By Catherine Cartier BEIRUT, Dec 3 (Reuters) – Filipina worker Loren Capobres said the world stood still when she kissed Pope Leo’s hand this week in Lebanon, but hopes his message for peace will linger after his departure, leading to better working conditions and a lasting peace in the country. Capobres, who is Catholic and …
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MOSCOW, Dec 3 (Reuters) – Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov said on Wednesday that Russia’s recent battlefield progress in Ukraine had what he described as a positive impact on peace negotiations held with U.S. envoys in Moscow a day earlier. In video footage released on the talks’ eve, President Vladimir Putin hailed what his commanders said …
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ZURICH, Dec 3 (Reuters) – The Swiss parliament is poised to relax restrictions on weapons exports, a significant but delicate shift that aims to support the domestic arms industry without compromising the country’s neutrality. The lower house of parliament on Tuesday approved a change in the law to make weapons exports easier, and the Swiss …
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By Terje Solsvik and Gwladys Fouche OSLO, Dec 3 (Reuters) – Norway’s governing Labour Party said on Wednesday it had reached agreement with four left-wing parties in parliament on a 2026 fiscal budget, ending a standoff that had threatened to bring down Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere’s cabinet. The deal, which excludes demands for a …
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SOFIA, Dec 3 (Reuters) – Bulgaria’s President Rumen Radev has called on the minority government of Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov to resign following mass protests this week against its 2026 budget. The government on Tuesday withdrew the budget, following nationwide demonstrations against planned tax hikes to finance higher spending. It is the first budget drafted …
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By Rajesh Kumar Singh and Dan Catchpole SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Dec 3 (Reuters) – Annie Vargas could see her son slipping away and pleaded with him to seek help. But her son, Brian Wittke, a 41-year-old Delta Air Lines pilot and father of three, pushed back, terrified that getting treatment for depression would cost …
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BELGRADE, Dec 3 (Reuters) – Serbia’s parliament on Wednesday adopted the country’s 2026 budget, setting a fiscal deficit of 337 billion dinars ($3.35 billion), or 3% of gross domestic product. The budget sets total revenues at 2,414.7 billion dinars and expenditure at 2,751.7 billion dinars. It also allocates 164 billion dinars Serbia could use for …
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KYIV, Dec 3 (Reuters) – Senior Ukrainian negotiator Rustem Umerov will hold talks in Brussels on Wednesday with European leaders’ national security advisers and then visit the United States, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said. He was speaking after U.S. President Donald Trump’s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, and son-in-law Jared Kushner met Russian President Vladimir Putin …
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By Michel Rose PARIS, Dec 3 (Reuters) – A campaign by French President Emmanuel Macron to combat online disinformation has triggered a backlash from right-wing opponents and the increasingly influential conservative media empire controlled by billionaire Vincent Bollore. The furore underscores how France is increasingly exposed to the cultural and business battles roiling media on …
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By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Steven Scheer CAIRO/JERUSALEM, Dec 2 (Reuters) – Palestinian militant group Hamas on Tuesday handed over the remains of one of the last two deceased hostages still in Gaza, the International Committee of the Red Cross said, under terms of the October ceasefire deal. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said in …
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