OREBRO, Sweden (Reuters) – Sweden’s King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia on Wednesday visited the grounds of the education centre where 11 people were killed on Tuesday in the Nordic country’s worst mass shooting. (Reporting by Johan Ahlander and Anna Ringstrom, editing by Terje Solsvik)
(Reuters) – Ukraine has brought back 150 troops from Russian captivity, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday, announcing the latest prisoner swap with Russia. “All of them are from different sectors of the front… Some of the boys were held captive for more than two years,” he said on the Telegram messaging app. (Reporting by …
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By Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen NUUK (Reuters) -Greenland’s prime minister announced on Tuesday that the semi-autonomous Danish territory will hold a general election on March 11 amid interest by U.S. President Donald Trump in acquiring the Arctic island. The top issues in the election campaign are expected to be Greenland’s independence aspirations and relations with Denmark and …
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BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Hungary’s government will offer free grants to hundreds of thousands of pensioners in rural areas to renovate their homes, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Wednesday as the veteran leader gears up for elections due in about a year. The plan would benefit a voter group that has traditionally supported nationalist Orban’s …
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JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Far-right Israeli politician Itamar Ben Gvir hailed U.S. President Donald Trump’s comments that Palestinians should be moved out of Gaza, joining settler groups in the occupied West Bank in urging swift action. Ben Gvir, former minister for national security, said in a post on X on Tuesday that “encouraging” Gazans to migrate from …
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BERLIN (Reuters) – German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said on Wednesday that the Gaza Strip belongs to Palestinians, and their expulsion would be unacceptable and contrary to international law. “It would also lead to new suffering and new hatred,” said Baerbock in a statement, adding: “There must be no solution over the heads of the …
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KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine is experiencing the lowest soil moisture levels of the last seven seasons, raising concerns about yields in 2025, the Ukrainian national agricultural academy was quoted as saying on Wednesday. Ukraine, a global grain producer and exporter, traditionally grows winter crops whose yields are highly dependent on incoming moisture in autumn and …
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(Reuters) – The Palestinian Hamas movement is ready to establish contact and hold talks with the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump, Russia’s RIA state news agency cited a senior Hamas official as saying in remarks published early on Wednesday. “We are ready for contact and talks with the Trump administration,” RIA cited senior Hamas …
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KYIV (Reuters) -The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has postponed the rotation of its mission to the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant due to a lack of security guarantees from Russia, Ukraine’s foreign ministry said on Wednesday. A senior Russian diplomat rejected Ukraine’s assertion. “This is not the first time the Kremlin has used blackmail …
KYIV (Reuters) – British Foreign Minister David Lammy said on Wednesday it should be ensured that Palestinians have a future in their homeland, a day after U.S. President Donald Trump proposed resettling Palestinians and taking over Gaza to develop it. “We’ve always been clear in our belief that we must see two states. We must …
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