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EU sues several countries for not properly implementing Digital Services Act

7 May 2025 7 May 2025

PARIS (Reuters) -The European Commission said in a statement it had decided to take the Czech Republic, Spain, Cyprus, Poland and Portugal to the Court of Justice of the European Union for failing to implement the Digital Services Act (DSA) effectively. It said these countries had failed to designate or empower a national Digital Services …

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Putin and Venezuela’s Maduro to sign strategic partnership pact

7 May 2025 7 May 2025

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold talks with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in Moscow on Wednesday and the two leaders will sign a strategic partnership agreement, the Kremlin said. Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters it would be a “weighty, substantial and very important framework document”, without providing details. Russia’s war in Ukraine …

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Mother and son killed in Russian drone and missile attack on Kyiv

7 May 2025 7 May 2025

By Gleb Garanich and Pavel Polityuk KYIV (Reuters) -Russia launched an intense drone and missile attack on Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities overnight, killing a mother and her son in the capital, amid faltering U.S.-backed attempts to broker a pause in the fighting. Kamikaze drones continued to fly over Ukrainian territory at around 11 a.m. …

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New German chancellor sends minister to Israel amid concern about aid plans

7 May 2025 7 May 2025

BERLIN (Reuters) – New German Chancellor Friedrich Merz expressed concern about Israel’s plans to take over the distribution of humanitarian aid in Gaza and said his new foreign minister would travel to Israel at the weekend. “It must be clear that the Israeli government must fulfil its obligations under international law and that humanitarian aid …

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Macron to meet Syrian president on Wednesday, expected to discuss security

7 May 2025 7 May 2025

PARIS (Reuters) -French President Emmanuel Macron will host a meeting with Syria’s President Ahmed al-Sharaa in Paris on Wednesday, the French presidency said on Tuesday. During the meeting, Macron will reaffirm France’s support for the construction of a “free, stable and sovereign Syria that respects all the components of the Syrian society,” the statement said. …

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Michelangelo meets James Bond: high-tech in Sistine Chapel to keep conclave secret

7 May 2025 7 May 2025

By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Vatican technicians are securing what on Wednesday will arguably become the world’s most beautiful bunker, making sure that what happens in the Sistine Chapel stays in the Sistine Chapel. Michelangelo, meet James Bond. On Wednesday afternoon, about 133 cardinals under the age of 80 will file into the chapel …

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Carney stresses Canada will never be for sale in first meeting with Trump

7 May 2025 7 May 2025

By David Ljunggren and Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney visited the White House on Tuesday for his first talks with Donald Trump and bluntly told the U.S. president that Canada would never be for sale. Carney, who won the April 28 election on a promise to push back against U.S. tariffs …

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Russia launches missile attack on Kyiv, mayor says

7 May 2025 7 May 2025

KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s air defence units were trying repel a missile attack on Kyiv, the mayor of the Ukrainian capital said early on Wednesday after a series of explosions shook the city. Reuters’ witnesses said they heard a series of loud blasts soon after 1 a.m. local time. (Reporting by Pavel Polityuk and Valentyn …

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‘What’s left to bomb?’ Israel’s plan to expand campaign strikes fear into Gazans

6 May 2025 6 May 2025

By Nidal al-Mughrabi CAIRO (Reuters) -Israel’s plan to expand its Gaza offensive, displace people within the enclave and take control of aid distribution has horrified Gazans who already have endured multiple displacements and food shortages during 19 months of conflict. Israel has been blocking all aid from entering Gaza since March 2 with the collapse …

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Trump announces deal to stop bombing Houthis, end shipping attacks

6 May 2025 6 May 2025

By Steve Holland, Jarrett Renshaw, Jaidaa Taha and Menna AlaaElDin WASHINGTON/CAIRO (Reuters) – President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday the U.S. will stop bombing the Houthis in Yemen, saying that the Iran-aligned group had agreed to stop interrupting important shipping lanes in the Middle East. After Trump made the announcement, Oman said it had mediated …

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