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Moldovan election body endorses poll participants ahead of independence fete

26 Aug 2025 26 Aug 2025

CHISINAU (Reuters) -Electoral authorities in Moldova closed registration on Tuesday for next month’s parliamentary election focused on gauging how well public support has held up for President Maia Sandu’s drive for the ex-Soviet state to join the European Union by 2030. The Central Election Commission issued a list of 21 authorised participants in the September …

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Trump still weighing ‘very serious’ economic sanctions on Russia

26 Aug 2025 26 Aug 2025

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he is prepared to impose economic sanctions against Russia if its president, Vladimir Putin, fails to agree to a ceasefire in the war in Ukraine. “It’s very, very serious what I have in mind, if I have to do it, but I want to see it …

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Families leave Gaza City after night of bombardment, Israelis protest

26 Aug 2025 26 Aug 2025

By Nidal al-Mughrabi CAIRO (Reuters) -More Palestinian families left Gaza City on Tuesday after a night of Israeli shelling on its outskirts, as Israelis launched a day of nationwide protests calling for hostages to be released and the war in Gaza to end. Residents said Israeli aerial and tank shelling continued throughout the night and …

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Iran says it told European powers there would be consequences for re-imposing UN sanctions

26 Aug 2025 26 Aug 2025

DUBAI (Reuters) -Iran’s foreign ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei said on Tuesday that Tehran told Europe’s top three powers the revival of the “snapback” mechanism, re-mposing UN sanctions on Iran, will have consequences. Baghaei said Tehran told Europeans during a meeting in Geneva they do not have the right to trigger the mechanism, adding both sides …

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Ukrainian men aged 18-22 now allowed to cross the border freely, PM says

26 Aug 2025 26 Aug 2025

(Reuters) -Ukrainian men aged 18 to 22 are now allowed to cross the border freely in either direction under martial law, Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko said. Previous regulations introduced after Russia’s February 2022 invasion of its smaller neighbour barred men aged 18-60 from leaving the country. “This applies to all citizens in this age group. …

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Ukraine’s Zelenskiy: Turkey, Gulf states or European nations could host talks with Putin

26 Aug 2025 26 Aug 2025

(Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday that Turkey, the Gulf States or European countries could host any talks he may hold with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Zelenskiy is pushing for direct talks with Putin to help end Russia’s war in Ukraine but Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said no agenda had been prepared …

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September 11, embassy bombing victims cannot seize Afghan bank assets, US appeals court rules

26 Aug 2025 26 Aug 2025

By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) -Victims of the September 11, 2001 attacks and the August 7, 1998 bombings of two U.S. embassies in East Africa cannot seize $3.5 billion of Afghanistan central bank assets to address the Taliban’s role in the attacks, a divided federal appeals court ruled on Thursday. The 2nd U.S. Circuit …

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Bulgaria reports bird flu outbreak on three farms

26 Aug 2025 26 Aug 2025

PARIS (Reuters) -Bulgaria reported outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza on three farms in the southern part of the country, the World Organisation for Animal Health said on Monday, as Europe faces a seasonal upturn in the deadly disease. The H5N1 virus was detected on three farms with a total flock of 28,000 birds in …

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Polish consumer watchdog accuses Netflix of unauthorised fee hikes

26 Aug 2025 26 Aug 2025

(Corrects paragraph 3 to clarify that Poland’s consumer watchdog has questioned whether it is legal to raise prices without consumer consent. The legality of such practices has yet to be determined. Clarifies action relates to Netflix’s Dutch subsidiary in paragraphs 7-9.) (Reuters) -Poland’s consumer watchdog the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection (UOKiK) has accused …

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Juvenile involved in Taylor Swift concert plot gets suspended sentence in Germany

26 Aug 2025 26 Aug 2025

FRANKFURT (Reuters) -A Berlin court on Tuesday gave a 16-year old who helped prepare a foiled attack on a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna last year a suspended 1-1/2 year prison sentence under juvenile criminal law. Charges against the Syrian adolescent, who was 14 during the plot, were brought in June. At the time of …

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