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Reactions to shooting of two Israeli embassy staffers in Washington

22 May 2025

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Following are reactions from Israel, the United States and other parts of the world to the killing of two Israeli embassy staffers by a lone gunman in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday night. Officials said a suspect who chanted pro-Palestinian slogans was in custody. BENJAMIN NETANYAHU, ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER “We are witness to the …

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Israel accuses Europe of ‘antisemitic incitement’ after Washington shooting

22 May 2025

By James Mackenzie JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar accused unnamed European officials on Thursday of “toxic antisemitic incitement” he blamed for a hostile climate in which the fatal shooting of two Israeli embassy staffers in Washington took place. Israel has faced a blizzard of criticism from Europe of late as it has intensified …

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Novo Nordisk’s former chief makes comeback to steer choice of new CEO

22 May 2025

By Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen and Maggie Fick COPENHAGEN/LONDON (Reuters) -Years before Novo Nordisk’s obesity drug Wegovy became a U.S. blockbuster, then-CEO Lars Rebien Sorensen told a press conference in Copenhagen: “You ain’t seen nothing yet.” More than a decade later, the 70-year-old is returning to Denmark’s biggest company and is expected to strongly influence its future …

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Greece says Turkey must lift war threat to get access to EU defence funds

22 May 2025

ATHENS (Reuters) -Turkey must lift a 30-year old war threat against Greece if it wants Athens to consent to Ankara accessing European Union defence funds, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Thursday. Greece and Turkey, NATO allies but historic foes, have been at odds for decades over a range of issues from airspace to …

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Irish band Kneecap say terrorism charge seeks to silence artists

22 May 2025

LONDON (Reuters) -Irish-language rap band Kneecap said on Thursday that a charge of a terrorism offence against one of its members for displaying a flag of banned militant group Hezbollah represented an attempt to prosecute artists who speak out. London’s Metropolitan Police charged Liam O’Hanna, one of the three members of the Belfast-based band, on …

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Global vaccine and health bodies could team up more to tackle US-led funding crisis

22 May 2025

By Jennifer Rigby LONDON (Reuters) -Two global health groups that fund billions of dollars worth of critical medical aid – from childhood vaccines to malaria treatments – are in talks about merging some functions to help combat a financing crunch, their chief executives told Reuters. The groups – the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis …

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Firefighters test readiness as Greece enters wildfire season

22 May 2025

By Karolina Tagaris LAVRIO, Greece (Reuters) -On a hillside outside Athens, firefighters, rescuers and the army stand ready to tackle an encroaching wildfire near a summer camp – a scenario all too familiar in Greece, where climate change has made blazes more frequent and devastating. With Greece well into its wildfire season, Thursday’s exercise near …

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Aid trucks enter Gaza after delays, as pressure mounts on Israel

22 May 2025

By Nidal al-Mughrabi and May Angel CAIRO/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israel allowed 100 aid trucks carrying flour, baby food and medical equipment into the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, the Israeli military said, as UN officials reported that distribution issues had meant that no aid had so far reached people in need. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel …

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Romanian top court rejects challenge to annul presidential election

22 May 2025

BUCHAREST (Reuters) -Romania’s Constitutional Court said on Thursday it had unanimously rejected a request to cancel the May 18 presidential election that was won by centrist Bucharest mayor Nicusor Dan. Romania’s defeated hard-right contender George Simion, who emerged as the frontrunner in the first round of voting on May 4, had filed the request alleging …

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