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MOSCOW (Reuters) – A Russian military court fined veteran war correspondent Nadezhda Kevorkova 600,000 roubles ($6,900) on Wednesday after finding her guilty of “justifying terrorism”. A Reuters reporter in the courtroom said Kevorkova was released from custody, where she had been held throughout the investigation and trial. The 66-year-old has reported extensively in the Middle …

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By Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen and Tom Little NUUK, Greenland (Reuters) -Greenland’s pro-business Demokraatit Party surged to victory in a shake-up that could boost U.S. President Donald Trump’s attempts to tap the island’s mineral wealth, with the victors keen for reforms favouring private enterprise and mining. The Democrats, which favour gradual independence from Denmark, more than tripled …

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By Isabelle Yr Carlsson, Louise Rasmussen (Reuters) -Greenland’s pro-business opposition Demokraatit party won Tuesday’s parliamentary election, which was dominated by debates over self-rule and U.S. President Donald Trump’s pledge to take control of the island. Greenland became a formal territory of the Kingdom of Denmark in 1953, with Copenhagen controlling foreign affairs, defence and monetary …

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By Daria Sito-Sucic SARAJEVO (Reuters) – Bosnian state prosecutors on Wednesday ordered the arrest of Serb separatist leader Milorad Dodik and his aides for ignoring a court summons, a move which Dodik pledged to resist with help from Russia in a widening standoff over the fragile country. The dispute, which pits Dodik and his allies …

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By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United Nations is seeking ways to improve efficiency and cut costs as it turns 80 this year amid a cash crisis, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Wednesday – but don’t liken it to the U.S. effort by President Donald Trump and Elon Musk. “Nothing to do with …

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By Elizaveta Gladun and Luiza Ilie BUCHAREST (Reuters) – Former Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta joined the race for May’s presidential election re-run on Wednesday as the hard right worked to ensure they had a candidate in the contest after the ban on pro-Russian Calin Georgescu threw the vote wide open. Romania is set to …

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By Andrei Khalip and Sergio Goncalves LISBON (Reuters) -Portugal is likely to face its third early parliamentary election in just over three years after the centre-right minority government lost a parliamentary confidence vote. The government stays on in a caretaker capacity following Tuesday’s vote, pending a decision by President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa on whether …

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