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SYDNEY, Dec 2 (Reuters) – A teenager suing the Australian government to overturn a ban on social media for under-16s says the measure would make the internet more dangerous for young people and be widely circumvented. Noah Jones, 15, is a co-plaintiff in a High Court case against Communications Minister Anika Wells and eSafety Commissioner …

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BRUSSELS, Dec 2 (Reuters) – NATO Chief Mark Rutte repeated on Tuesday that the consensus needed for Ukraine to join the alliance is not there at the moment. “The practical situation is, as you know, that there is consensus required by all allies for Ukraine to join NATO. And right now, as you know, there …

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By Guy Faulconbridge, Anton Kolodyazhnyy and Maxim Rodionov MOSCOW, Dec 3 (Reuters) – Russia and the U.S. did not reach a compromise on a possible peace deal to end the war in Ukraine after a five-hour Kremlin meeting between President Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump’s top envoys, the Kremlin said on Wednesday. Trump has repeatedly …

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By Guy Faulconbridge and Anton Kolodyazhnyy MOSCOW, Dec 2 (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin met U.S. President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner in the Kremlin on Tuesday for talks on a possible way to end the deadliest European conflict since World War Two. Just before the meeting, Putin warned …

Putin meets Witkoff and Kushner for over four hours to discuss Ukraine peace Read More »

By Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA, Dec 2 (Reuters) – The Eurovision Song Contest faces a “watershed moment” on Thursday when members of the body that organises the contest may vote on whether Israel can compete in 2026, as some nations threaten to withdraw if it is not excluded due to the Gaza war.  European Broadcasting …

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By Vladimir Soldatkin MOSCOW, Dec 2 (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin warned European powers on Tuesday that if they started a war with Russia then Moscow was ready to fight and that the defeat of European powers would be so absolute that there would be no one left to even negotiate a peace deal. Almost …

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By Angelo Amante ROME, Dec 2 (Reuters) – Italy’s government is set to delay the approval of a decree that would allow Rome to prolong military supplies to Ukraine into next year, sources close to the matter said on Tuesday. The hold-up comes amid tensions within Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s right-wing coalition government over support …

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By Andreas Rinke BERLIN, Dec 2 (Reuters) – Conservative legislators in Germany voted by a large majority in favour of a contested pension reform package in what had been billed as a trial ballot ahead of a full parliamentary vote on the move, people present at the caucus meeting said. The result reduces the risk …

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