ATHENS (Reuters) -Greece will deploy a record number of firefighters this year in anticipation of “bad scenarios” ahead, its climate crisis minister said on Thursday, after a succession of destructive wildfires. Weather across the globe has become more erratic and extreme due to the impact of climate change and 2024 was the hottest year on …
By Juliette Jabkhiro PARIS (Reuters) – A group of men dubbed the “grandpa robbers” will be among 10 people to go on trial next week accused of stealing millions of dollars worth of jewellery from Kim Kardashian, who was held at gunpoint in her apartment during Paris fashion week in 2016. The reality TV star …
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By Luiza Ilie BUCHAREST (Reuters) – A pro-European presidential contender in Romania’s May 4 election has said defence spending should rise to 3.5% of GDP by 2030 from 2.5% and argued that maintaining support for Ukraine in its war with Russia is essential for Romania’s security. Nicusor Dan, the 55-year-old two-term mayor of Bucharest, is …
MADRID (Reuters) – A decision by Spain’s Socialist government to backtrack on a promise to cancel a contract to buy bullets from an Israeli firm drew a rebuke on Wednesday from its junior coalition partners, with some allies threatening to withdraw support. Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez’s minority government has struggled to pass legislation since securing …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – A former Russian commander who criticised Moscow’s military leadership in Ukraine was sentenced to five years in prison on Thursday after a military court found him guilty of large-scale fraud, Russian news agencies reported. Ivan Popov, a former major general who led Russia’s 58th army and who fought in Chechnya and later …
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BUDAPEST (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s eldest son Donald Trump Jr will meet Hungarian foreign minister Peter Szijjarto in Budapest on Friday, Hungary’s foreign ministry said on Thursday. It was not clear if Trump Jr’s visit was in any way related to a potential business deal. As an executive vice president at The Trump …
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(This April 23 story has been corrected to add a dropped word in the headline) LONDON (Reuters) – Global aid funding cuts, led by the United States, are disrupting efforts to vaccinate children against deadly diseases almost as much as the COVID-19 pandemic did, the United Nations said on Thursday. Outbreaks of infectious diseases, including …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia reserves the right to use nuclear weapons in the event it faces aggression by Western countries, Moscow’s top security official, Sergei Shoigu, was quoted as saying in an interview with the TASS state news agency on Thursday. Shoigu’s comments come as U.S. President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance have …
(Reuters) – Combined overnight missile and drone attacks killed nine people in Ukrainian capital Kyiv and injured 63, local emergency services said. “There has been destruction. The search is continuing for people under rubble,” the emergency services wrote on the Telegram messaging app. Rescue operations were continuing in five districts of the city. (Reporting by …
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(Reuters) – A Russian journalist caught in a Ukrainian artillery strike last month died of his wounds in hospital, his publication said early on Thursday. Nikita Goldin, who worked for the military’s Zvezda Television, was part of a group that came under attack in a Moscow-controlled part of Luhansk region in northeastern Ukraine on March …
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