By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The European Union’s landmark rules on artificial intelligence will be rolled out according to the legal timeline in the legislation, the European Commission said on Friday, dismissing calls from some companies and countries for a pause. Google owner Alphabet, Facebook owner Meta and other U.S. companies as well as …
By Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA (Reuters) -The U.N. human rights office said on Friday it had recorded at least 613 killings both at aid points run by the U.S.- and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) and near humanitarian convoys run by other relief groups including the U.N. The GHF uses private U.S. security and logistics …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) -The Kremlin said on Friday that Russia closely follows all of Donald Trump’s statements after the U.S. president said he was “very disappointed” with his latest conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin about the war in Ukraine. Trump, who had confidently stated last week that Putin was “looking to settle” the conflict, said …
ATHENS (Reuters) -Greek police have dismantled a gang that had been hiding cocaine in sheets of leather that were smuggled from Bolivia to Greece on container ships, police officials said on Friday. They said the method used by the gang signalled a shift in methods for smuggling the drug from South America to Europe. Eleven …
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HELSINKI (Reuters) -Finnish police said on Friday a man held over a stabbing attack in the southwestern city of Tampere on Thursday in which four people were injured told them he had no racist or political motive for the deed and had attacked people randomly. Police said the suspect, who was arrested shortly after the …
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(Reuters) -Spanish motorcycle rider Borja Gomez has died aged 20 after crashing at the Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours in France, his team Honda Laglisse said. Gomez, who was set to compete in the third round of the FIM Stock European Championship, crashed during a pre-event test on Thursday, with reports in Spanish media saying he …
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ISTANBUL (Reuters) -A Reuters story saying a little-known group had claimed responsibility for starting forest fires is withdrawn. The claim dated to a spate of fires in 2020 and is not related to the latest wildfires in Turkey. There will be no substitute story. STORY_NUMBER: L1N3T00P7 STORY_DATE: 03/07/2025 STORY_TIME: 1701 GMT (Editing by Jon Boyle)
By Anthony Deutsch THE HAGUE (Reuters) – Dutch and German intelligence agencies have gathered evidence of widespread Russian use of banned chemical weapons in Ukraine, including dropping a choking agent from drones to drive soldiers out of trenches so they can be shot, they said on Friday. Dutch Defence Minister Ruben Brekelmans called for tougher …
HAMBURG (Reuters) -Low water levels after a drought and heatwave are stopping cargo vessels from sailing fully loaded on the Rhine river in Germany despite rain this week, commodity traders said on Friday. Low water is hampering shipping on all of the river south of Duisburg and Cologne, including the chokepoint of Kaub, traders said. …
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HAMBURG (Reuters) -Attempts will be made on Friday and over the weekend to reopen the river Mosel in west Germany on a limited scale to inland waterways freight shipping after an accident with a vessel damaged a lock, navigation authorities said on Friday. Shipping was stopped on the river, an important transit route for grains …
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