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Two Russian soldiers needing medical care returned by Ukraine, Moscow says

22 Jul 2025 22 Jul 2025

(Reuters) -Two Russian soldiers in need of medical care were handed over by Ukrainian authorities on Tuesday to be returned home, the Russian Defence Ministry said. A ministry statement on Telegram said the two servicemen were handed over and taken to Belarus, one of Moscow’s closest allies, on Russia’s western border. They were receiving treatment …

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AFP appeals for evacuation of freelance staff from Gaza

22 Jul 2025 22 Jul 2025

JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Agence France-Presse called on Israel on Tuesday to allow the immediate evacuation of its freelance contributors and their families from the Gaza Strip, citing worsening living conditions and escalating risks to their safety. In a statement, the French news agency said its freelancers faced an “appalling situation” in Gaza. A 21-month war with …

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Italy’s top court says climate case against Eni can continue

22 Jul 2025 22 Jul 2025

MILAN (Reuters) -A climate change case against Italian energy group Eni can continue, the country’s top appeals court has ruled, in a jurisdiction case that had been raised by environmental groups Greenpeace Italia and ReCommon. The judgement, which the two organisations published on Tuesday, affirms that Italian courts have jurisdiction to hear climate litigation cases, …

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Baby boy starves to death in Gaza as hunger spreads, medics say

22 Jul 2025 22 Jul 2025

By Nidal al-Mughrabi CAIRO/GAZA (Reuters) -Six-week-old Yousef’s lifeless body lay limp on a hospital table in Gaza City, his skin stretched over protruding ribs and a bandage where a drip had been inserted into his tiny arm. Doctors said the cause of death was starvation. He was among 15 people to starve to death in …

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Zelenskiy signs law restricting autonomy of Ukraine’s anti-corruption agencies

22 Jul 2025 22 Jul 2025

KYIV (Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has signed a law passed earlier on Tuesday restricting the autonomy of Ukraine’s anti-corruption agencies, according to a parliamentary database. (Reporting by Yuliia Dysa)

Labourers barred from work, tourists kept from ruins as heatwave sears Greece, Balkans

22 Jul 2025 22 Jul 2025

ATHENS (Reuters) -Greece and the wider Balkans sweltered under the third heatwave of the summer on Tuesday, with labourers barred from work, tourists kept away from the ruins and firefighters battling blazes scattered across the arid countryside. Couriers, food delivery riders and builders in and around Athens and other regions were ordered to pause work …

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French culture minister Dati, ex-auto CEO Ghosn to stand trial for graft

22 Jul 2025 22 Jul 2025

By Dominique Vidalon PARIS (Reuters) -French judges on Tuesday ordered that French Culture Minister Rachida Dati and former automobile executive Carlos Ghosn must stand trial for alleged corruption and abuse of power in a case focusing on consulting fees, a judicial source said. The French prosecutor’s office for financial crimes (PNF) had requested in November …

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US envoy urges Syria’s Sharaa to revise policy or risk fragmentation

22 Jul 2025 22 Jul 2025

By Samia Nakhoul and Maya Gebeily BEIRUT (Reuters) -A U.S. envoy has urged Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa to recalibrate his policies and embrace a more inclusive approach after a new round of sectarian bloodshed last week, or risk losing international support and fragmenting the country. U.S. envoy to Syria Thomas Barrack said he had advised …

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Greek police arrest Moldovan tycoon Plahotniuc on Interpol notice

22 Jul 2025 22 Jul 2025

ATHENS (Reuters) -Greek police have arrested a Moldovan tycoon and a former political leader wanted for allegedly participating in a criminal organisation, money laundering and fraud, police said on Tuesday. Vladimir Plahotniuc, considered one of Moldova’s richest men and a former lawmaker, was arrested at the Athens airport on an Interpol notice on Monday evening. …

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Prague’s St Vitus Cathedral installing new, long-overdue pipe organ

22 Jul 2025 22 Jul 2025

PRAGUE (Reuters) -Workers are installing more than 6,000 organ pipes to resonate through St Vitus Cathedral at Prague Castle, seen as the symbolic completion of one of Europe’s greatest Gothic architectural monuments after more than 700 years. Installation of the new organ began in April and is set to conclude in August, before the painstaking …

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