By Alasdair Pal SYDNEY (Reuters) -An Australian woman accused of using poisonous mushrooms to murder three elderly relatives of her estranged husband gave on Wednesday her account of the fatal lunch, in a case that has gripped the public. Erin Patterson, 50, is charged with the July 2023 murders of her mother-in-law Gail Patterson, father-in-law …
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HELSINKI (Reuters) -Finland’s parliament on Wednesday voted in favour of extending emergency legislation that allows the Nordic country to reject asylum applications from migrants on its closed eastern border with Russia and to send them back. Finland has kept all passenger crossing points closed along its 1,340-kilometre (833-mile) long eastern border with Russia since the …
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AMSTERDAM (Reuters) -Prime Minister Dick Schoof, acting in a caretaker status after his resignation, sought parliamentary support on Wednesday for security and defense matters, a day after far-right leader Geert Wilders abruptly abandoned the coalition government. While no date was set for a snap election, it will likely be in the autumn based on previous …
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By Rachel More BERLIN (Reuters) -Thousands of people were evacuated from central Cologne in western Germany on Wednesday following the discovery of three wartime bombs, in what the city authority called the largest such operation since the end of World War Two. An evacuation zone with a radius of 1,000 metres (1,100 yards) was cleared …
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By Tuvan Gumrukcu ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey is training and advising Syria’s armed forces and helping improve its defences, and has no immediate plans for the withdrawal or relocation of its troops stationed there, Defence Minister Yasar Guler told Reuters. Turkey has emerged as a key foreign ally of Syria’s new government since rebels – …
BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Ukraine has been invited to a NATO summit in The Hague this month, Mark Rutte, the military bloc’s chief, said on Wednesday, without specifying whether this meant Ukranian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy would attend. “I invited Ukraine to the summit. We will as soon as possible bring out the programme with more details,” Rutte …
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By Joshua McElwee VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -In his first month, Pope Leo has taken a very different approach to his predecessor Francis. Leo, the former Cardinal Robert Prevost, has led some two dozen public events since he was elected as the first U.S. pope on May 8 but not made notable appointments, nor announced plans …
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By Jaidaa Taha, Menna AlaaElDin and Suleiman Al-Khalidi CAIRO (Reuters) -Israel has carried out its first airstrikes in Syria in nearly a month, saying it hit weapons belonging to the government in retaliation for the firing of two projectiles towards Israel and holding interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa responsible. Damascus said Israeli strikes caused “heavy human …
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By Michel Rose and Angelo Amante PARIS/ROME (Reuters) -French President Emmanuel Macron and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni vowed to work jointly for a stronger Europe as they met on Tuesday following bilateral tensions over Ukraine, trade and relations with the United States. Their three-hour summit in Rome aimed to ease relations after hostility flared …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump’s Ukraine envoy said the risk of escalation from the war in Ukraine was “going way up” after Ukrainian forces used drones to strike nuclear-capable bombers at several airbases deep inside Russia. Ukraine said it attacked airfields in Siberia and Russia’s far north over the weekend, striking targets up to …
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