AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The Netherlands is setting up a fund to attract top foreign scientists to the Netherlands, Education Minister Eppo Bruins said in a letter to parliament on Thursday. Bruins did not give a timeline but said the fund should be operational as soon as possible. “There is currently a great global demand for …
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By Anna Peverieri, Leo Marchandon and Mara Vilcu (Reuters) -First-time applications from people seeking asylum in European Union countries fell by 13% last year, the first such decline since 2020, data from the bloc’s statistics office Eurostat showed on Thursday. Eurostat reported 912,000 first-time asylum requests from non-EU citizens across the bloc’s 27 member states, …
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STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Sweden’s Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said on Thursday that he did not consider buying U.S. weapons a security risk, though he added that it might be good for Europe to become somewhat less dependent on Washington for arms and other defence equipment. Fellow NATO member Canada has said it relies too much …
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By Pavel Polityuk and Tom Balmforth KYIV (Reuters) – Donald Trump’s idea of U.S. interests taking control of Ukraine’s biggest nuclear power station has a catch for the man who coined the art of the deal: it would be years before there is even a hope of it making a return on investment. The vast …
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LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Thursday it was important Britain and its allies were able to react immediately should there be a peace deal struck between Russia and Ukraine. His comments, made during a visit to a nuclear submarine facility, come on the day military chiefs from dozens of countries …
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By Renee Maltezou ATHENS (Reuters) – Evi Tsapari is slowly healing from the trauma of escaping bloodied through the window of a burning passenger train after a collision that left dozens dead in central Greece in 2023. But she says she is still waiting for justice. Despite investigators blaming safety failures and decades of neglect …
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) – All EU leaders except for Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban backed a statement on Thursday reaffirming unwavering support for Ukraine’s territorial integrity. (Reporting by Lili Bayer, Writing by Charlotte Van Campenhout, Editing by Alex Richardson)
By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) -Millions of lives are at risk from “brutal funding cuts” from donors, the U.N. refugee chief said on Thursday, warning that women refugees are already at greater risk of rape and that children are being pushed into trafficking or early marriage. “Brutal funding cuts in the humanitarian sector are putting …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian and U.S. experts will discuss ways to ensure the safety of shipping in the Black Sea at talks on a possible Ukrainian peace settlement in Riyadh on Monday, the Kremlin said. After Russian forces made gains in 2024, President Donald Trump reversed U.S. policy on the war, launching bilateral talks with Moscow …
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By Fatos Bytyci and Fedja Grulovic KOCANI, North Macedonia (Reuters) – Thousands of mourners gathered at cemeteries across North Macedonia on Thursday for the funerals of dozens of people killed in a nightclub fire, the Balkan country’s worst disaster in decades. Fifty-nine people were killed and more than 170 were injured when a blaze broke …
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