PARIS (Reuters) -French judges on Thursday ordered a trial for six people in a special terrorism court over an attack on a Jewish restaurant in Paris 43 years ago in which six people were killed and at least 20 others were injured, a judicial source said. The bombing and shooting assault on the Jo Goldenberg …
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BERLIN (Reuters) -Horst Mahler, who co-founded the leftist Red Army Faction guerrilla group suspected of killing dozens of prominent West Germans and later became a far-right ideologist and Holocaust denier, has died in Berlin, the New York Times reported on Thursday, citing Mahler’s lawyer. He was 89. Mahler spent 10 years in prison for his …
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BERLIN (Reuters) -Rail traffic in and around the western German city of Duisburg faced significant disruptions on Thursday after a fire broke out in a cable tunnel, in what authorities suspect was an act of sabotage, police said. Investigators ruled out accidental causes and said the state security division was investigating the incident “in all …
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NICOSIA (Reuters) -France’s foreign minister said on Thursday a U.S. and Israel-backed aid distribution system in Gaza had generated a “bloodbath” and had to cease activity. “I want to call for the cessation of the activities of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, the militarised distribution of humanitarian aid that has generated a bloodbath in distribution lines …
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KYIV/WARSAW (Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday he had a good first call with Polish president-elect Karol Nawrocki, who is due to assume his role next week. “We trust that Poland will continue to be our reliable partner and ally,” Zelenskiy wrote on Telegram, emphasising the importance of continued military, political and humanitarian …
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DOBROPILLIA (Reuters) -A forlorn group of evacuees filed into a bus, bags bulging with whatever remnants of their lives they could take with them as they left Dobropillia, a Ukrainian town which has seen the frontline of Russia’s invasion creep ever closer. “It’s hard, to live in one place and then to tear yourself away. …
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By Andrius Sytas VILNIUS (Reuters) -Lithuania’s Prime Minister Gintautas Paluckas said on Thursday he would resign, after facing pressure to do so over his business ties to a company owned by his sister-in-law. Paluckas in a statement said his past mistakes had hindered the work of his government, prompting his “quick and confident decision” to …
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STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -A Swedish man was found guilty of serious war crimes and terrorism on Thursday over his role in the murder of a Jordanian air force pilot who was burned to death in Syria a decade ago, the Stockholm district court said in a verdict. The Swede, identified in court documents as Osama Krayem, …
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KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine’s parliament voted on Thursday to restore the independence of two key anti-corruption agencies, moving to defuse the country’s biggest political crisis since Russia’s invasion. Lawmakers voted 331 to 0 in favor of the bill, which President Volodymyr Zelenskiy submitted last week following pressure from thousands of protesters and top European officials. The …
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By Clara Denina and Nqobile Dludla LONDON (Reuters) -Global miner Anglo American on Thursday reported a $1.9 billion loss in the first half, reduced its dividend, and said restructuring efforts continued, including divestment of its coal and ailing diamond units. The London-listed miner has been selling or spinning off non-core assets to focus on copper …
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