PARIS (Reuters) -Slovenia has reported an outbreak of bluetongue disease on a sheep farm in the southwest, the World Organisation for Animal Health said on Tuesday, citing Slovenian authorities. Bluetongue can be deadly for domestic ruminants such as sheep, cattle and goats. It does not affect humans or the safety of animal meat or milk. …
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DUBAI (Reuters) -Reimposing international sanctions on Iran would make the “situation” over its nuclear programme more complex, state media quoted Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi as saying on Tuesday. He was speaking ahead of a meeting on Friday with three European states known as the E3 – Britain, France and Germany. The E3 have …
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KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine will need at least $120 billion for defence spending next year, Ukrainian Defence Minister Denys Shmyhal said on Tuesday. Negotiations are ongoing with NATO and EU members as Ukraine seeks $60 billion in funding from partners, he added in a statement on the Telegram messaging app. (Reporting by Anastasiia Malenko; Editing by …
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By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told Fox News that Tehran cannot give up on its uranium enrichment program which was severely damaged during the Israel-Iran war last month. WHY IT’S IMPORTANT Prior to the war, Tehran and Washington held five rounds of nuclear talks mediated by Oman but could not …
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(Reuters) -Peace talks between Ukraine and Russia – the first in seven weeks – are planned for Wednesday in Turkey, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy quoted a senior Kyiv official as saying on Monday. Zelenskiy appealed earlier in the day for greater momentum in negotiations. Russia’s state TASS news agency quoted a source in Turkey as …
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(Reuters) -Russian attacks on Monday in two areas of Ukraine’s border Sumy region, where Moscow’s troops have gained a foothold in recent months, have injured 14 people. The military administration of Sumy region, writing on the Telegram messaging app, said drone strikes in the town of Putyvl, just inside the border, injured 11 people and …
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By Max Hunder KYIV (Reuters) -Ukrainian security services arrested officials from the country’s main anti-corruption agency on Monday and conducted dozens of searches, in a crackdown that the agency said went too far and had effectively shut down its entire mission. The SBU security body said it had arrested one official at the National Anti-corruption …
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By Emilio Parodi MILAN (Reuters) -U.S. tech giants Meta, X and LinkedIn have lodged an appeal against an unprecedented VAT claim by Italy that could influence tax policy across the 27-nation European Union, four sources with direct knowledge of the matter said on Monday. This is the first time that Italy has failed to reach …
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LONDON (Reuters) -Britain on Monday imposed new sanctions on Russia’s so-called “shadow fleet”, targeting 135 oil tankers along with two Russian firms, shipping company Intershipping Services LLC and oil trader Litasco Middle East DMCC. The oil tankers are critical to Russia’s energy and oil sectors, with the British government saying they form part of the …
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Belgium’s King Philippe described abuses in Gaza as a “disgrace to humanity” in a speech on the eve of Monday’s national day, unusually direct remarks on international affairs from a monarch who traditionally avoids public politics. “I add my voice to all those who denounce the serious humanitarian abuses in Gaza, where innocent …
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