(Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he was still considering whether to attend talks on the war in Ukraine planned for Thursday in Turkey but he does not know whether Russian President Vladimir Putin will go. “He’d like me to be there, and that’s a possibility. … I don’t know that he …
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By Dmitry Antonov and Andrew Osborn MOSCOW (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin were still “maybes” for what could be the first direct peace talks between Moscow and Kyiv in years after the Kremlin on Wednesday held off disclosing who would represent Russia. Putin on Sunday proposed direct negotiations with …
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By Krisztina Than and Luiza Ilie BUDAPEST/BUCHAREST (Reuters) – A pro-Trump hard-right lawmaker could win Sunday’s presidential election in Romania, while polls put two more MAGA-fans in second and third place in a Polish vote, amid a political shift in Central Europe that could widen rifts in the European Union. George Simion, a nationalist who …
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STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – The government of NATO-member Finland wants to raise the upper age limit of its army reservists to 65, it said on Wednesday, which would add 125,000 troops to the its wartime strength and take the number of reservists to one million by 2031. Military service is compulsory for men in Finland, which …
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VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Italian tennis star Jannik Sinner had an audience on Wednesday with the newly elected Pope Leo XIV, himself a keen tennis player, the Vatican said. Sinner was invited to the Vatican along with his parents and a delegation from the Italian Tennis Federation. Leo joked earlier this week that he didn’t want …
ZURICH (Reuters) – The Swiss government said on Wednesday it wants the right to restrict free movement of people from the European Union if factors such as net immigration, commuter numbers or welfare dependency exceed certain limits. Switzerland in December agreed a deal to deepen economic cooperation with the European Union despite opposition from nationalists …
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By Sarah Young LONDON (Reuters) – Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has criticised Britain’s invitation to Donald Trump for a second state visit, saying it undermined his government’s effort to project a united front against the U.S. president’s talk of annexing Canada. Since taking office in January, Trump has repeatedly said he wants Canada to …
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By Karol Badohal WARSAW (Reuters) – Poland said on Wednesday it had uncovered what could be an attempt to interfere in its presidential election campaign using advertisements on Facebook that may have been financed from abroad, an assertion the social media platform disputed. European governments have been on high alert for signs of electoral interference …
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By Antony Paone PARIS (Reuters) -A Parisian shop-owner who helped prevent a masked gang from kidnapping the daughter of a French crypto businessman has been hailed as a hero after he rushed at the attackers with a fire extinguisher. French prosecutors are investigating after a gang on Tuesday attempted to kidnap a woman identified by …
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OTTAWA (Reuters) – New Canadian Foreign Minister Anita Anand accused Israel on Wednesday of using a lack of food as a political tool in its Gaza operation and urged further work on a ceasefire with Hamas, the militant group that controls the Palestinian enclave. Israel has sealed off the Gaza Strip since early March and …
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