BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Commission will propose a new climate target this quarter, to slash Europe’s emissions by 2040, it said on Wednesday. A Commission work programme, published on Wednesday, confirmed the EU would amend its climate law this quarter – a long-planned move that would set a 2040 target to keep countries on …
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ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece’s parliament elected its former speaker, Constantine Tassoulas, as the country’s president on Wednesday, approving the conservative government’s nominee for the largely ceremonial role. The decision to nominate him has angered protesters who rallied outside parliament last month seeking justice over a deadly 2023 train crash. They say that on Tassoulas’ watch …
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By Joshua McElwee VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis said on Wednesday he was still suffering from a bout of bronchitis and asked an aide to read prepared remarks for a weekly general audience at the Vatican for the second time in two weeks. “Me, with my bronchitis, I cannot (read) still,” the pope said. …
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By Ian Ransom MELBOURNE (Reuters) -Football Australia said on Wednesday it looked forward to Sam Kerr’s return to the pitch after the national women’s captain was found not guilty of racial abuse but the episode has left a sour taste for some fans and pundits in Australia. Kerr was acquitted by a jury at Kingston …
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PARIS (Reuters) – The tariff policies of United States President Donald Trump will most likely have a negative impact on the economy, reaffirmed Bank of France head Francois Villeroy de Galhau on Wednesday. “There will very likely be a negative effect,” Villeroy, who is also a member of the European Central Bank (ECB), told France …
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SYDNEY (Reuters) – Two nurses in a Sydney hospital have been suspended from work for threatening to kill Jewish patients and refusing to treat them in a video on TikTok, triggering an investigation by police, authorities said on Wednesday. The video was shared by a TikTok user named Max Veifer, who says he is from …
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(Reuters) – The head of Russia’s powerful Orthodox Church said in remarks published late on Tuesday that “weirdos” were trying to spread paganism in the combat zone in Ukraine and called for efforts to counter attempts to weaken the church’s influence there. Patriarch Kirill, a close ally of President Vladimir Putin, has been an enthusiastic …
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By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Alexander Cornwell CAIRO/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared on Tuesday the ceasefire in Gaza would end and the military would resume fighting Hamas until it was defeated if the Palestinian militant group did not release hostages by midday Saturday. Following Netanyahu’s ultimatum, Hamas issued a statement renewing its commitment …
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(Reuters) – Ukraine’s Defence Ministry launched a recruitment drive for young people on Tuesday, encouraging 18- to 24-year-olds to serve in the military for a year for the equivalent of about $24,000 and hefty bonuses. With Ukraine’s armed forces heavily outnumbered by their Russian adversaries on the front lines of the nearly three-year-old war, President …
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By Nidal al-Mughrabi, Ali Sawafta and Hussam al-Masri CAIRO/RAMALLAH/GAZA (Reuters) -With his Gaza home destroyed in Israel’s military offensive, Shaban Shaqaleh had intended to take his family on a break to Egypt once the Hamas-Israel ceasefire was firmly in place. He changed his mind after U.S. President Donald Trump announced plans to resettle Gaza’s Palestinian …
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