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Polish presidential candidate takes flak for praising literary alter ego

18 Mar 2025

WARSAW (Reuters) – A Polish presidential candidate faced accusations on Tuesday he took self-promotion too far, after local media reported he praised his own work as a historian in a 2018 interview in which he appeared under a pseudonym. The reports provoked ridicule from political opponents of Karol Nawrocki, the candidate supported by Poland’s main …

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Italy’s Meloni cautions EU on US trade war, won’t send troops to Ukraine

18 Mar 2025

By Angelo Amante and Giuseppe Fonte ROME (Reuters) – Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni cautioned European partners on Tuesday against escalating a trade dispute with the United States through retaliatory tariffs and urged Western allies to continue their longstanding cooperation. Meloni, who is close to U.S. President Donald Trump, said established ties between Europe and …

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Former Russia-appointed governor in Crimea on trial for breaching UK sanctions

18 Mar 2025

By Sam Tobin LONDON (Reuters) – A Russian politician appointed by President Vladimir Putin as governor of Russian-annexed Crimea’s largest city went on trial in London on Tuesday, charged with breaching British sanctions in the first prosecution of its kind. Dmitrii Ovsiannikov – who was appointed governor of Sevastopol in July 2016, two years after …

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Police evict hundreds of migrants squatting in Paris theatre for months

18 Mar 2025

By Antony Paone and Ali Kucukgocmen PARIS (Reuters) -French police raided a theatre in central Paris at dawn on Tuesday, briefly using tear gas to evict more than 400 migrants who had been squatting there for months, as hundreds of demonstrators protested their removal. The migrants, including many unaccompanied minors, had occupied the leftist Gaite …

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Poland and Baltic nations plan to withdraw from landmine convention

18 Mar 2025

By Andrius Sytas and Barbara Erling VILNIUS/WARSAW (Reuters) -NATO members Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia plan to withdraw from the Ottawa convention banning anti-personnel landmines due to the military threat from their neighbour Russia, the four countries said on Tuesday. Quitting the 1997 treaty, which has been ratified or acceded to by more than 160 …

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Russia preparing for confrontation with Europe, EU’s von der Leyen says

18 Mar 2025

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Russia is preparing itself for a confrontation with European democracies as the United States shifts its focus towards the Indo-Pacific region, European Commission head Ursula von der Leyen said on Tuesday. “(Russia) has massively expanded its military-industrial production capacity… This investment fuels its war of aggression in Ukraine while preparing it for …

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UN agency warns of impact on migrants as US cuts force shutdowns

18 Mar 2025

By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) -The U.N. migration agency said on Tuesday that unprecedented cuts in donor funding this year will force it to scale back or shut down projects around the world, resulting in a severe impact on migrants. The International Organization for Migration said it expected funding to be reduced by a record …

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Russia voices regret and concern over new Israeli airstrikes in Gaza

18 Mar 2025

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia expressed “deep regret” on Tuesday over Israel’s latest airstrikes on Gaza and said it condemned any actions that led to civilian deaths. Palestinian health authorities said more than 400 people had been killed in what the Israeli military called a “preemptive offensive” against Hamas militants still holding 59 Israeli hostages. “Moscow …

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