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France should follow Trump’s Colombia example in dealing with deportees, Le Pen says

30 Jan 2025

PARIS (Reuters) – French far-right leader Marine Le Pen said France should follow U.S. President Donald Trump’s hardline stance toward countries unwilling to receive deportees, citing his pressure on Colombia as a model for Paris’ dealings with Algeria. The comments by Le Pen, who polls suggest will win France’s 2027 presidential election if she is …

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UN rights chief seeks $500 million in 2025, warning that lives are at risk

30 Jan 2025

GENEVA (Reuters) -The U.N. human rights chief appealed on Thursday for $500 million in funding for 2025 to support its work such as investigating human rights abuses around the world from Syria to Sudan, warning that lives hang in the balance. The U.N. human rights office has been grappling with chronic funding shortages that some …

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Kremlin expresses condolences to Russians who lost loved ones in U.S. plane crash

30 Jan 2025

MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Kremlin on Thursday expressed its condolences to the families of Russian citizens who lost their lives in the American Airlines plane crash in Washington on Wednesday night. Russian ice skating coaches and former world champions Yevgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov were on board the plane that crashed into the Potomac River …

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NATO scrambles for drones that can survive the Arctic

30 Jan 2025

By Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen and Gwladys Fouche COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – In 2023, Mads Petersen, owner of Greenland-based startup Arctic Unmanned, sat in a car to keep warm while he tested a small drone at minus 43 degrees Celsius (minus 45 degrees Fahrenheit). The cold soon drained the drone’s power. “The battery only lasted for three minutes,” …

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Air traffic controller audio captures moments before and after Washington plane crash

30 Jan 2025

By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Air traffic control audio recorded the moments before and after an American Airlines regional passenger jet crashed with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter in a midair collision over Washington on Wednesday night. Audio from LiveATC.net, a respected source for in-flight recording, captured the final communications between the three crew …

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UK warns Rwanda of threat to aid over its involvement in DRC conflict

30 Jan 2025

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain has warned Rwanda that its involvement in an escalating conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo could jeopardise the over $1 billion of aid it receives every year. Rwanda-backed M23 rebels captured Goma, a city of 2 million people in the DRC, on Monday, ignoring widespread calls for them to halt …

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France, Germany, others urge EU Commission to protect elections in Europe from foreign interference

30 Jan 2025

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – France, Germany and 10 other European Union countries want the European Commission to use its powers under the Digital Services Act to protect the integrity of European elections from foreign interference, a letter signed by the 12 countries showed. In the letter, European affairs ministers from France, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Cyprus, …

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Germany approves weapons worth about $2.6 billion, Bloomberg News reports

30 Jan 2025

(Reuters) – German lawmakers have approved weapons and equipment orders worth about 2.5 billion euros ($2.6 billion) for the armed forces in the last parliamentary session before the snap election, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday. The purchase includes part of a new communication system worth 1.8 billion euros ($1.87 billion) for the Bundeswehr, infantry supplies …

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Analysis-Risk of violence escalates in Myanmar’s civil war as junta flags elections

30 Jan 2025

By Shoon Naing and Devjyot Ghoshal BANGKOK (Reuters) – Four years after seizing power in a dawn coup that ousted an elected civilian government, Myanmar’s embattled ruling generals are making their most concerted effort to gain legitimacy – by pushing to hold another election. In the last two months, the junta has outlined plans to …

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