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By Manuela Andreoni and Lisandra Paraguassu BELEM, Brazil (Reuters) – Environmental activists from around the globe have eagerly awaited Brazil’s turn hosting the United Nations climate summit, known as COP30, after three years where the conference of world leaders tackling global warming was held in countries without full freedom for public demonstrations.  But the so-called …

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BUCHAREST (Reuters) – Romania’s Supreme Defence Council on Friday approved a plan to add new small warships to its fleet, part of wider efforts to strengthen its role in the Black Sea and on NATO’s eastern flank. The European Union and NATO member – which shares the longest land border with Ukraine – cancelled in 2023 a long-delayed deal to buy …

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NUUK, Greenland (Reuters) -Greenland’s Democrats and three more parties announced a government coalition agreement on Friday, just hours before a visit by U.S. Vice President JD Vance to the Arctic island that President Donald Trump has expressed interest in acquiring. The new majority government will be headed by Democrats leader Jens-Frederik Nielsen, who had urged …

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KYIV (Reuters) -A Russian drone attack has damaged warehouses owned by Ukraine’s state gas producer in the central region of Poltava during a truce on energy strikes, officials said on Friday, while the company said its gas production facilities had been damaged. Washington said on Tuesday Kyiv and Moscow had agreed to stop striking each …

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By Thomas Escritt BERLIN (Reuters) – The senior leadership of Friedrich Merz’s conservative bloc and the Social Democrats were due to begin talks on hammering out a coalition agreement on Friday. Here are the main issues: HOW DID WE GET HERE? Voters put Merz’s Christian Democrats (CDU) and their Bavarian ally, the CSU, in first …

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By Ryan Woo and Tassilo Hummel BEIJING (Reuters) -The Chinese investigation which led to hefty preliminary import tariffs on French-made cognac and armagnac will conclude later than initially planned, France’s foreign minister said during a trip to the country. “Following this visit, I received confirmation that the investigation has been postponed by three months, which …

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