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By Susanna Twidale LONDON (Reuters) – A global standard setter for voluntary carbon projects has approved three new methods for projects that reduce emissions by switching to cleaner fuels used in domestic cookstoves, hoping to boost buyer confidence in the credits they generate. Carbon trading, through which companies can buy credits from projects that avoid …

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WARSAW (Reuters) – Poland’s President Andrzej Duda proposed enshrining defence spending of at least 4% of GDP in the constitution on Friday, while the government backed giving military training to all adult males as Warsaw readies itself for threats from Moscow. Galvanised by Russia’s invasion of neighbouring Ukraine three years ago, Poland now spends a …

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By Alvise Armellini ROME (Reuters) -An Eritrean who was among a group of sea migrants held on an Italian coast guard vessel for 10 days in 2018 is entitled to compensation, Italy’s top appeals court has ruled, triggering the fury of Italy’s right-wing government. More than 150 migrants were blocked at sea on the Diciotti …

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BUCHAREST (Reuters) – Calin Georgescu, the far-right pro-Russian frontrunner in Romania’s cancelled presidential election, submitted his candidacy for the May ballot re-run on Friday amid doubts that he will be allowed to run. Romania’s highest court annulled the ballot two days before the second round of voting in December, citing allegations of Russian interference in …

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By Thomas Escritt and Matthias Williams BERLIN (Reuters) – The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party will file a complaint to the Constitutional Court next week over plans to raise new debt through a special fund, the Rheinische Post newspaper said on Friday, citing a senior AfD lawmaker. Germany’s would-be next chancellor, conservative leader Friedrich …

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