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EU announces plans to cut reliance on Asia for antibiotics, other critical drugs

11 Mar 2025

By Julia Payne and Maggie Fick BRUSSELS/LONDON (Reuters) -The European Commission aims to reduce the EU’s heavy reliance on countries such as China and India for antibiotics and other widely-used drugs under plans unveiled on Tuesday, though officials said it would be a tough task given cost pressures. The Critical Medicines Act seeks to tackle …

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Donald Trump Jr visits Serbia, meets President Aleksandar Vucic

11 Mar 2025

BELGRADE (Reuters) – Donald Trump Jr, the eldest son of the U.S. president, met Serbia’s President Aleksandar Vucic in Belgrade on Tuesday, Vucic said in a post on Instagram.  In the post, Vucic, who has repeatedly backed the policies of the current U.S. administration, said he and Trump Jr discussed relations between Serbia and the …

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Poland wants 100,000 volunteers to take part in military training in 2027

11 Mar 2025

WARSAW (Reuters) – Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Tuesday the government wants to launch a new programme to offer voluntary military training from next year, with a target to train 100,000 volunteers in 2027. “The most important thing for us is that every person interested can participate in such training no later than …

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Three killed in biggest Ukrainian drone attack on Moscow region

11 Mar 2025

By Guy Faulconbridge and Anton Kolodyazhnyy MOSCOW (Reuters) -Ukraine on Tuesday launched its biggest ever drone attack on Moscow and the surrounding region, killing at least three employees of a meat warehouse, injuring 17 others and causing a short shutdown at the Russian capital’s four airports, Russian officials said. A total of 343 drones were …

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Anti-government protesters block access to Serbian state broadcasters

11 Mar 2025

By Aleksandar Vasovic BELGRADE (Reuters) – Anti-government protesters barred access to the offices of state broadcasters in Serbia’s capital Belgrade and the second-largest city on Tuesday, keeping employees out and forcing some live programming off the air. Four months the near daily protests, sparked by the deaths of 15 people when a railway station roof …

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Russia says it makes big new gains in bid to drive Ukraine out of Kursk

11 Mar 2025

By Guy Faulconbridge and Mark Trevelyan MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia said on Tuesday that its troops had made major new gains in its western region of Kursk, accelerating their push to drive out Ukrainian forces who have been clinging on to a slice of Russian territory since last August. The defence ministry said Russia had recaptured …

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Highlights from interview with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa

11 Mar 2025

By Samia Nakhoul, Timour Azhari and Maya Gebeily DAMASCUS (Reuters) – Below are highlights from a Reuters interview with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa conducted on Monday. ON VIOLENCE ALONG SYRIA’S COAST “Before carrying our military operation to liberate Syria, we made many contacts with the Alawite, Druze and Christian sects in the country. We built …

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US cuts force UN rights office to shut some work, including for Iraq torture victims

11 Mar 2025

By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) – The U.N. human rights office said on Tuesday it has received termination notices from the U.S. government for five of its projects, forcing it to shut some programmes including helping torture victims in Iraq. U.S. President Donald Trump is cutting billions of dollars in foreign aid programmes globally as …

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Swiss arms exports fall as government mulls looser curbs after Ukraine war

11 Mar 2025

By John Revill BERN (Reuters) -The Swiss arms industry is calling for looser curbs on the resale of its goods as weapons exports fell in 2024 for a second year, fuelling concern the neutral country is falling behind as Europe ramps up defence spending over the war in Ukraine. Matthias Zoller, who is responsible for …

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Kremlin warns Russians against Trump euphoria and ‘rose-tinted spectacles’

11 Mar 2025

By Andrew Osborn and Anton Kolodyazhnyy MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Kremlin on Tuesday warned Russians not to get carried away by what the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump is doing over Ukraine even though its actions may sometimes look hopeful for Moscow and to always “prepare for the worst”. Washington has paused military aid …

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