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Analysis-In leaderless South Korea, Trump’s tariffs will overshadow snap election

4 Apr 2025 4 Apr 2025

By Cynthia Kim, Hyunjoo Jin and Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) – With a snap election looming, South Korea’s rival parties jockeyed for position with vows to focus on the economy and livelihood, but the leaderless country remains hamstrung when it comes to confronting the biggest threat: Trump and tariffs. The country’s Constitutional Court ousted impeached …

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Croatia’s demining experts hope to clear country of landmines by 2026

4 Apr 2025 4 Apr 2025

GOSPIC, Croatia (Reuters) – The deminers walk painstakingly across a field near the town of Gospic in southern Croatia, using metal detectors to find landmines left during the war waged there over three decades ago. They are part of an operation that is planned to come to an end in less than a year, when …

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‘Free Le Pen!’ Trump, Musk and Vance voice support for French far-right leader

4 Apr 2025 4 Apr 2025

By Gabriel Stargardter and Kanishka Singh PARIS/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump, his Vice President JD Vance and billionaire backer Elon Musk have all voiced their support to French far-right leader Marine Le Pen after she was found guilty of embezzlement and barred from running in France’s 2027 presidential election. Trump, who often labelled his …

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Hungary plans legislation preventing blockade of bridges during protests, Orban says

4 Apr 2025 4 Apr 2025

BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Hungary’s government is planning a law that would prevent protesters blocking bridges in order to defend the rights of those not protesting, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Friday. Bridges, particularly in the capital Budapest, which is divided by the Danube river, have become a focal point of anti-government protests over the …

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Putin envoy Dmitriev sees ‘positive dynamic’ in US-Russia relations

4 Apr 2025 4 Apr 2025

(This April 3 story has been corrected to change name of the channel to CNN, in paragraph 7) (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin’s investment envoy Kirill Dmitriev said on Thursday that he saw a “positive dynamic” in relations between Moscow and Washington, though more meetings were needed to sort out differences. Dmitriev, speaking to …

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Russian drone barrage hits Kharkiv homes, kills four people

4 Apr 2025 4 Apr 2025

By Vitalii Hnidyi KHARKIV, Ukraine (Reuters) -Russia launched a barrage of drones in an overnight attack on Ukraine on Friday, killing at least four people and injuring 35 in the northeastern city of Kharkiv, regional officials said. In the fourth such strike on the city so far this week, Russian drones hit residential quarters, damaging …

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One killed in Ukrainian drone attack on Russia’s Bryansk region, governor says

4 Apr 2025 4 Apr 2025

(Reuters) -One civilian was killed and another was injured in a Ukrainian drone attack on Russia’s Bryansk region, the local governor said on Friday. As a result of the attack, the two village residents had sustained shrapnel wounds, the governor, Alexander Bogomaz, wrote on the Telegram messaging app. “The injured were promptly taken to the …

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In Toulon, Le Pen’s legal fightback leaves many French voters cold

4 Apr 2025 4 Apr 2025

By Michel Rose TOULON, France (Reuters) – Yvon Castel says he has voted for the far-right National Rally for years, but is less than impressed by the tactics its leader Marine Le Pen has chosen to try to fight her way out of a legal judgement barring her way to 2027 elections. “She’s not above …

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Trump’s team advising against call with Putin until he agrees to full ceasefire, NBC News reports

4 Apr 2025 4 Apr 2025

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s inner circle is advising him against a call with Vladimir Putin until the Russian president commits to a full ceasefire with Ukraine, NBC News reported on Thursday, citing administration officials. The report added that the official cautioned that Trump could decide he wants to talk to Putin suddenly. …

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Russian investment envoy sees positive dynamic in US relations

4 Apr 2025 4 Apr 2025

(Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin’s investment envoy, Kirill Dmitriev, said on Thursday that he saw a “positive dynamic” in relations between Moscow and Washington, though more meetings were needed to sort out differences. “Without doubt, we note a positive dynamic in our relations,” Russian news agencies quoted him as telling journalists in Washington after …

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