By Leah Douglas (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration has fired probationary staff at two U.S. Department of Agriculture research agencies and its farm loan agency, three sources familiar with the situation said on Friday. It was not immediately clear how many staff were affected by the firings, which the sources said occurred overnight. A …
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By Ivana Sekularac, Aleksandar Vasovic and Edward McAllister BELGRADE (Reuters) – Anger drove Marija Petrovic to join student protests in Belgrade in November. A railway station roof had collapsed days earlier in the Serbian city of Novi Sad, killing 15 people. Thugs then set upon demonstrators who were calling for justice for the dead. Initially …
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By Nandita Bose and Doina Chiacu WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President JD Vance on Friday took a swipe at European governments for what he described as their censorship of free speech and their political opponents, while largely avoiding the question of how to resolve the Ukraine war. Speaking to European political leaders, military officers …
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WASHINGTON/LONDON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday he had agreed to meet Prime Minister Keir Starmer and that the British leader wanted to travel to the United States in the coming weeks. Starmer’s office had said earlier on Friday that he discussed visiting the United States on a call with Trump the day …
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MUNICH (Reuters) – European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas has invited foreign ministers from the bloc attending the Munich Security Conference to meet on Sunday to discuss relations with the Trump administration and the war in Ukraine. Kallas’ move was prompted by U.S. President Donald Trump’s call this week with Russian President Vladimir Putin …
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(Reuters) – U.S. Vice President JD Vance met on Friday with Alice Weidel, the leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, while on a visit to Germany, an official in Vance’s office said, according to a pool report. A spokesperson for Weidel confirmed the meeting, saying the pair discussed the Ukraine war, German …
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By Jörn Poltz and Friederike Heine MUNICH (Reuters) -Germany federal prosecutors said on Friday there were suspicions that a car ramming attack in Munich was religiously motivated and intended to undermine Germany’s democratic order, and took over an investigation into the incident. At least 39 people including a toddler were hurt on Thursday when a …
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By Pesha Magid, Samia Nakhoul, Suleiman Al-Khalidi and Ahmed Mohamed Hassan RIYADH/ABU DHABI/AMMAN/CAIRO (Reuters) -Saudi Arabia is spearheading urgent Arab efforts to develop a plan for Gaza’s future as a counter to U.S. President Donald Trump’s ambition for a Middle East Riviera cleared of its Palestinian inhabitants, 10 sources said. Draft ideas will be discussed …
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By Joshua McElwee VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Francis, who was taken to hospital on Friday for treatment of bronchitis, is suffering from a respiratory infection but is in a stable condition, the Vatican said. “The Holy Father … has undergone specialist examinations and has started hospital drug therapy,” said a statement, issued about eight hours …
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ROME (Reuters) – Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni accused Russia of “offending the entire Italian nation” on Friday as she stood by comments by the Italian president that compared modern-day Russia to Nazi Germany. In a speech last week, President Sergio Mattarella criticised the “wars of aggression” that led to World War Two. “This was the …
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