget measures aimed at reducing the deficit. Reacting to news that credit rating agency Fitch had downgraded France’s sovereign credit score to A+ on Friday …

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