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PARIS (Reuters) -Pavel Durov, the founder of the Telegram messaging app, has accused the head of France’s foreign intelligence agency of asking him to ban Romanian conservative voices ahead of the country’s elections, adding he refused the request. Russian-born Durov is currently under judicial supervision in France, holed up in Paris’ glitzy Crillon hotel after …

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By Sergio Goncalves, Catarina Demony and Andrei Khalip LISBON (Reuters) – Portugal’s far-right Chega won a record vote share in Sunday’s snap election and was vying to become the main opposition party as the ruling centre-right Democratic Alliance (AD) again fell short of a majority needed to end a long period of instability. Prime Minister …

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By Julien Pretot PARIS (Reuters) -What was meant to be a weekend of solidarity against homophobia in Ligue 1 descended into controversy and embarrassment for French football, as players refused to wear campaign symbols, one striker boycotted his team’s match, and a homophobic slur was heard in a stadium tunnel. Olympique Lyonnais midfielder Nemanja Matic …

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By John Revill BASEL, Switzerland (Reuters) -Austria won the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 in Swiss host city Basel on Saturday, in the country’s first victory since bearded drag queen Conchita Wurst won in 2014. Operatic singer JJ won ahead of Israel’s Yuval Raphael, a survivor of the October 7 attacks, who sang “New Day Will …

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By Anna Wlodarczak-Semczuk and Pawel Florkiewicz WARSAW (Reuters) -The centrist and nationalist hopefuls contesting Poland’s presidential election runoff began trying to win over the supporters of eliminated candidates on Monday, in a major test of the coalition government’s pro-European policies. A broad alliance led by Prime Minister Donald Tusk swept to power in 2023 promising …

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DUBAI (Reuters) – Nuclear talks between Iran and the United States “will lead nowhere” if Washington insists that Tehran drop its uranium enrichment activity to zero, Deputy Foreign Minister Majid Takhtravanchi was quoted by state media on Monday as saying. U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff reiterated Washington’s stance on Sunday that any new deal between …

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By Samia Nakhoul and James Mackenzie DUBAI (Reuters) -Nothing captured Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s isolation more starkly this week than the image of U.S. President Donald Trump shaking hands with Syria’s Islamist leader Ahmed al‑Sharaa – a man Israel has branded “an al‑Qaeda terrorist in a suit.” “He’s got the potential. He’s a real …

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