By Joshua McElwee and Crispian Balmer VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – All of the 133 cardinals expected to take part in the secret conclave to elect a new pope have arrived in Rome, the Vatican said on Monday, with the race to succeed Pope Francis seen as wide open. The conclave will start behind the closed, …
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WAGENINGEN, Netherlands (Reuters) – Dutch police arrested five pro-Palestine protesters on Monday during a World War Two anniversary event in Wageningen, central Netherlands. A police spokesperson said the arrests were for disturbing public order. As the city marked the 80th anniversary of Dutch liberation at the end of World War Two in Europe, around 250 …
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By Joshua McElwee VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Catholic cardinals entering a conclave on Wednesday to pick a new pope do not yet have a clear idea of who will emerge as Pope Francis’ successor, several said, and speeches by individual clerics in meetings this week may be decisive. The 133 cardinals are holding near daily …
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SARAJEVO (Reuters) -The World Bank has approved a $90.7 million loan to support Bosnia and Herzegovina’s “just transition” to renewable energy in former coal regions under the Balkan’s country’s national energy and climate plan, the bank said on Monday. The bank’s Board of Executive Directors also approved a $3.3 million grant to enhance the country’s …
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PRAGUE (Reuters) – The Czech Republic will expand training for Ukrainian pilots and maintain a programme to deliver artillery ammunition to Ukraine, Prime Minister Petr Fiala said on Monday, after hosting President Volodymyr Zelenskiy. Zelenskiy was in Prague as part of stepped up efforts to rally European partners, while the U.S. administration pushes for a …
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By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Throughout history, there has been no shortage of outside attempts to influence the outcome of a conclave to elect a new pope, either by European monarchs, Italy’s noble families or even Romans who rioted in the streets to stand by their man. Today’s influencers use social media, television …
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By Luiza Ilie, Elizaveta Gladun BUCHAREST (Reuters) -Hard-right eurosceptic George Simion won the first round of Romania’s presidential election re-run on Sunday, final results showed, after a ballot seen as a test of the rise of Donald Trump-style nationalism in the European Union. Ballots from 100% of voting stations, early Monday, showed Bucharest Mayor Nicusor Dan, …
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By Sarah Marsh and Andreas Rinke BERLIN (Reuters) – German conservative Friedrich Merz vowed on Monday to move swiftly to reform Europe’s largest economy, a day before he is due to be sworn into office as chancellor and head of a coalition with the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD). Merz, whose CDU/CSU conservative bloc won February’s …
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MADRID (Reuters) -Spain’s high-speed trains between Madrid and the southern region of Andalusia resumed on Monday after thefts of copper cables brought them to a standstill on Sunday evening, leaving passengers trapped in trains overnight and stranded at stations. Thieves stole cables in four areas within a 10-kilometre radius in what Transport Minister Oscar Puente …
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By Friederike Heine BERLIN (Reuters) -Far-right party Alternative for Germany filed a lawsuit on Monday challenging a decision last week by Germany’s domestic intelligence agency to classify the party as an extremist organisation. A spokesperson for the administrative court in Cologne said the lawsuit and a corresponding emergency petition had been submitted, both of which …
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