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LISBON (Reuters) – Portuguese riot police detained several ultra-right protesters on Friday after clashes in downtown Lisbon marred celebrations of the 51st anniversary of the Carnation Revolution, which ended a fascist dictatorship. Extreme-right groups such as Ergue-Te (Rise Up), Habeas Corpus and Grupo 1143 had called a rally, which city authorities banned, to protest ahead …

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MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Kremlin blamed Ukraine for a car bomb that killed a senior Russian military officer near Moscow on Friday, hours before U.S. President Donald Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff was due to meet President Vladimir Putin in Moscow. There was no official comment from Kyiv on the death of 59-year-old Yaroslav Moskalik, the …

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COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -The United States Congress is unlikely to support any invasion of Denmark’s semi-autonomous territory of Greenland, the top Democrat in the House of Representatives said while on a visit to Copenhagen on Friday. President Donald Trump, a Republican, has said he wants the United States to take over Greenland and has not ruled …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Bank of England policymaker Megan Greene said U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs would probably lead to lower rather than higher inflation in Britain but big uncertainties remained about the plan and the impact of a recent UK tax hike for employers. “We have tariffs, and none of us have any idea what they’ll …

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SOFIA (Reuters) -Bulgaria signed a one billion lev ($580.65 million) contract with French train maker Alstom for the delivery of electric trains to reduce the carbon footprint of its railway transportation sector, the government said on Friday. The European Union member, which produces almost half of its electricity in coal-fired power plants, needs to reduce …

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By Elena Fabrichnaya and Gleb Bryanski MOSCOW (Reuters) -The Russian central bank maintained its key interest rate at 21% on Friday, with inflation starting to decline but new risks facing the Russian economy because of global economic turbulence triggered by U.S. trade tariffs. Russia has not suffered directly from high import taxes on many countries …

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BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The European Commission said on Friday it would investigate Universal Music Group’s planned $775 million acquisition of independent music services company Downtown Music, confirming earlier media reports. “The transaction threatens to significantly affect competition in certain markets of the music value chain, where both companies are active, in Austria and in the Netherlands, …

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