By Gram Slattery, Andrea Shalal and Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump is willing to sign legislation to impose sanctions on Russia as long as he retains ultimate decision-making authority over any such measures, a senior White House official said on Monday. Trump told reporters late on Sunday that it was “OK with me” …
ANKARA (Reuters) -Turkish Defence Minister Yasar Guler said on Monday it would take at least two months to reach initial findings and analyse the black box of a Turkish cargo plane that crashed in Georgia last week and left 20 soldiers dead. The C-130 cargo aircraft had left Azerbaijan for Turkey and crashed in Georgia, …
(Reuters) -At least 98 Palestinians have died in Israeli detention since the Gaza war erupted in October 2023, a rights group said on Monday, alleging torture and medical neglect and calling for an international investigation. A report by Physicians for Human Rights Israel, entitled “Death Sentence for Palestinians in Custody,” said at least 46 died …
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PARIS (Reuters) -France’s Louvre Museum on Monday closed a gallery hosting Greek vases and office spaces as its structures designed in the 1930s are in a dire state, the world’s most visited museum said, less than a month after a daring heist exposed its vulnerabilities. A new technical report showed weakness in the beams under …
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ATHENS (Reuters) -Thousands of Greeks marched through Athens on Monday to mark the anniversary of a violently quashed student uprising in 1973 that helped topple the military junta that then ruled the country. The annual march to the embassy of the United States, which many Greeks accuse of having supported the 1967-1974 military dictatorship, often …
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(Reuters) -The German Navy will purchase Lockheed Martin Canada’s combat management system CMS 330 for more than C$1 billion, Canadian trade minister Maninder Sidhu announced Monday. “The selection of Lockheed Martin Canada’s CMS 330 by the German Navy is a testament to our world-class defence technologies and the value of government-to-government partnerships,” Sidhu said in …
PRAGUE/BRATISLAVA (Reuters) -Thousands of Czechs and Slovaks on Monday celebrated the anniversary of the 1989 Velvet Revolution, which ended decades of communist rule in the former Czechoslovakia, with protests that warned democratic values were once again under threat. Czechoslovakia split peacefully in 1993 and the two nations have maintained friendly relations, both joining the European …
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LONDON (Reuters) -The biggest Protestant church in Northern Ireland is under criminal investigation over safeguarding concerns, police said on Monday, after the Presbyterian Church admitted failures in the way it handled cases for over a decade. Around one in six people in Northern Ireland belong to the Presbyterian Church in Ireland (PCI), one of three …
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The European Commission on Monday proposed to EU governments three options to finance Ukraine in 2026 and 2027. EU leaders are expected to discuss which one to pick in December. Below are the options as spelled out by the Commission. WHAT ARE UKRAINE’S NEEDS? The International Monetary Fund and Ukrainian authorities estimate that …
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By Alessandro Parodi and Charlotte Van Campenhout BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Belgium will buy defensive kamikaze drones from a Latvian company, the defence ministry said, after a string of incursions that have disrupted airports, military bases and a nuclear plant. Belgian officials have said the incursions bear the hallmark of Russian interference, while acknowledging they have no …
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