ANKARA (Reuters) -Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said Russia’s proposal to hold another round of peace talks with Ukraine in Istanbul on June 2 had heightened Ankara’s hopes for peace. NATO member Turkey has maintained good relations with both sides since the start of the war. It hosted an initial round of peace talks in March …
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ROME (Reuters) -Italy’s government on Thursday offered to treat a Palestinian child who survived an Israeli military strike in Gaza in which nine of his siblings died, heeding an appeal from the boy’s uncle. “The Italian Government has expressed its willingness to transfer the seriously injured boy to Italy,” the foreign ministry said in a …
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ROME (Reuters) -Italy lashed out at the Council of Europe on Thursday and defended its police after the European human rights body named Italy among countries where racist conduct among law enforcers was a problem. In presenting its 2025 annual report on Wednesday, the head of the Council’s Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) urged …
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MILAN (Reuters) -Milan’s famed La Scala opera house has fired one of its ushers after she shouted a pro-Palestinian slogan at a gala event attended by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni earlier this month, two trade unions said on Thursday. The woman shouted “Free Palestine” as Meloni was taking her seat in the Royal Box at …
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LISBON (Reuters) -Portugal’s far-right, anti-establishment party Chega overtook the centre-left Socialists to become the main opposition party for the first time on Wednesday after the final tally of ballots from abroad in a May 18 snap parliamentary election. The centre-right Democratic Alliance of Prime Minister Luis Montenegro won 91 seats in the 230-seat single-chamber parliament, …
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By Sarah Marsh and Matthias Williams BERLIN (Reuters) -German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Thursday said Europe was prepared to fight if necessary for its core values of freedom and democracy, in an explicit riposte to the Trump administration’s repeated criticisms of the European Union. Speaking at a ceremony to award European Commission President Ursula von …
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GENEVA (Reuters) -World Economic Forum (WEF) founder Klaus Schwab has filed a criminal complaint against the whistleblowers who anonymously alleged misconduct by him, a spokesperson for Schwab confirmed on Thursday. The forum had launched an investigation in April into Schwab following a whistleblower letter alleging misconduct by him, only a day after the 87-year-old Schwab …
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By Francois Murphy VIENNA (Reuters) -There is no sign Russia is preparing to restart the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine, an official from the U.N. nuclear watchdog said on Thursday, after Ukraine complained about reports Russia was preparing to connect it to its grid. Zaporizhzhia, which is held by Russia, is Europe’s biggest nuclear …
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PRAGUE (Reuters) -The Czech Republic will move its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem “at the right moment”, Prime Minister Petr Fiala said on Thursday, cooling the likelihood of a near-term move that the government had signalled after the 2023 Hamas attack on Israel. The Czech Republic has been a strong ally of Israel on the …
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By Aigerim Turgunbaeva BISHKEK (Reuters) -National security authorities in Kyrgyzstan have detained eight current and former employees of independent media outlet Kloop, their lawyers said, accusing them of inciting unrest amid a growing crackdown on media in the Central Asian country. Five journalists from Kloop – known for its anti-corruption reporting – were arrested on …
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