PARIS (Reuters) -Greenpeace activists removed a wax statue of French President Emmanuel Macron from the Grevin Museum in Paris on Monday and put it in front of the Russian embassy to protest against French business ties with Russia and lack of stronger climate action. In its statement announcing the removal of the statue, Greenpeace said …
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By Layli Foroudi PARIS (Reuters) -The French anti-terrorism prosecutor’s office has opened an investigation into whether the killing of a Tunisian national in southern France was a racially motivated crime “related to a terrorist undertaking”. The Tunisian man, who has not been officially identified but is thought be around 35, was shot dead by a …
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KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine and Russia agreed at talks in Istanbul on Monday next week to give each other lists of people they want included in a planned prisoner of war swap, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said. Zelenskiy told an online news briefing that negotiators for Russia and Ukraine agreed to exchange 1,000 prisoners each, with …
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By Alan Charlish and Barbara Erling WARSAW (Reuters) -The victory of nationalist Karol Nawrocki in Poland’s presidential election looks set to strain relations with Ukraine and embolden Donald Trump-inspired conservatives in central Europe, analysts and diplomats said on Monday. Nawrocki won a knife-edge vote that pitted him against Warsaw Mayor Rafal Trzaskowski, who was supported …
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BUCHAREST (Reuters) -Plans to cut state spending in Romania once a new government is appointed are unlikely to avert the need for tax hikes to rein in a hefty budget deficit and prevent a ratings downgrade, the leading candidate to become prime minister said on Monday. Having gone through a divisive presidential vote last month …
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By Timour Azhari and Suleiman Al-Khalidi DAMASCUS/AMMAN (Reuters) -The United States has given its blessing to a plan by Syria’s new leadership to incorporate thousands of foreign jihadist former rebel fighters into the national army, provided that it does so transparently, President Donald Trump’s envoy said. Three Syrian defence officials said that under the plan, …
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STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -Sweden should phase out international adoptions, a government-appointed commission said on Monday, after an inquiry prompted by concerns that children had been taken from their biological parents without permission. “Today, it has become even clearer that for decades, children and parents have been affected and harmed in the context of international adoption,” Social …
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By Andrius Sytas VILNIUS (Reuters) -Nordic, Baltic and central European NATO members are committed to Ukrainian membership of the military alliance, the leaders of Poland, Romania and Lithuania said following a summit of the so-called B9 and Nordic countries on Monday. NATO allies declared their support for Ukraine’s “irreversible path” towards membership at last year’s …
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PARIS (Reuters) – Latvia has reported a first outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza among poultry, the World Organisation for Animal Health said on Monday. The outbreak occurred in a flock of 190 backyard poultry birds in the district of Birzgales, Paris-based WOAH said in a notice, citing Latvian authorities. (Reporting by Gus Trompiz, …
VILNIUS (Reuters) -Ukraine’s attack against several Russian air bases on Sunday shows that Kyiv is successful in defending itself, Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said on Monday. “I think they (Ukraine) have the right to defend themselves and sometimes it includes pushing back so it seems that it has been successful,” Frederiksen said when asked …
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