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Kremlin says space agency needs to develop ‘dynamically’ after firing its boss

6 Feb 2025 6 Feb 2025

MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Kremlin said on Thursday that it had named a new head of Russia’s space agency to ensure its ability to develop “dymanically” but rejected the suggestion that his fired predecessor had done anything wrong. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said there were no complaints about Yuri Borisov, who was replaced by former …

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Three guns found next to dead Swedish school shooting suspect

6 Feb 2025 6 Feb 2025

OREBRO, Sweden (Reuters) – Three guns were found next to the man believed to have carried out a massacre on Tuesday that killed 11 people in Sweden, police told a press conference on Thursday. (Reporting by Johan Ahlander and Essi Lehto, editing by Terje Solsvik)

Russia practises manoeuvres with Yars intercontinental ballistic missiles in Volga region

6 Feb 2025 6 Feb 2025

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia is practising stealth manoeuvres of Yars intercontinental ballistic missiles in its Volga region, the defence ministry said on Thursday. The ministry published video of Yars missile launchers moving through a snowy forest. The Yars is a nuclear missile that can be moved around on truck carriers or deployed in silos. Russia …

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Kosovo feels the pain of EU sanctions as election looms

6 Feb 2025 6 Feb 2025

By Edward McAllister and Fatos Bytyci PRIZREN, Kosovo (Reuters) – For decades, the Lumbardhi cinema in Kosovo – Europe’s newest country – has given locals in the city of Prizren a window on the outside world. It has screened movies from Japan, China and the United States and hosted international artists for its annual documentary …

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Australia passes tough hate crime laws with mandatory jail time for Nazi salutes

6 Feb 2025 6 Feb 2025

By Christine Chen SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia passed tough anti-hate crime laws on Thursday, including mandatory minimum sentences for terror offences and displaying hate symbols, in a bid to tackle a recent surge in antisemitism. The laws will impose minimum jail sentences between 12 months for less serious hate crimes, such as giving a Nazi …

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Spain rejects Israel’s suggestion it should accept Palestinians from Gaza

6 Feb 2025 6 Feb 2025

MADRID (Reuters) – Spain’s Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares on Thursday rejected the suggestion by Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz that Spain should accept displaced Palestinians from Gaza. “Gazans’ land is Gaza and Gaza must be part of the future Palestinian state,” Albares said in an interview with Spanish radio station RNE. Katz ordered the …

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Netanyahu praises Trump plan to move Palestinians out of Gaza

6 Feb 2025 6 Feb 2025

By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday there was nothing wrong in Donald Trump’s idea of displacing Palestinians from Gaza after the U.S. president’s proposal drew international criticism. Rights groups have condemned as ethnic cleansing Trump’s suggestion the previous day that Palestinians in the enclave should be permanently …

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Russian diplomat says US must make first step to improve ties

6 Feb 2025 6 Feb 2025

(Reuters) -The United States must make the first move in improving ties with Russia after years of failing to listen to the Kremlin and misguided policies intended to inflict a “strategic defeat” on Moscow, a senior Russian diplomat said on Wednesday. Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov also said it was wrong to base a foreign …

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Western Australia calls election in test for Albanese before national vote

6 Feb 2025 6 Feb 2025

By Christine Chen and Renju Jose SYDNEY (Reuters) – The state of Western Australia has called an election, setting the stage for a final test for Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s centre-left Labor party ahead of a national vote due by May. An improved performance by the conservative opposition Liberal party in Western Australia will …

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US transportation chief reconsidering air traffic rules, talks to Musk

6 Feb 2025 6 Feb 2025

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said on Wednesday he is reconsidering rules that allowed air traffic control supervisors to reduce staffing at Washington’s Reagan National Airport before a fatal Army helicopter-plane collision that killed 67 people last week. Duffy, who also said he spoke to Trump adviser Elon Musk on …

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