BUDAPEST (Reuters) -Hungarian security services have identified two Ukrainian spies, a government spokesman said on Tuesday, the latest in a series of mutual accusations of espionage between Budapest and Kyiv. One of two men identified built ties with opposition figures and organized meetings with political and military figures “to sway Hungary’s stance on the Ukraine …
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COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -Russia has released a Greek-owned oil tanker which was detained in Russian waters on Sunday after leaving an Estonian port, and the vessel has resumed its journey towards the Dutch port of Rotterdam, Estonian public broadcaster ERR reported on Tuesday. The detention of the vessel has increased concerns over potential escalation in busy …
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By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The European Union’s agriculture sector loses an average of 28.3 billion euros ($31.9 billion) each year from extreme weather made worse by climate change, EU-backed analysis published on Tuesday showed. Most of these losses – which are equivalent to 6% of annual EU crop and livestock production – are not …
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By Anita Komuves BUDAPEST (Reuters) -Over 80 editors from leading European news outlets signed a petition calling for the scrapping of legislation in Hungary that aims to restrict foreign-funded media and rights groups, a step critics say is meant to stifle criticism of the government. The bill submitted last week by Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s …
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MOSCOW/DAMASCUS (Reuters) -Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday that Moscow is deeply concerned by what he said was ethnic cleansing being carried out by “radical militant groups” in Syria. The comments came as Syrian sources and Russian social media channels reported an apparent attack on one of the two military bases Moscow maintains …
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GENEVA (Reuters) -China will give an additional $500 million to the World Health Organization over five years, an official told the World Health Assembly on Tuesday, as the U.N. agency seeks extra funding to offset the expected loss of its top donor, the United States. China’s Vice Premier of the State Council Liu Guozhong made …
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LONDON (Reuters) – British foreign minister David Lammy is set to announce the pausing of trade deal negotiations with Israel, the government said on Tuesday, adding that it had also summoned Israel’s ambassador over its expansion of military operations in Gaza. (Reporting by Muvija M, writing by Sarah Young; Editing by Sachin Ravikumar)
By Alan Charlish and Pawel Florkiewicz WARSAW (Reuters) -Poland’s two presidential hopefuls, who are seeking to broaden their appeal ahead of a June 1 run-off vote, received lists of demands on Tuesday from two far-right politicians who gained the support of more than a fifth of voters in Sunday’s first round. Centrist frontrunner Rafal Trzaskowski …
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By Thomas Escritt BERLIN (Reuters) -A series of closely fought elections, the war in Gaza and deepening political polarisation helped drive the number of politically motivated crimes in Germany to a record high last year, with an especially sharp growth in far-right violence. The number of such offences recorded by police surged 40.2% to 84,172 …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia said on Tuesday that Ukraine had to decide whether or not it would cooperate in discussing a memorandum ahead of a potential future peace accord that Moscow has discussed with the United States. Russian President Vladimir Putin, after a call with President Donald Trump, said that Moscow was ready to work with …
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