By Crispian Balmer ROME (Reuters) – King Charles underlined the importance of strong ties between Italy and Britain at a time of war in Europe as he delivered a historic speech to the Italian Parliament on Wednesday. Charles, on the third day of his state visit to Italy with Queen Camilla, became the first British …
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By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday repeated his threat to use military force if Iran did not agree to end its nuclear program, saying Israel would play a key role in any military action. Trump said Iran could not be allowed to have a nuclear weapon and if it …
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By Olena Harmash KYIV (Reuters) -President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday that Ukrainian intelligence had information about 155 Chinese citizens fighting for the Russian military against Ukraine. The Ukrainian leader was speaking to reporters after the capture of two Chinese nationals in eastern Ukraine, where Russian troops have been advancing. He said he hoped the …
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By Andreas Rinke and Matthias Williams BERLIN (Reuters) -German conservatives under Friedrich Merz clinched a coalition deal with the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) on Wednesday, aiming to revive growth in Europe’s largest economy just as a global trade war threatens recession. The deal caps weeks of haggling between chancellor-in-waiting Merz and the SPD after he …
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BERLIN (Reuters) – Friedrich Merz, Germany’s likely next chancellor, said U.S. President Donald Trump’s pause of tariffs for 90 days was evidence of a united European approach to trade having a positive effect, and called for tariff-free U.S.-EU trade. “Europeans are determined to defend ourselves and this example shows that unity helps most of all,” …
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By Gabriel Stargardter PARIS (Reuters) -A 76-year-old Frenchman was found guilty on Wednesday of threatening a judge who barred French far-right leader Marine Le Pen from running for president in 2027, and he was handed an eight-month suspended sentence. The retiree, who had no previous criminal record, was also given a 3,000-euro ($3,305) fine, said …
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KYIV (Reuters) – Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said on Wednesday it was vital for the country’s economy to extend a permit-free freight regime with the European Union until at least the end of the year. Introduced following Russia’s invasion in early 2022, the regime – which allows Ukrainian cargo permit-free entry to EU markets …
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By Eric Onstad LONDON (Reuters) – Lawyers for Indian businessman Prateek Gupta agreed to an April 16 disclosure deadline in a long-running fraud case brought by commodity trader Trafigura, a court document showed, as a London judge threatened to bar him from defending the case if there were further delays. Geneva-based Trafigura, a major industrial …
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BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany faces a “new unpredictability” in relations with the U.S. and will need to provide more military leadership given the unprecedented challenges of Russia’s war in Ukraine, Defence Minister Boris Pistorius said on Wednesday. Speaking in Berlin hours after the German conservatives under Friedrich Merz clinched a coalition deal with his centre-left …
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LONDON (Reuters) – A Russian politician appointed by President Vladimir Putin as governor of Russia-annexed Crimea’s largest city was on Wednesday found guilty of breaching British sanctions, after the first prosecution of its kind. Dmitrii Ovsiannikov – who was appointed governor of Sevastopol in July 2016, two years after Russia annexed the Crimean Peninsula from …
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