By Francois Murphy VIENNA (Reuters) – Austria’s conservative People’s Party (OVP) and Social Democrats (SPO) said on Friday they had widened their talks aimed at forming a coalition government to include the small, liberal Neos party so as to have a solid majority in parliament. The move returns to the three-way format used in the …
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By Thomas Escritt BERLIN (Reuters) – German police arrested a suspect in the stabbing on Friday evening at Berlin’s Holocaust memorial that seriously injured a man two days before a watershed national election. Berlin’s police department gave no details on the identity of the suspect or his possible motive. “Our forces have detained a suspect …
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OSLO (Reuters) – Swedish police said on Friday they have apprehended three men near the Israeli embassy in Stockholm on suspicion of preparing to commit violent crime, but said it was too early to say whether the diplomatic mission had been a target. Swedish broadcaster TV4, citing unnamed sources, reported that the three men were …
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By Jonathan Landay and Simon Lewis WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration released $5.3 billion in previously frozen foreign aid, mostly for security and counternarcotics programs, according to a list of exemptions reviewed by Reuters that included only limited humanitarian relief. President Donald Trump ordered a 90-day pause on foreign aid shortly after taking office …
SEMIBRATOVO, Russia (Reuters) – Carved onto slabs of black marble, the names of 11 young men from the Russian town of Semibratovo who died fighting in Ukraine are a stark reminder of a war that is now three years old. The frontline is far away, but the conflict has come home. Most of the local …
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By Joshua McElwee VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Francis, who is being treated in hospital for double pneumonia, is not yet out of danger but is expected to live, one of his doctors said on Friday. Francis is being treated at Rome’s Gemelli hospital, where he was admitted on February 14 after struggling with breathing difficulties …
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By Kate Abnett and Valerie Volcovici BRUSSELS/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The European Union, Britain and climate-vulnerable developing countries have raised concerns about delays to the next global assessment of climate change, by the U.N.’s climate science panel, after the U.S. administration withdrew from the process. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the U.N. body which brings …
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By Jennifer Rigby and Lisa Baertlein LONDON (Reuters) – The U.S. government’s foreign aid freeze has upended the supply chain for medical products crucial for fighting diseases including HIV and malaria in some of the world’s poorest countries, and life-threatening gaps could persist for months, according to two sources familiar with the sector. The U.S. …
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By Nikunj Ohri and Aditya Kalra NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s financial crime fighting agency has fined British broadcaster BBC 314,510 pounds ($397,980) for alleged foreign exchange violations in the South Asian nation, three government sources told Reuters. The agency, India’s Enforcement Directorate (ED), opened an investigation into the BBC in April 2023 under the …
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MILAN (Reuters) – The construction site of a new sliding centre for the 2026 Milano-Cortina winter Olympics has been disrupted by “sabotage”, a government agency said on Friday. Italy is rushing to complete the sliding venue for the bobsleigh, luge and skeleton competitions in the Alpine town of Cortina, which will co-host the Feb. 6-22 …
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