MADRID (Reuters) -A man was sentenced to one year in prison in a court settlement on Wednesday for racially abusing Athletic Bilbao forward Inaki Williams during a match at Espanyol’s Cornella-El Prat stadium in 2020, a local court in Barcelona said. The incident, in which prosecutors said the man imitated monkey noises and gestures aimed …
MOSCOW (Reuters) -The Kremlin said on Wednesday that German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s views on Ukraine peace talks should be disregarded after he made what Moscow called a series of “unfavourable” remarks about Russian President Vladimir Putin. Merz said in an interview with broadcaster ProSieben.Sat1 aired on Tuesday that Putin was “perhaps the most serious war …
By Tala Ramadan (Reuters) -Syria has interrogated and detained members of its defence and interior ministries suspected of committing abuses against civilians in the predominantly Druze province of Sweida in July, the committee investigating the violence has said. Hundreds of people were killed in Sweida in violence that began between tribes and Druze factions but …
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By Joshua McElwee CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy (Reuters) -Pope Leo will open a new Vatican-run ecological training centre in the Italian countryside on Friday, in an initiative Catholic officials say is meant to encourage world leaders to address global climate change. The centre, located across 55 hectares (136 acres) on the sprawling grounds of a Renaissance-era …
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SARAJEVO (Reuters) -Bosnian truck drivers on Wednesday lifted a blockade on the movement of all goods in the Balkan country after the government late on Tuesday agreed to fulfil most of their requests aimed at supporting the sector. Since Monday, about 600 trucks have been parked near cargo customs terminals in many towns, including the …
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By Andrew Gray BRUSSELS (Reuters) -NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said on Wednesday he expects clarity at a summit of Ukraine’s allies on Thursday “or soon after” on what security guarantees Europe can offer Kyiv after Russia’s war in Ukraine comes to a halt. “I expect tomorrow, or soon after tomorrow, to have clarity on …
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By Nidal al-Mughrabi CAIRO (Reuters) -The Israeli military moved deeper into Gaza City on Wednesday, with soldiers and tanks pushing into Sheikh Radwan, one of the urban centre’s largest and most crowded neighbourhoods. In recent weeks, Israeli forces have advanced through Gaza City’s outer suburbs and are now just a few kilometres from the city …
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BEIJING (Reuters) -North Korean leader Kim Jong Un pledged his full support to Vladimir Putin on Wednesday, promising to do “everything I can to assist” Moscow as the Russian president thanked Pyongyang for sending troops to fight against Ukraine. The meeting took place on the sidelines of celebrations in Beijing to mark the anniversary of …
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SARAJEVO (Reuters) -The parliament of Bosnia’s autonomous Serb Republic has approved a government reshuffle that the opposition says is illegal because it was initiated by the region’s president who has been banned from politics. The vote late on Tuesday deepens a crisis over a Serb separatist drive that amounts to one of the biggest threats …
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ATHENS (Reuters) -Greece’s parliament passed a law on Wednesday toughening penalties for rejected asylum seekers and speeding up returns to their home countries, hardening the country’s stance on migrants after a surge in arrivals at its southern borders this year. The Mediterranean nation was on the frontline of a 2015-2016 migration crisis when more than …
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