BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s Left Party will vote against a special fund for increased military spending in the next legislature, party leader Ines Schwerdtner said on Tuesday. “There will be no votes from Die Linke (The Left) in favour of this new special fund for defence,” Schwerdtner said in a statement issued two days after …
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By Thomas Escritt BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s election winner Friedrich Merz wants to form a government quickly in order to revive a moribund economy, hike defence spending and tackle diplomatic challenges ranging from a confrontational Trump administration to ending the Ukraine war. But Merz’s conservatives need at least one coalition partner to govern and face …
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By Jonathan Cable and Shaloo Shrivastava LONDON/BENGALURU (Reuters) – British home prices will rise faster than previously expected this year, but the increase will be outpaced by surging rental costs as demand outstrips supply, a Reuters poll found. The market may receive a helping hand from the Bank of England, which is predicted to cut …
BELGRADE (Reuters) – Serbian police raided the offices of two Belgrade-based democracy watchdogs, seeking information about possible abuse of funds donated by the U.S. international aid agency (USAID), Nenad Stefanovic, a senior state prosecutor, said on Tuesday. The move came after the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump froze USAID funding for 90 days in …
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By Julia Payne BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Hungary wants to remove eight individuals from the European Union’s Russia sanctions list and receive fresh guarantees on Ukraine gas transit talks before agreeing to renew the restrictions, EU diplomats said. EU sanctions on Russia – imposed over Moscow’s war against Ukraine – must be renewed every six months …
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MOSCOW/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Kremlin, asked about an assertion by U.S. President Donald Trump that Russia was open to European peacekeepers being deployed in Ukraine, referred reporters to an earlier statement that such a move would be unacceptable to Moscow. Russia has repeatedly said it opposes having NATO troops on the ground in Ukraine, with Foreign …
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By Jana Choukeir and Nidal al-Mughrabi DUBAI (Reuters) – At least six newborn babies have died in Gaza due to severe cold, according to Dr. Saeed Saleh, a health official at the Patient’s Friends Benevolent Society Hospital (PFBS) in the enclave, in a recorded video on Tuesday. Saleh said that in the past two weeks, …
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FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Four Hamas members suspected of plotting attacks on Jewish institutions in Europe went on trial in Berlin on Tuesday, in what prosecutors described as the first court case against militants of the Islamist group in Germany. The Hamas members were detained in late 2023 on suspicion of planning attacks, German prosecutors said …
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BUCHAREST (Reuters) – Romania’s three opposition far-right parties filed a motion of no confidence in the pro-European coalition government on Tuesday, a move likely to fail but also to boost the parties’ public profile ahead of a re-run presidential election. The three parties won around 35% of seats in a Dec. 1 parliamentary election, capitalizing …
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By Andrea Shalal, Michel Rose and Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron displayed stark differences on Monday in their approach to Ukraine, exposing a divide between the United States and Europe over Trump’s bid for a quick ceasefire deal with Russia. During a day of talks between …
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