(This March 18 story has been corrected to fix the model name to F5, not S5, in paragraph 8) By Michel Rose LUXEUIL-LES-BAINS, France (Reuters) – President Emmanuel Macron said France would order additional Rafale warplanes in the coming years and invest nearly 1.5 billion euros ($1.6 billion) into one of its air bases to …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia has now transferred property worth 2.4 trillion roubles ($28.7 billion) to the state, Prosecutor General Igor Krasnov said on Wednesday. Krasnov did not specify a time frame, but Moscow started seizing property soon after the start of the conflict in Ukraine. Through lawsuits, Russia has quickened the pace of domestic asset …
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By Toby Sterling AMSTERDAM (Reuters) -The Netherlands’ parliament on Tuesday approved a series of motions calling on the government to reduce dependence on U.S. software companies, including by creating a cloud services platform under Dutch control. While such initiatives have foundered in the past due to a lack of viable European alternatives, lawmakers said changing …
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(Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he discussed Russian and Ukrainian requests and needs for a peace deal in an hour-long call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy. “Much of the discussion was based on the call made yesterday with President Putin in order to align both Russia and Ukraine in terms of …
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(Reuters) – Russia accused Ukraine on Wednesday of trying to sabotage a 30-day moratorium on striking each other’s energy infrastructure, a day after Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump agreed to such a temporary halt. Ukraine has also accepted the moratorium proposal but said Russia had knocked out power to some of …
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By David Stanway SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Record greenhouse gas levels helped bring temperatures to an all-time high in 2024, accelerating glacier and sea ice loss, raising sea levels and edging the world closer to a key warming threshold, the U.N. weather body said on Wednesday. Annual average mean temperatures stood at 1.55 degrees Celsius (2.79 …
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By Ece Toksabay and Ezgi Erkoyun ISTANBUL (Reuters) -Turkey detained Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, the main rival of President Tayyip Erdogan, on charges of corruption and aiding a terrorist group in what the main opposition party on Wednesday called “a coup against our next president”. The move against the popular two-term mayor caps a months-long …
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KYIV/HELSINKI (Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said he would speak to President Donald Trump on Wednesday and urged the United States to monitor a ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia which he said Russian President Vladimir Putin had already ignored. Moscow and Kyiv accused each other on Wednesday of launching air attacks that damaged infrastructure just …
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(Reuters) – Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico strengthened his hold over parliament on Wednesday, winning back more rebel lawmakers to fully restore a lost majority after disputes and defections had hampered his government in recent months. Bickering in the three-party leftist-nationalist coalition left the government in a temporary minority in the 150-seat parliament earlier this …
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BERLIN (Reuters) – A resumption of fighting in the war between Israel and Hamas threatens the peace efforts of Arab states, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said on Wednesday ahead of her trip to Lebanon to discuss the conflict. “The resumption of fighting … jeopardises the positive efforts of the Arab states, which together want …
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