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Germany and EU allies push for asylum crackdown and more deportations

18 Jul 2025

By Jörn Poltz and Riham Alkousaa ZUGSPITZE, Germany (Reuters) -Germany’s Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt and five European counterparts agreed on a set of goals on Friday to tighten asylum rules in the bloc, including allowing deportations to Afghanistan and Syria. The meeting at Germany’s highest peak, the Zugspitze, follows Berlin’s decision in May to reject …

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US and Ukraine in talks on drone investment deal

18 Jul 2025

KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine and the United States are in detailed talks on a deal involving U.S. investment in Kyiv’s domestic drone production, Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko said on Friday. The announcement comes a day after President Volodymyr Zelenskiy tasked a reshuffled new government with scaling up Ukraine’s arms industry and strengthening ties with its …

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Georgia’s tea growers work to revive an industry that collapsed with the Soviet Union

18 Jul 2025

By Felix Light ANASEULI, Georgia (Reuters) -When Lika Megreladze was a child, life in her native western Georgian region of Guria revolved around tea. Her mother worked for decades as a scientist at the Soviet Union’s Institute of Tea and Subtropical Crops in the village of Anaseuli, perfecting cultivation methods for a Georgian tea industry …

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Spain reports bird flu outbreak on turkey farm

18 Jul 2025

PARIS (Reuters) -Spain has reported an outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu on a fattening turkey farm in the southwestern region of Extremadura, the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) said, citing Spanish authorities. The spread of avian influenza, commonly called bird flu, has ravaged flocks around the world, disrupting supply and fuelling higher …

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Soccer-England’s goalkeeping hero Hampton continues to prove people wrong at Euro 2025

18 Jul 2025

ZURICH (Reuters) -As a bloodied Hannah Hampton saved two penalties to send England into the Euro 2025 semi-finals, it was all the more impressive given she was advised at a young age against pursuing football because of an eye condition that affects her depth perception. The 24-year-old, who had gauze stuffed up one nostril throughout …

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Russia convicts dozens for anti-Israel riots at Dagestan airport two years ago

18 Jul 2025

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian courts sentenced 135 people to lengthy prison sentences in connection with a mass anti-Israel protest in October 2023 at an airport in the predominantly Muslim Dagestan region, the country’s Investigative Committee said on Friday. Hundreds of anti-Israel protesters stormed an airport in the city of Makhachkala, where a plane from Tel Aviv …

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Russia’s Medvedev says Moscow will withstand new EU sanctions, escalate strikes on Ukraine

18 Jul 2025

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Friday predicted the Russian economy would withstand the European Union’s latest sanctions package and said Moscow would intensify its strikes against Ukraine. Medvedev, now deputy chairman of Russia’s Security Council, made his comments after the European Union agreed an 18th package of sanctions against Russia over its …

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Italian prosecutors appeal against Salvini’s acquittal in migrant kidnapping case

18 Jul 2025

By Angelo Amante ROME (Reuters) -Prosecutors in the Italian city of Palermo have filed a direct appeal to the Supreme Court against the acquittal of Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini in a migrant kidnapping case, a court document showed on Friday. Salvini – the leader of the League party – was charged after he ordered …

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Rescuers save families, farm animals and one pet hamster after Russian floods

18 Jul 2025

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Rescuers ferried more than 100 people to safety this week, along with their farm animals and pets, after floodwaters caused by heavy rain engulfed villages in a sparsely-populated part of eastern Russia. Emergency crews piloted rubber dinghies down flooded streets in settlements in Russia’s Sakha Republic, also known as Yakutia, a vast region …

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