MILAN (Reuters) -Giorgio Armani will not attend his group’s two shows at Milan’s Men’s Fashion Week as he is currently recovering at home, a company statement said on Friday, the first time in his career he will miss one of his catwalk events. The designer, who will turn 91 in July, will not be at …
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By Andrius Sytas RIGA (Reuters) -Latvia’s president expressed confidence NATO would agree to a new higher defence spending target demanded by U.S. President Donald Trump, despite Spanish objections, saying the alliance had little choice given the growing threat from Russia. Spain on Thursday asked to opt out of the plan to increase members’ defence spending …
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PALERMO, Italy (Reuters) -Salvage experts winched Mike Lynch’s sunken superyacht towards the surface on Friday, 10 months after it went down off the coast of Sicily, killing the British tech tycoon, his teenage daughter and five others. The vessel is scheduled to be lifted out of the water in the final phase of the recovery …
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By Angelo Amante and Giuseppe Fonte ROME (Reuters) -Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Friday she was working with the European Union on a debt-relief initiative for African states – part of Rome’s efforts to help development in Africa and address the root causes of mass migration. Meloni met European Commission President Ursula von …
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BUCHAREST (Reuters) -Centrist President Nicusor Dan on Friday nominated Liberal Party leader Ilie Bolojan to be Romania’s prime minister, clearing the way for the formation of a government after weeks of stalemate following a divisive presidential election. Bolojan’s cabinet, which has yet to be announced, will ask for a vote of confidence next week. Provided …
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By Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA (Reuters) -Israel’s ambassador to the U.N. in Geneva has raised “vehement objection” to Iran addressing the Human Rights Council ahead of talks with European counterparts in Geneva to try to de-escalate the Israel-Iran conflict, according to a letter seen by Reuters. “Affording the Iranian foreign minister the floor before this …
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By Charlotte Van Campenhout and Bart Biesemans AMSTERDAM (Reuters) -The Netherlands has launched operation Orange Shield to protect next week’s NATO summit, deploying combat helicopters, sea patrols, over 10,000 military and police personnel, bomb squads and air defence systems. About 6,000 delegates and leaders from 32 countries, including U.S. President Donald Trump, French President Emmanuel …
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DUGI OTOK, Croatia (Reuters) -At Croatia’s Dugi Otok island in the Adriatic Sea, scientists, demanding action to protect environmentally important meadows of seagrass, have been on a diving mission to assess the damage inflicted by human activity. Named after Poseidon, the ancient Greek god of the sea, Posidonia oceanica, commonly known as Mediterranean tapeweed, provides …
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MADRID (Reuters) -Spanish Defence Minister Margarita Robles said on Friday her country is totally committed to NATO, a day after Madrid asked the alliance to be exempted from the proposed increase in the defence spending target to 5% of gross domestic product. “Spain and its armed forces are a serious, trustworthy, responsible ally that is …
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MOSCOW/KYIV (Reuters) -Russia and Ukraine completed another round of prisoner exchanges on Friday, officials in both countries said, part of a recent agreement to swap POWs and the bodies of dead soldiers. Neither Russian nor Ukrainian officials specified how many people were involved in the exchange, the second in two days. Writing on X, Ukrainian …
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