By Alexander Cornwell and Alasdair Pal TEL AVIV/SYDNEY (Reuters) -Israel’s foreign minister said on Monday he had revoked the visas of Australian diplomats to the Palestinian Authority, following a decision by Canberra to recognise a Palestinian state and cancel an Israeli lawmaker’s visa. The Australian government said it had cancelled the visa of a lawmaker …
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By Nacho Doce and Guillermo Martinez ASTORGA, Spain (Reuters) -Spain’s worst wave of wildfires on record spread to the southern slopes of the Picos de Europa mountains on Monday and prompted authorities to close part of the popular Camino de Santiago pilgrimage route. “This is a fire situation we haven’t experienced in 20 years,” Defence …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump has interrupted his talks in Washington with European leaders to call Russian President Vladimir Putin, an EU diplomat told Reuters on Monday. The talks are due to resume after the call, which Trump had initially said would take place after he consulted with European leaders, added the diplomat. Germany’s …
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(Reuters) -French President Emmanuel Macron, at peace talks with U.S. President Donald Trump, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and other EU leaders on Monday, proposed a future four-way meeting about Ukraine that would include Europe. He said the idea of a trilateral meeting – involving the United States, Russia and Ukraine – is “very important, because …
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By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The last time Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy visited the White House, his dark military-style outfit drew scorn from U.S. President Donald Trump, who wears suits every day. Zelenskiy’s garb at that February meeting featured in a disastrous session with Trump in which the two leaders bickered and the Ukrainian president …
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(Reuters) -The German Football Federation (DFB) has opened an investigation into alleged racist abuse incidents at two German Cup matches, the German soccer governing body said on Monday after FIFA president Gianni Infantino condemned the incidents. The alleged racial abuse incidents occurred on Sunday in the first round of DFB Cup matches, during second-tier Schalke …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday said he expected Russian President Vladimir Putin to release over 1,000 Ukrainian prisoners soon after a trilateral meeting was set up with Ukrainian leader Voldymyr Zelenskiy. “I think you’ll see that President Putin really would like to do something also,” Trump said at the start of a …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Monday said he was open to holding an election in his country, if the war with Russia comes to an end and it was safe to do so. Zelenskiy made the comments at a press briefing in the Oval Office ahead of a high-stakes meeting with U.S. President …
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BUDAPEST (Reuters) -Hungarian opposition leader Peter Magyar has sought assurances from Russia that it will refrain from interference in his country’s politics, saying there would be no scope for meaningful cooperation without respecting its sovereignty. Earlier this week, Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) published a statement describing Magyar as being loyal to “globalist elites” and …
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By Casey Hall and Marleen Kaesebier (Reuters) -Swiss watchmaker Swatch issued an apology at the weekend and pulled ads featuring images of an Asian male model pulling the corners of his eyes up and backwards in a “slanted eye” pose. The images for the Swatch Essentials collection were widely condemned online in China, where many …
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