By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Republican-led U.S. Senate confirmed Pam Bondi as the new U.S. attorney general on Tuesday, propelling one of President Donald Trump’s staunchest political allies to the top perch of American law enforcement. The 54-46 vote to confirm of the former Florida state attorney general will help Trump solidify his …
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CAIRO (Reuters) – Syria’s President Ahmed al-Sharaa received an invitation from French President Emmanuel Macron to visit France in the coming weeks, the Syrian president’s office said in a statement on Wednesday. The two also discussed in a phone call the economic sanctions imposed on the Syrian people, the office added. (Reporting by Jaidaa Taha …
By Raphael Satter WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Italy’s government said on Wednesday that seven mobile phone users in the country had been targeted by spyware on Meta Platforms’ WhatsApp messaging service, and it called the incident “particularly serious”. Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s office said it asked the National Cybersecurity Agency to look into the affair, while denying …
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Gaza should be an essential part of a future Palestinian state, said a European Union foreign policy spokesperson on Wednesday, adding that the EU was committed to a two-state solution for Israelis and Palestinians. President Donald Trump has proposed for the United States to take over war-ravaged Gaza after resettling Palestinians elsewhere. …
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By Andrei Khalip LISBON (Reuters) -Prince Rahim Al-Hussaini was named the 50th hereditary Imam, or spiritual leader, of Ismaili Muslims on Wednesday after the will of his late father Prince Karim Aga Khan IV was unsealed, the Aga Khan Development Network said. His father, known for his dazzling wealth and development work around the world, …
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(Reuters) – Russian attacks on Wednesday killed two people near the front line in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region and one near the Black Sea port of Odesa, officials said. Ukraine’s Emergency Services, writing on Telegram, said a house was shelled in the town of Druzhkivka, south of the city of Kramatorsk in Donetsk region, killing …
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(Reuters) -Maersk said on Wednesday it has initiated a share buyback program of up to 14.4 billion Danish crowns ($2.01 billion), which will be executed over a period of 12 months. The Danish shipping company had suspended its buyback program in February last year due to market uncertainties caused by disruptions in the Red Sea. …
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(Reuters) – Ukraine continues to receive military aid from the U.S., but there’s no discussion currently about any prospective packages, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday. “There’s no reduction in U.S. support today. It is not stopped, it continues,” he told reporters in Kyiv after a meeting with British foreign minister David Lammy. Washington has …
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) – A European Union programme to make it easier to shift troops and weapons across the continent quickly – by upgrading transport links – has been undermined by a lack of strategic thinking, an EU watchdog agency said on Wednesday. The issue of “military mobility” has risen up Europe’s political agenda since Russia’s …
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PARIS (Reuters) – French Finance Minister Eric Lombard on Wednesday welcomed the failure of a first no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Francois Bayrou’s government, with Lombard describing it as a ‘good thing for our country and our citizens.’ (Reporting by Leigh Thomas; Editing by Sudip Kar-Gupta)
