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UN Special Rapporteur criticises Israel withdrawal from UN Human Rights Council

6 Feb 2025

GENEVA (Reuters) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories said on Thursday that Israel’s decision to withdraw from the U.N. Human Rights Council was “extremely serious”. Earlier, Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said his country had informed the UNHRC that it was following the United States in withdrawing from the Council, …

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France’s Le Monde left without Moscow correspondent for first time since 1957

6 Feb 2025

By Guy Faulconbridge MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia said on Thursday it had refused to renew the accreditation of Le Monde’s correspondent due to France’s refusal to issue a visa to a Russian reporter, leaving the renowned French daily absent from Moscow for the first time since the 1950s. Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said that …

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Hermoso’s teammates tell Spain’s High Court that Rubiales’ kiss killed her joy

6 Feb 2025

By Guillermo Martinez and Violeta Santos Moura MADRID (Reuters) – Former Spanish soccer federation boss Luis Rubiales’ unsolicited kiss killed Jenni Hermoso’s joy at winning the women’s World Cup in 2023 and she was overwhelmed, crying and exhausted in the following hours and days, three of her teammates told the High Court on Thursday. The …

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France condemns Russian decision to revoke Le Monde journalist accreditation

6 Feb 2025

PARIS (Reuters) – France condemns the Russian decision to revoke accreditation for a Le Monde journalist, a spokesman for the French foreign ministry said on Thursday. Russia said earlier on Thursday it had withdrawn the accreditation for Le Monde’s Moscow correspondent Benjamin Quénelle, in retaliation for Paris’s refusal to issue a visa to a Russian …

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Preparations for Putin-Trump meeting at ‘advanced stage’, Russian lawmaker says

6 Feb 2025

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Preparations for a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump are at an “advanced stage”, Russian state news agency RIA quoted a senior lawmaker as saying on Thursday. It cited Leonid Slutsky, head of the State Duma’s international affairs committee, as saying the meeting could take place in …

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UK will oppose any effort to displace Palestinians, minister says

6 Feb 2025

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will oppose any efforts to move Palestinians from the Gaza Strip to neighbouring Arab states against their will, a foreign office minister said on Thursday. “There must be no forced displacement of Palestinians, nor any reduction in the territory of the Gaza Strip,” minister Anneliese Dodds told parliament. Dodds’ remarks come …

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Russia’s Sberbank disagrees with US court allowing MH17 case to move forward

6 Feb 2025

(Reuters) – Russian state-owned lender Sberbank on Thursday said it disagreed with a U.S. court’s decision to reject the bank’s right to sovereign immunity in a case brought by the family of a victim of the 2014 MH17 airline disaster. Sberbank said it would continue to fight the case. The U.S. court ruled on Tuesday …

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Kremlin replaces Russian space boss after tenure scarred by failed moonshot

6 Feb 2025

MOSCOW (Reuters) -The Kremlin dismissed the head of Russia’s space agency on Thursday after a tenure of less than three years scarred by the spectacular failure of Russia’s first mission to the moon in 47 years. In a statement, the Kremlin said Yuri Borisov, who had headed Roscosmos since July 2022, had been replaced Dmitry …

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Iran says Trump’s Gaza proposal follows Israeli plans to ‘wipe out’ Palestinians

6 Feb 2025

DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran categorically rejects a proposal by U.S. President Donald Trump to relocate Palestinians from Gaza, foreign ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei said on Thursday. On Tuesday, Trump said the U.S. would take over the war-ravaged Gaza Strip and develop it economically after Palestinians are resettled elsewhere, actions that would shatter decades of U.S. …

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Top German court says extradition of non-binary suspect to Hungary was unlawful

6 Feb 2025

BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s Constitutional Court ruled on Thursday that it had been unlawful to extradite a German citizen who identifies as non-binary to Hungary, upholding her argument that the decision violated the European Union’s Charter on Fundamental Rights. Under Prime Minister Viktor Orban, Hungary has introduced anti-LGBTQ+ policies, including laws that Brussels says discriminate …

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