VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -One of Pope Francis’s popemobiles is being transformed into a mobile health clinic for children in the Gaza Strip, fulfilling one of his final wishes, the Vatican’s official media outlet said on Sunday. The vehicle, used by the late pontiff during his 2014 visit to the Holy Land, is being outfitted with …
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BERLIN (Reuters) – Incoming German interior minister Alexander Dobrindt suggested on Sunday it was unlikely the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party would be banned after the spy agency classified it as “extremist” last week. German lawmakers have been discussing outlawing the party and taking other measures including dismissing civil servants who are members of …
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BUCHAREST (Reuters) -Romanians voted on Sunday for the first round of a closely contested presidential election. While results are expected later in the evening, exit polls showed George Simion, Crin Antonescu, and Nicusor Dan are expected to lead, paving the way for a likely run-off between the two top candidates on May 18. The presidency …
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LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has congratulated Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese’s election win in a phone call and the two agreed to bolster defence and security cooperation, Starmer’s office said on Sunday. “Discussing defence and security, including our shared support for Ukraine, the leaders also agreed to increase ambition on our joint …
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By Gianluca Semeraro and Tommy Lund MILAN (Reuters) -A 26-year-old fan of Italian Serie A team Atalanta was stabbed to death during clashes between Atalanta and Inter Milan supporters in the northern city of Bergamo, media reported on Sunday. It marked a troubling continuation of fan violence in Italy, where last month 13 police officers …
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(Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday that a ceasefire with Russia in its more than three-year-old war is possible at any moment. Zelenskiy, speaking at a joint news conference in Prague alongside Czech President Petr Pavel, also said that Ukraine hopes to receive 1.8 million shells in 2025 under a Czech initiative …
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BUCHAREST (Reuters) – Romanian hard-right politician George Simion on Sunday said that if he wins the country’s presidential election, he could restore banned presidential contender Calin Georgescu to a leadership post. Simion, a eurosceptic nationalist, was leading in opinion polls going into Sunday’s first round of voting five months after the original vote in the …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) -Ukrainian forces struck an electrical equipment factory in Russia’s Bryansk region close to the border with Ukraine, destroying much of the plant but causing no casualties, the local governor said on Sunday. Governor Alexander Bogomaz, whose region borders both Ukraine and Belarus in the far west of Russia, said on the Telegram messaging …
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BERLIN (Reuters) – The number of asylum seekers in Germany is expected to hit its lowest level in more than a decade this year, outgoing interior minister Nancy Faeser told newspapers on Sunday. “If irregular migration continues to be reduced as sharply as we have managed to do in the last two years, then the …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin, the longest serving Kremlin chief since Josef Stalin, said in remarks aired on Sunday that he was always thinking about the succession, and suggested that there could be an contest between several candidates. Putin, a former KGB lieutenant colonel who was handed the presidency on the last day …
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