By Simon Lewis and Jonathan Landay WASHINGTON (Reuters) – An official appointed by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban to investigate foreign political interference met with Trump administration officials this week in what U.S. officials saw as a bid to enlist their help against Orban’s perceived enemies in advance of elections expected next year. A Hungarian …
By Andrew Gray and Fatos Bytyci TIRANA (Reuters) -The European Union is working on a new package of sanctions to increase pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin over the war in Ukraine, EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Friday as leaders from across Europe met in Albania. The European Political Community Summit, …
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WARSAW (Reuters) – The frontrunner in Poland’s presidential election faced questions over a series of online advertisements criticising his rivals on Friday, as he rejected claims that his campaign was behind the films or had subverted spending rules. What started on Wednesday as a furore over possible foreign influence in the campaign has since morphed …
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By Max Hunder KYIV (Reuters) – The former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, who resigned from the role in April, has said that she quit the post because she disagreed with President Donald Trump’s foreign policy. Ambassador Bridget Brink, who served as ambassador to Ukraine from May 2022 until her departure last month, outlined the reasons …
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By Mike Davidson CANNES, France (Reuters) -For Bono, the U2 frontman used to performing at sold-out arenas, being without his bandmates on a sparsely decorated stage for his one-man show, now subject of the new AppleTV+ documentary “Bono: Stories of Surrender,” feels unfamiliar. “You come from 250 Mack Trucks to a table and chairs. But …
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By Luiza Ilie BUCHAREST (Reuters) – Centrist Bucharest Mayor Nicusor Dan gained a slight lead over hard-right eurosceptic George Simion, an opinion poll on Friday showed, ahead of Sunday’s presidential run-off vote seen as a test of the rise of Donald Trump-style nationalism in the European Union. Simion, who opposes military aid to neighbouring Ukraine …
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(Reuters) – A colonel general dubbed “General Breakthrough” for distinguishing himself in key battles in Moscow’s more than three-year-old war in Ukraine has been appointed head of Russia’s land forces, the daily Rossiiskaya Gazeta said on Friday. The government daily said Andrei Mordvichev was born in 1976 in what was then Soviet Kazakhstan and last …
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By Catarina Demony and Miguel Pereira LISBON (Reuters) – Portuguese political parties were wrapping up their campaigns on Lisbon’s streets on Friday ahead of a general election on Sunday – the country’s third early vote in as many years – that polls indicate is unlikely to yield a stable government. Supporters of the three main …
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TIRANA (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron reaffirmed on Friday that the humanitarian crisis in Gaza was unacceptable, and said he hoped to discuss the matter soon with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. President Donald Trump. “The humanitarian situation in Gaza is intolerable,” Macron told reporters, as he attended a meeting of European …
ADEN (Reuters) -Israel struck Yemen’s Red Sea ports of Hodeidah and Salif on Friday, continuing its campaign to degrade Houthi military capabilities and warning that the group’s top leader could be targeted if attacks on Israel persist. The Houthis have continued to fire missiles at Israel in what they say is solidarity with Palestinians in …
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