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By Corina Pons and Joan Faus MADRID/BARCELONA (Reuters) -The port of Barcelona, Europe’s busiest for cruise ships, will scale back its passenger terminal capacity by 2030 as the city tries to put the brakes on surging arrivals and address concerns about overtourism. The city hall and port authority agreed on Thursday to reduce the number …

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CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (Reuters) -Mexican truck drivers in the border city of Ciudad Juarez have begun studying English in efforts to comply with an executive order by President Donald Trump requiring commercial drivers in the U.S. to meet English-proficiency standards. Some 50 drivers who haul goods back and forth between Ciudad Juarez and El Paso, …

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MOSCOW (Reuters) -The Kremlin said on Friday that it did not believe that a tougher stance U.S. President Donald Trump has adopted towards Russia over its war in Ukraine means the end of U.S-Russia talks aimed at reviving their battered ties. Trump unveiled his new position on Monday, setting a 50-day deadline for Moscow to …

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(Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said he discussed missile supplies and funding for interceptor drones to counteract Russian attacks in a call with French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday. “I would especially like to highlight our agreement on pilot training for Mirage jets – France is ready to train additional pilots using additional aircraft,” Zelenskiy …

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MOSCOW (Reuters) -Authorities in Russian-controlled Crimea said on Friday they were introducing an information blackout designed to counter Ukrainian drone, missile and sabotage attacks. Sergei Aksyonov, the head of Crimea – which Russia annexed from Ukraine in 2014 – said he had signed a decree banning media outlets and social media users from publishing any …

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KYIV (Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Friday that peace negotiations with Russia needed “more momentum” and that he had asked new National Security and Defence Council secretary Rustem Umerov to “intensify the negotiation track”. Two rounds of talks between Ukraine and Russia in Turkey earlier this year have yielded little more than an …

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