ATHENS (Reuters) – An earthquake rattled Athens on Tuesday morning with no reports of any damage or fatalities. The Athens Geodynamic Institute said the quake, of magnitude 5.2, was off Evia island about 50 km (31 miles) northeast of Athens at a depth of 10 km. A fire brigade official told Reuters that there were …
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(Reuters) -The Russia-installed head of occupied parts of Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region said late on Monday that Ukrainian forces had launched heavy drone and missile attacks on two cities in the area, killing two people and injuring 16. Denis Pushilin, writing on the Telegram messaging app, said Ukrainian forces had struck targets in the region’s …
By Hanna Rantala and Cristiano Corvino RIVALTA, Italy (Reuters) – A small group of family members, colleagues and close friends attended a private funeral on Monday for Giorgio Armani, the legendary Italian fashion designer who died last week at the age of 91. The service was held at the church of San Martino in Rivalta, …
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PARIS (Reuters) -French Prime Minister François Bayrou lost a confidence vote in parliament on Monday and will hand his resignation on Tuesday to President Emmanuel Macron, who is now faced with the task of finding a fifth prime minister in less than two years. Below are quotes by leading politicians before and after the vote …
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OSLO (Reuters) -Norway’s minority Labour Party government is on course to narrowly win reelection in Monday’s parliamentary election, projections by broadcasters NRK and TV2 and daily VG showed as voting ended. The left-wing bloc of Labour and four smaller parties was projected to win 87 seats, more than the 85 needed for a majority, while …
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By Nicolás Misculin BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) -A resounding electoral defeat for Argentine President Javier Milei in the country’s most populous province could force him to build political alliances, casting doubts on the government’s ability to carry out its program of fiscal austerity. Sunday’s Buenos Aires provincial election saw the center-left Peronists crush the ruling La …
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(Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s chief of staff discussed Russian strikes on Ukrainian targets with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Monday and told him a government building that came under attack on Sunday was hit by a Russian ballistic missile. Chief of Staff Andriy Yermak, writing on Telegram, also said he and Rubio …
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By Ali Sawafta and Nuha Sharaf KFAR MALIK, West Bank/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank are facing severe water shortages that they say are being driven by increasing attacks on scarce water sources by extremist Jewish settlers. Across the West Bank in Palestinian communities, residents are reporting shortages that have left taps in …
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By Fatos Bytyci and Florion Goga STRIKCAN, Albania (Reuters) -Archaeologists in Albania have discovered a large Roman burial chamber dating from the third to fourth century AD, the first of its kind found in the Balkan country that was once part of the Roman Empire. Tipped off by locals who had noticed some unusual stones …
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By Elizabeth Pineau and Ingrid Melander PARIS (Reuters) – French Prime Minister François Bayrou lost a confidence vote in parliament on Monday, plunging the euro zone’s second largest economy deeper into political crisis. Here is what you need to know: WHAT HAPPENED ON MONDAY? Bayrou, as expected, lost the confidence vote, with 364 votes against …
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