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Russia suspends flights at four airports, warns residents of drone attacks

9 Dec 2025

Dec 8 (Reuters) – Several regions in southern and western Russia issued warnings about possible drone attacks, and four southern airports suspended operations over safety concerns early on Tuesday. Temporary restrictions at the airports in Vladikavkaz, Grozny and Magas affected arriving and departing flights, Russian air transport agency Rosaviatsia said. Another southern town, Mozdok, home …

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Global leaders commit $1.9 billion to eradicate polio amid funding cuts

8 Dec 2025

Dec 8 (Reuters) – Global leaders pledged $1.9 billion to advance polio eradication on Monday, accelerating efforts to protect 370 million children from polio each year amid significant funding cuts. The budget of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, a partnership that includes the World Health Organization and the Gates Foundation, is expected to take a …

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European leaders discuss “positive progress” on making use of frozen Russian assets

8 Dec 2025

LONDON, Dec 8 (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and the leaders of France and Germany discussed the “positive progress” made to use frozen Russian sovereign assets to support Ukraine, Downing Street said on Monday. “The leaders all agreed that now is a critical moment and that we must continue to ramp up support to Ukraine …

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US and Greenland pledge ‘mutual respect’ as ambassador visits

8 Dec 2025

COPENHAGEN, Dec 8 (Reuters) – The United States and Greenland pledged to show “mutual respect” on Monday as the new U.S. ambassador to Denmark made his first visit to the island in the wake of President Donald Trump’s interest in acquiring the semi-autonomous Arctic territory. Relations between Denmark and its longtime ally, the United States, …

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EU to weaken more environment reporting rules, draft document shows

8 Dec 2025

By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS, Dec 8 (Reuters) – The European Commission has drafted proposals to cut back more EU environment laws, targeting requirements for industries to report on their pollution and waste, a draft EU document seen by Reuters showed. The draft proposal, due to be published on Wednesday, is the latest part of the …

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Polish police arrest three Ukrainians found with hacking equipment

8 Dec 2025

WARSAW, Dec 8 (Reuters) – Three Ukrainian men have been stopped in Warsaw with computer hacking equipment in their car and charged with offences linked to national defence, Polish police said on Monday. The three were charged with having devices and programs adapted for “committing crimes, including damaging computer data of particular importance to national …

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Dutch centre and centre-right parties to start talks on forming government

8 Dec 2025

By Charlotte Van Campenhout AMSTERDAM, Dec 8 (Reuters) – Three Dutch centre and centre-right parties will start trying to form a government together, government negotiator Sybrand van Haersma Buma said on Monday. The parties are election winner D66, the conservative Christian Democrats (CDA) and the pro-business VVD Party. Buma added that they would either form …

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Israel’s Netanyahu to discuss second phase of Gaza plan with Trump later this month

8 Dec 2025

(Corrects timing of announcement of Netanyahu’s invitation in paragraph 3) By Alexander Cornwell JERUSALEM, Dec 7 (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that the second phase of a U.S. plan to end the war in Gaza was close, but cautioned several key issues still needed to be resolved, including whether a …

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Ugandan police to probe reports of officers beating opposition supporters

8 Dec 2025

KAMPALA, Dec 8 (Reuters) – Uganda’s national police service said on Monday that it would investigate reports that officers had beaten pop star-turned-politician Bobi Wine and his supporters at a campaign rally for next month’s election. Wine, 43, said in posts on X on Saturday that security forces had hit him in the face with …

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