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Brazil tackles COP30 hotel costs, under pressure from developing nations

17 Jul 2025

By Manuela Andreoni SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Brazil assured worried governments on Wednesday it has organized enough rooms to accommodate the tens of thousands of people crowding into the rainforest city of Belem for the United Nations climate summit in November, even as its listings still fell short of the country’s own projections for attendance. Valter …

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Trump promised Patriots for Ukraine. Now Europe has to provide them

16 Jul 2025

By Gram Slattery, Mike Stone, Jonathan Landay and Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump has finally found a way to like arming Ukraine: ask European allies to donate their weapons, and sell them American replacements. Now comes the hard part — agreeing on who will actually give up their prized systems, including the Patriot …

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Zelenskiy says he wants half Ukraine’s weapons to be produced domestically

16 Jul 2025

(Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday that he was counting on his new incoming government to take measures to boost the proportion of weapons made at home to 50% within six months. Zelenskiy has carried out a political reshuffle this week, nominating as his new prime minister Yulia Svyrydenko, the driving force behind …

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Von der Leyen proposes EU budget boost to 2 trillion euros

16 Jul 2025

By Lili Bayer, Andrew Gray and Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The European Commission on Wednesday proposed a 2 trillion euro ($2.31 trillion) EU budget for 2028 to 2034, with a new emphasis on economic competitiveness and defence and plans to overhaul traditional spending on farming and regional development. “It is a budget that matches Europe’s …

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Cycling-Pogacar crashes before anti-Israel protester disrupts Tour stage finale

16 Jul 2025

By Julien Pretot TOULOUSE, France (Reuters) -Defending champion Tadej Pogacar suffered a crash on the 11th stage of the Tour de France on Wednesday, moments before a protester disrupted the sprint finish where Norway’s Jonas Abrahamsen claimed his first Tour stage victory. Slovenian Pogacar went down about five kilometres from the line after touching wheels …

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Russian bomb kills two, injures up to 27 in eastern Ukrainian town of Dobropillia

16 Jul 2025

(Reuters) -A strike by Russian forces on Wednesday on a shopping centre and market in Dobropillia, a town near the front line of the 40-month-old war, killed two people, injured up to 27 and caused widespread damage, officials said. Vadym Filashkin, governor of eastern Donetsk region, said a 500-kg (1,100-pound) bomb was deployed at 5:20 …

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Three persons guilty of accessory to the murder of Swedish rapper C.Gambino, court rules

16 Jul 2025

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -A Swedish court found three persons guilty of accessory to the murder of the award-winning hip-hop artist known by the alias C.Gambino last year, it said on Wednesday. C.Gambino, who kept his identity hidden and wore a mask in public, was shot dead in a parking garage in June 2024 in a suspected …

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French PM’s plan to scrap two holidays stirs outcry, and memories of a toppled predecessor

16 Jul 2025

By Gabriel Stargardter and Elizabeth Pineau PARIS (Reuters) -French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou wants to scrap two public holidays to put France’s finances back on track. It’s a brave move: The last French leader to try something similar soon found himself out of a job. Bayrou, a long-time debt hawk who is fighting for his …

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EU again fails to approve new sanctions on Russia, diplomats say

16 Jul 2025

By Kate Abnett and Jason Hovet BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The European Union failed for a second day to approve a new package of sanctions against Russia on Wednesday as Slovakia continued to seek concessions over gas supplies, four EU diplomats told Reuters. Slovakia vetoed the approval of the sanctions during a meeting of EU countries’ ambassadors, …

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Vegetation loss from Greek wildfires sharply raised soil temperature, report says

16 Jul 2025

(Reuters) -The soil surface temperature in areas around Greek capital Athens rose in some places by as much as 10 degrees Celsius since July 2024 after big fires destroyed vegetation, research released on Wednesday by the Athens National Observatory said. The analysis by the state-supervised research institute’s Meteo unit was based on high-resolution satellite data …

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