By Angelo Amante ROME (Reuters) -A Sicilian judge has ordered six members of an Italian charity ship to stand trial on accusations of aiding illegal immigration, the first time crew members of a rescue vessel have faced such prosecution, the group’s lawyer said on Thursday. The case centres on a 2020 operation where the Mare …
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(Reuters) -Russia opened a criminal case on Thursday after two men, including a local government official who had fought in Ukraine, were killed in an explosion in the southern city of Stavropol, Russia’s Investigative Committee and the regional governor said. Zaur Gurtsiev, a city official who was due to be appointed to Stavropol’s regional administration, …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett said on Thursday three trade deals were nearly done and he expected more despite a trade court ruling that blocked most of President Donald Trump’s tariffs. “There are many, many deals coming. And there were three that basically look like they’re done,” Hassett said in an interview …
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By Fatos Bytyci (Reuters) – Hundreds of business owners blocked roads into Kosovo’s capital Pristina on Thursday to protest at a regulatory mandate forcing them to buy power from the open market that they say could triple their electricity bills. The energy regulator announced in March that from June 1 all companies with more than …
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BUDAPEST (Reuters) -Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban championed Polish nationalist presidential candidate Karol Nawrocki at the CPAC Hungary conference on Thursday and announced a “patriotic plan” that he said should “transform” the European Union. Nationalist Orban, who has been a long-time ally of U.S. President Donald Trump, was addressing the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) -The Kremlin said on Thursday it was still waiting for a response from Ukraine on Russia’s proposal to hold the next round of peace talks in Istanbul on June 2 to begin discussions on draft memorandums for a peace accord. Russia on Wednesday proposed the new round of direct negotiations, aiming to present …
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By Steve Holland and Gram Slattery WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Some Republicans in Congress and White House advisers are urging U.S. President Donald Trump to finally embrace new sanctions on Moscow as frustration mounts over Russian President Vladimir Putin’s military assault on Ukraine. Trump has held off on such penalties for months, believing he could have fruitful …
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By Radovan Stoklasa PEZINOK, Slovakia (Reuters) -A Slovak court ruled on Thursday that central bank governor and European Central Bank policymaker Peter Kazimir is guilty of corruption, a judge said. The Specialised Criminal Court ruled Kazimir must pay a 200,000 euro ($225,620) fine or face a one-year prison sentence, Judge Milan Cisarik said. The verdict …
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By Tom Little, Sam Tabahriti COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -When Alfred Williamson packed his bags to travel to Denmark for summer break after a whirlwind first year at Harvard University, he could not wait to return. Now, the Welsh student fears he may never go back – one of thousands of international students caught in U.S. President …
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By Heejung Jung, Mark Bendeich and Thomas Escritt SEOUL/LONDON/BERLIN (Reuters) -South Korea’s young women are expected to lead a broad political backlash against the main conservative party at presidential elections on June 3, punishing it for months of chaos. Multitudes of young men, though, are unlikely to join them. In democracies worldwide, a political gender …
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