By Giulia Segreti and Elvira Pollina ROME (Reuters) – With betting on the next pope frowned upon in the home of the Vatican, thousands of Italians have instead taken to playing “Fantapapa”, an online game inspired by the fantasy leagues familiar to sports fans. International gambling companies, never shy of a marketing opportunity, are offering …
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By Alasdair Pal SYDNEY (Reuters) – An Australian woman accused of murdering three of her estranged husband’s elderly relatives by poisoning their food, faked a cancer diagnosis to lure the victims to a meal, prosecutors claimed on Wednesday, in a case that has gripped the country. Erin Patterson, 50, is charged with the July 2023 …
PARIS (Reuters) – French, British and German political directors will meet with Iran on Friday in Rome, two diplomatic sources told Reuters, confirming an earlier Reuters exclusive. Iran is looking to build on the momentum of nuclear negotiations with the United States that resumed in Oman on Saturday and after talks with Russia and China …
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(Reuters) – Russian forces have significantly increased the intensity of their combat activity in eastern Ukraine, Ukraine’s top military commander Oleksandr Syrskyi said on Wednesday. Russian President Vladimir Putin has declared a three-day ceasefire from May 8-10 to mark the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Soviet Union and its allies in World War …
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BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s Social Democrats (SPD) approved a coalition agreement with the CDU/CSU conservatives, two sources close to the party said on Wednesday, clearing the last hurdle for the formation of a new government in Europe’s largest economy. In the vote, which ended on Tuesday just before midnight, 84% of the members who took …
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By Johan Ahlander and Louise Rasmussen UPPSALA,Sweden/STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Three people were killed in a shooting in the Swedish city of Uppsala on Tuesday and a murder investigation has been launched, police said. Police said it was investigating the shooting as a homicide and that it had no information about the incident being a terror …
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(Reuters) – President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he thinks President Vladimir Putin wants to stop Russia’s war in Ukraine, despite recent attacks against the beleaguered nation. Trump responded “I think he does” when asked whether he thinks Putin wants to make peace during an interview with ABC News’ Terry Moran. “If it weren’t for …
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Tuesday invited scientists and researchers from the world over to make Europe their home when the Trump administration is threatening to cut federal funding for Harvard and other U.S. universities. They have been in the administration’s crosshairs, mainly over how they handled pro-Palestinian rallies …
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By Daphne Psaledakis and David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Tuesday that now is the time for concrete proposals from Moscow and Kyiv to end the war in Ukraine and warned that the U.S. will step back as a mediator if there is no progress. At a later …
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(Reuters) – Russia’s President Vladimir Putin signed a decree late on Tuesday renaming the airport in Volgograd as Stalingrad, as the city was known when the Soviet army defeated the Nazi German forces in the biggest battle of World War Two. “In order to perpetuate the Victory of the Soviet people in the Great Patriotic …
