ROME (Reuters) -A minor earthquake in southern Italy has caused the partial collapse of a wall and a portion of a vault at the Pompeii archaeological site, authorities said on Thursday. The quake with a magnitude of 3.2 on Thursday morning was the latest in a series of tremors centred on the nearby Campi Flegrei …
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By Jan Strupczewski BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The main issue in relations between the European Union and the United States is the EU taking on more responsibility for its own defence, while the trade dispute is only a distraction, the chairman of EU leaders Antonio Costa said on Thursday. Speaking to reporters ahead of talks with U.S. …
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BERLIN (Reuters) -German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul criticized Israel’s actions in the Gaza Strip at a press conference with his Israeli counterpart Gideon Saar in Berlin on Thursday, again calling for more humanitarian aid to be allowed into the enclave. “That is also the prevailing international law,” he said. Wadephul also decried the Israeli government’s …
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By Elizabeth Pineau and Gabriel Araujo PARIS (Reuters) -Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and French leader Emmanuel Macron disagreed on Thursday over the EU-Mercosur free trade deal, with Lula urging Macron during a visit to Paris to sign off on a deal that angers French farmers. The differences between the two men underline …
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OSLO (Reuters) -Denmark will not yield to “unacceptable” pressure from the United States for control of semi-autonomous Greenland, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said on Thursday, warning Greenlanders’ right to self-determination was at stake. President Donald Trump has said he wants the United States to take over the minerals-rich and strategically-located Arctic island for reasons …
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By Sabine Siebold, Lili Bayer BRUSSELS (Reuters) -U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Thursday he was confident that members of the NATO alliance would sign up to Donald Trump’s demand for a major boost in defence spending, adding that it had to happen by a summit later in June. The U.S. president has for …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia’s interior ministry said on Thursday it had put Artyom Timofeyev on a national wanted list on suspicion of taking part in attacks on Russian military airfields, state news agency TASS reported. Russian media reported earlier that Timofeyev had left Russia for Kazakhstan. (Reporting by Reuters; editing by Guy Faulconbridge)
DUBAI (Reuters) -U.S-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) said it will open two aid distribution centers on Thursday. GHF had said earlier that its sites would not open at their usual time due to maintenance and repair work. It did not say when aid distribution would resume. The group, which has been fiercely criticised by humanitarian …
ATHENS (Reuters) -Greece and Egypt have agreed to safeguard the status of one of the world’s oldest sites of Christian worship, foreign ministers of both countries said late on Wednesday, after an Egyptian court ruling last week cast uncertainty over its future. The St Catherine’s Monastery, at the foot of Egypt’s Mount Sinai, was founded …
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By Ludwig Burger (Reuters) -A Milan-bound Ryanair flight was forced to make an emergency landing in southern Germany late on Wednesday due to heavy turbulence from a thunderstorm, with nine passengers injured, police said. The flight from Berlin landed safely in Memmingen, about 115 km (70 miles) west of Munich, after bad weather prompted the …
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