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WARSAW (Reuters) -Poland is likely to introduce partial controls on its border with Germany in the summer if the number of migrant crossings continues to grow, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk told lawmakers on Wednesday. Tusk’s liberal government has faced accusations from the nationalist opposition that it has been accepting numerous illegal immigrants being sent …

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By Nelson Bocanegra BOGOTA (Reuters) -Colombian Senator Miguel Uribe remains in a critical condition after being shot in Bogota on Saturday, but has shown signs of neurological improvement, the hospital treating him said on Wednesday. The 39-year-old, a potential presidential contender, is a member of the opposition right-wing Democratic Center party. He was shot in …

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By Forrest Crellin PARIS (Reuters) -European power contracts jumped on Wednesday on concerns France might have to reduce its nuclear output after the industry regulator said it had identified “hints” of possible stress corrosion in a reactor. The ASNR watchdog said testing had highlighted possible defects in the Civaux 2 reactor, but that there was …

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MOSCOW (Reuters) -A court in Pskov said on Wednesday it had ruled that opposition politician Lev Shlosberg be placed under house arrest for two months and face unspecified restrictions on his activities at the request of state prosecutors. Shlosberg was detained on Tuesday and charged with discrediting the Russian army after describing the war in …

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By Guy Faulconbridge and Parisa Hafezi MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia said on Wednesday it stood ready to remove highly enriched uranium from Iran and convert it into civilian reactor fuel as a potential way to help narrow U.S.-Iranian differences over the Islamic Republic’s nuclear programme. Tehran says it has the right to peaceful nuclear power, but …

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MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian dissident and Kremlin critic Leonid Volkov, a prominent ally of late opposition leader Alexei Navalny, was sentenced in absentia on Wednesday to 18 years in prison. The sentence was handed out by a Russian military court that found Volkov guilty on dozens of charges, including spreading fake news about the war in …

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