MOSCOW (Reuters) -Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko told an envoy of U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday that he was ready to make a deal on releasing prisoners, the state-run Belta news agency reported. Lukashenko greeted John Coale, a lawyer acting on behalf of Trump, in Minsk. Coale passed a letter from Trump in English to …
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AMSTERDAM (Reuters) -The Dutch government plans to ban imports of goods produced in Jewish settlements in Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories over Israel’s plans for the West Bank and its military offensive in Gaza, the foreign minister told parliament. The Netherlands imposed travel bans on two far-right Israeli cabinet ministers in July, accusing them of inciting violence …
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By Adnan Abidi and Navesh Chitrakar KATHMANDU (Reuters) -The poor Himalayan nation of Nepal faces a new political crisis after violent anti-corruption protests this week by young demonstrators claimed 30 lives and forced Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli to quit. The angry demonstrations have been led by the country’s Gen Z, young people mostly in …
ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s foreign minister on Thursday told the upper house of parliament that new sanctions were needed to put pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin to negotiate an end to the conflict in Ukraine. The U.S. and European Union are trying to coordinate their efforts, and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen …
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By Andrius Sytas VILNIUS (Reuters) – Lawmakers from three Baltic nations bordering Russia urged the U.S. Congress on Thursday to reject a proposal by President Donald Trump that would slash about $200 million a year in defence support for the region. “In this region, if America goes out, Russia comes in,” said Lithuania’s former ambassador …
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ROME (Reuters) -Rome hopes to open the River Tiber to public swimming within five years, the city’s mayor said on Thursday, echoing a similar initiative taken in Paris. French authorities opened the Seine in July to swimming for the first time since 1923, after an extensive clean-up prompted by its use as a venue for …
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WARSAW (Reuters) – Poland has banned drone flights and introduced restrictions affecting mostly small, non-commercial air traffic along its eastern borders with Belarus and Ukraine following this week’s drone incursions into its airspace. The restrictions, which do not affect passenger traffic, went into force at 2200 GMT on Wednesday and apply through December 9, the …
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MADRID (Reuters) -Spain’s lower house has shelved a bill that would have shortened the work week by 2-1/2 hours, dealing yet another blow to the fragile Socialist-led minority government which is struggling to pass the reforms it had pledged through a fragmented parliament. In vote late on Wednesday, opposition lawmakers united with regional Catalan party …
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KYIV (Reuters) -Ukrainian private energy firm DTEK has launched the country’s largest battery storage facility to ensure stable power supplies in the face of Russian attacks on Ukraine’s energy sector, the company said on Thursday. Russia, which launched a full-scale war against Ukraine in 2022, is attacking its energy system, depriving Ukraine’s industry and millions …
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By Mark Trevelyan LONDON (Reuters) -It was a mild spring evening in the Russian city of Krasnoyarsk, but Yekaterina Fatyanova was scrambling to pack winter clothes. With just a few hours’ notice, the Siberian activist and part-time newspaper editor had been ordered to board a plane the next day and fly 1,500 km (930 miles) …
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