ROME (Reuters) – Italy has earmarked some 68 million euros ($73.20 million) to finance humanitarian projects and rebuild infrastructure in Syria, Rome’s foreign minister told lawmakers on Thursday, saying it was crucial to support the transition in Damascus. The Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) rebel group seized power in Syria in December, toppling former president Bashar …
BUCHAREST (Reuters) – Thousands of Romanians gathered in the capital Bucharest on Wednesday to protest the December cancellation of a presidential election and the banning of its far-right frontrunner from standing for office again. The European Union and NATO member which borders Ukraine will repeat its two-round presidential election on May 4 and 18 after …
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KYIV (Reuters) – The Ukrainian air force said on Thursday that Russia had launched 86 drones and an Iskander-M ballistic missile during overnight attacks. The air force shot down 42 drones and another 26 did not reach their targets, likely due to electronic warfare countermeasures, the statement posted on Telegram said. It did not specify …
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By David Stanway SINGAPORE (Reuters) – A strip of the Pacific Ocean seabed that was mined for metals more than 40 years ago has still not recovered, scientists said late on Wednesday, adding weight to calls for a moratorium on all deep sea mining activity during U.N.-led talks this week. A 2023 expedition to the …
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By Ricardo Brito and Luciana Magalhaes BRASILIA (Reuters) -Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro will stand trial for allegedly conspiring to overthrow the government after he lost a 2022 election, the Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday, moving swiftly in a case that could reshape the political landscape. A five-judge panel decided unanimously to put Bolsonaro on …
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By Humeyra Pamuk KINGSTON (Reuters) – The United States will evaluate demands made by Russia after Moscow had agreed “in principle” to a U.S.-brokered ceasefire with Ukraine in the Black Sea to allow safe navigation, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Wednesday. The U.S. announced separate Black Sea agreements with Ukraine and Russia …
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By Guy Faulconbridge RYLSK, Russia (Reuters) – In the Russian region of Kursk, where Ukraine has been fighting for more than seven months, people say they want peace but fear there will be more war. Ukraine’s incursion into Russian territory was launched in August – more than two years into a major war triggered by …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump maintained on Wednesday that U.S. annexation of Greenland is critical to American national security, as his vice president, JD Vance, prepares to travel there. “If we don’t have Greenland, we can’t have good national security,” Trump told reporters. (Reporting By Steve Holland and Nandita Bose; Editing by Leslie Adler)
By Clodagh Kilcoyne NEWTOWNMOUNTKENNEDY, Ireland (Reuters) – Flanked by a gaggle of smartphone-wielding onlookers, Irish farmer Joe Phelan ushered two alpacas down the corridor of a local nursing home as beaming residents waited their turn to pet them. A decade after ditching his office job for farming, 64-year-old “Alpaca Joe” has found a new job …
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By Stine Jacobsen, Louise Rasmussen and Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -Denmark on Wednesday welcomed a U.S. decision to confine a planned visit to Greenland to a military base after the plans triggered a spat between Copenhagen and the White House amid President Donald Trump’s interest in taking over the island. Denmark’s prime minister, Mette Frederiksen, …
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