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By Timour Azhari DAMASCUS (Reuters) -Western diplomats were passing near Syria’s defence ministry in Damascus in an armoured convoy when Israel struck the building with several missiles on Wednesday, according to two people familiar with the matter, including a Syrian eyewitness. No-one in the convoy was injured and it continued on its way, the people …

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KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday Olha Stefanishyna, a deputy prime minister responsible for Euro-Atlantic integration, would become the country’s new ambassador to the United States. Zelenskiy wrote on Telegram that he had appointed her as the special presidential representative to the U.S. so that she could develop relations with Washington while …

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By Emilio Parodi MILAN (Reuters) -The mayor of Milan has been placed under investigation, three sources said on Thursday, caught up in a probe into the dealings that have helped to underpin a real estate boom in Italy’s financial capital over the last 10 years. The investigation into Mayor Beppe Sala comes after prosecutors on …

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ROME (Reuters) -Pope Leo said on Thursday he hopes to travel to Turkey later this year for the 1,700th anniversary of a major Christian Church summit, in what would be the first foreign trip of his papacy. The early centuries of Christianity were marked by a lively debate about how Jesus could be both God …

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By Dominique Vidalon PARIS (Reuters) -The municipal authority for the Paris suburb of Saint-Cloud, which hosts the annual Rock-en-Seine music festival, has decided to withdraw a 40,000 euro ($46,000) subsidy for the event due to its booking of Irish rap band Kneecap, it said on Thursday. The Belfast-based Kneecap, which raps in Irish and English, …

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KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine’s newly appointed Prime Minister Yuliia Svyrydenko said on Thursday that her government would be launching a full audit of public finances to achieve “real savings”, and that large-scale privatisations should be accelerated. Svyrydenko, who was voted in by parliament earlier in the day, said on X that her priorities in the role …

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