WASHINGTON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Thursday he had discussed with U.S. President Donald Trump a Ukraine peace deal that would be tough and fair, and that Britain was prepared to put boots on the ground and planes in the air to support it. “We discussed a plan today to reach …
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SHANNON, Ireland (Reuters) – Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy met Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin during a brief stop off in Ireland on Thursday on his way to a key meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington. Trump has said Zelenskiy would visit Washington on Friday to sign an agreement on rare earth minerals, while …
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By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A critical minerals deal Donald Trump has negotiated with Ukraine could ease tensions between Kyiv and the U.S. president and at the same time win back support from his Republicans in Congress for a new round of aid to the war-torn country. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy is expected to …
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MILAN (Reuters) – Italian luxury label Prada said its womenswear collection at Milan Fashion Week on Thursday aimed to question what femininity is today, how it can be defined. Models walked among metal scaffolds on patterned carpets at Prada’s catwalk show, wearing looses dresses and clothes with raw seams exposed. Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons …
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By Crispian Balmer and Joshua McElwee VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Francis’ health is continuing to improve, the Vatican said on Thursday, offering a cautiously upbeat assessment as the 88-year-old pontiff battles against double pneumonia. Francis is spending his 14th night in Rome’s Gemelli hospital with the severe respiratory infection, which triggered various complications. “The clinical …
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BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Hungary will amend the constitution soon to emphasise child protection, the government said on Thursday, a move paving the way for a ban on the annual Pride march by LGBTQ+ communities which it is targeting ahead of elections next year. Prime Minister Viktor Orban has criticised LGBTQ+ people and pledged to crack …
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(Reuters) – The commander of the Kurdish-led forces that control northeastern Syria said that a call by the leader of the militant Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in Turkey for the PKK to dissolve did not apply to the group he leads. Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) commander Mazloum Abdi said he welcomed the historic call by …
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By Will Dunham (Reuters) – It was a surprising discovery when scientists examining the remains of a man who died in bed in the ancient city of Herculaneum after Italy’s Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD found dark fragments resembling obsidian inside his skull. It turns out the eruption had somehow turned his brain into …
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By Francois Murphy VIENNA (Reuters) – Austria’s three main centrist parties in parliament reached a deal to form a coalition government without the far-right Freedom Party that won the last parliamentary election five months ago. In a deal that should bring to a close Austria’s longest wait for a new government since World War Two, …
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By Stephanie van den Berg THE HAGUE – The International Criminal Court will urgently continue its investigation into crimes committed in Palestinian territories, or by Palestinians, the prosecutor’s office said on Thursday, despite the withdrawal of an arrest warrant for a Hamas leader. The ICC said on Wednesday that judges had withdrawn an arrest warrant …
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