By Marine Strauss BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Vandals have damaged the grave of Jean-Marie Le Pen, the founder of France’s far-right National Front, his family said on Friday. Le Pen’s granddaughter Marion Marechal said on her X account that the grave, in the cemetery of La Trinité-sur-Mer in Brittany, had been discovered defaced on Friday, three …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) -The Kremlin on Friday brushed off a repeat threat by U.S. President Donald Trump to impose tariffs on the BRICS grouping of countries if it created its own currency, saying there was no such plan. Trump on Thursday warned off BRICS member countries from replacing the U.S. dollar as a reserve currency by …
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OSLO (Reuters) -Norwegian police said on Friday they had seized and boarded a Norwegian ship with an all-Russian crew on suspicion of involvement in causing damage to a telecoms cable in the Baltic Sea, the second vessel to be named by investigators in the case. The Silver Dania cargo ship was seized at the request …
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By Jennifer Rigby LONDON (Reuters) – A surge in the flow of aid into the Gaza Strip since the truce between Israel and Hamas took effect on Jan. 19 is likely to ease the acute food emergency afflicting people in the war-ravaged territory, especially its children. But even after relief reaches them, the hunger they …
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PARIS (Reuters) – A panel of French lawmakers on Friday reached a compromise deal on the final text of a much-delayed 2025 budget bill that is key to restoring investor confidence over the country’s finances and the government’s survival, Socialist Party deputy Boris Vallaud told reporters on Friday. The seven senators and seven members of …
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(Reuters) – Ukrainian military said on Friday its missile and artillery forces had hit a Russian army command post in the Kursk region as a part of its effort to disrupt Moscow’s troops operations and logistics. “As a result of the coordinated and precision strike, the enemy’s command and control post was destroyed,” the general …
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By Sarah Marsh and Andreas Rinke BERLIN (Reuters) – The breaking of a taboo among mainstream German parties on cooperation with the far right looks set to complicate efforts to form a coalition government after an election next month, and could deepen political instability in Europe’s biggest economy. The move that broke the taboo in …
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COPENHANGEN (Reuters) – Denmark said on Friday it meant seriously that Greenland is not for sale, after Secretary of State Marco Rubio said U.S. President Donald Trump’s interest in acquiring the island was “not a joke”. Trump says he will make the autonomous territory of Denmark a part of the United States, and has not …
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By Jan Strupczewski BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Nineteen European Union countries, including France and Germany, are calling for the European Investment Bank to boost lending for the defence industry as the 27-nation EU seeks ways to improve its military against a possible future Russian attack. The call in a joint letter comes before EU leaders’ talks …
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By Dmitry Antonov MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia on Friday condemned an executive order by U.S. President Donald Trump to build a new missile defence shield, accusing the United States of trying to upset the global nuclear balance and pave the wave for military confrontation in space. Trump on Monday signed an order that “mandated a …
