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Azerbaijan urges EU to reassess finance restrictions on gas corridor expansion

9 Apr 2025

By Nailia Bagirova BAKU (Reuters) – The European Union must reassess its financing and policies on long-term contracts if it wants to keep importing natural gas from Azerbaijan, President Ilham Aliyev said on Wednesday, adding Baku may seek other export markets instead. He named the European Investment Bank’s ban on new fossil fuel financing and …

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Lead investigator of 2023 deadly Greek train crash resigns

9 Apr 2025

ATHENS (Reuters) – The supervisor of Greece’s national investigation into a 2023 train crash resigned on Wednesday, a move expected to further complicate efforts to shed light on the country’s worst rail disaster that killed 57 people. According to opinion polls, most Greeks view the crash as emblematic of the neglect of the country’s railways …

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French presidential hopeful sparks outcry with idea to deport migrants to remote island

9 Apr 2025

PARIS (Reuters) – French presidential hopeful Laurent Wauquiez has caused an outcry in France, including within his own conservative camp, for suggesting sending migrants awaiting deportation to the remote island of Saint Pierre and Miquelon off Canada’s coast. Wauquiez is one of a crowded group of possible contenders for the conservative ticket in the next …

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Russia says bombing Iran will not work after Trump threats

9 Apr 2025

By Guy Faulconbridge and Gleb Stolyarov MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia said on Wednesday the world was getting tired of endless threats against Iran and that bombing the Islamic Republic would not bring peace, cautioning that Tehran was already taking preventative measures. Iran is approaching weekend talks with the United States over its nuclear programme warily, …

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Russian drones attack three Ukrainian cities, injuring at least 22

9 Apr 2025

KYIV (Reuters) -Russian forces staged huge drone attacks on eastern Ukraine late on Tuesday, triggering fires and injuring at least 22 people, regional officials said. In the Donetsk region, the focal point of the 1,000-km (600-mile) front line in the more than three-year-old war, a residential area came under attack in the city of Kramatorsk …

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Russia says Ukraine violated moratorium on energy infrastructure strikes six times in past day

9 Apr 2025

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s defence ministry said in a statement on Wednesday that Ukraine had carried out six attacks on Russian energy infrastructure over the past day, in violation of a U.S.-brokered moratorium on hitting energy infrastructure targets. Ukraine and Russia agreed to pause strikes on each other’s energy facilities last month, but both sides …

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Suspicious financial activity at Vatican falls by a third, watchdog says

9 Apr 2025

By Joshua McElwee VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Reports of suspicious financial activity in the Vatican fell by a third in 2024, an internal watchdog report said on Wednesday, though 79 reports were still made and two bank accounts holding a combined 2.12 million euros ($2.34 million) were frozen. The Vatican’s Financial Supervision and Information Authority …

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Russia complains after diplomat delayed at French border

9 Apr 2025

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia summoned the French ambassador in Moscow to the foreign ministry to complain after a Russian diplomat was detained by border guards at a French airport, foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Wednesday. “As a result of the demarches undertaken, our colleague was ultimately allowed to enter the country, but she had …

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Ukraine to hire consultants to advise on US minerals deal

9 Apr 2025

KYIV (Reuters) – The Ukrainian government has allocated $2.7 million towards consulting services to advise on a draft minerals deal with the United States, a government document, dated April 8, showed. U.S. President Donald Trump has said a bilateral minerals deal will help broker a peace agreement by giving the United States a financial stake …

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