KYIV (Reuters) -The volume of gas in Ukraine’s storage facilities has fallen to near the critical 10% mark and the country urgently needs to start importing significant amounts to meet its needs, the former head of the transit operator Serhiy Makogon said on Facebook. Daily gas production cannot cover all of Ukraine’s requirements in the …
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MILAN (Reuters) – Milan prosecutors on Wednesday sent Italian fashion influencer Chiara Ferragni for trial on fraud charges over allegedly misleading charity claims linked to sales of a Christmas cake and Easter eggs, her lawyers and judicial sources said. The trial was scheduled to begin on Sept. 23 at a court in Milan. For crimes …
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PARIS (Reuters) – Lithuania has reported an outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza, commonly called bird flu, on a laying hen farm in the western part of the country, the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) said on Wednesday. The outbreak killed 20,000 birds out of a flock of 246,387 in the Silute district, …
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By Dan Peleschuk KYIV (Reuters) – Ukrainian investigators have opened a criminal case involving Defence Minister Rustem Umerov, a move likely to deepen a standoff in his ministry over arms procurement that could strain Kyiv’s ties with important Western allies. The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) told Reuters in a statement that its investigation, …
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BERLIN (Reuters) – A 10-year-old boy has died from a diphtheria infection in a Berlin hospital, German newspaper Tagesspiegel reported on Wednesday, saying the child had not had the well-established vaccination. The child, from the nearby state of Brandenburg, contracted the illness in October and had been in intensive care ever since, says Tagesspiegel. According …
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STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Sweden can send criminals to serve their sentences in prisons abroad, a government-appointed commission said on Wednesday, as the country struggles to handle an influx of new inmates arising from a wave of gang crime. “There is a need to work with new solutions within the Prison and Probation Service,” Justice Minister …
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BERLIN (Reuters) – German police have detained 59 supporters of French club Paris St Germain ahead of their Champions League game at VfB Stuttgart, stopping possible clashes with local fans, Stuttgart police said on Wednesday. The German club host PSG in the league phase’s final matchday later on Wednesday with both teams in contention for …
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By Emilie Madi BEIRUT (Reuters) – The director of the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees in Lebanon said on Wednesday that the agency had not been affected by U.S. President Donald Trump’s halt to U.S. foreign aid funding or by an Israeli ban on its operations. “UNRWA currently is not receiving any U.S. funding …
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COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -An opinion poll indicated that 85% of Greenlanders do not wish their Arctic island – a semi-autonomous Danish territory – to become a part of the United States, with nearly half saying they see interest by U.S. President Donald Trump as a threat. Trump said earlier this month that Greenland was vital to …
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By Charlotte Van Campenhout BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Belgium has asked the Netherlands and Spain to extradite two suspects in connection with an Islamist militant attack in Brussels in 2023 that killed two Swedish citizens and injured a third person. The suspects are believed to have helped gunman Abdesalem Lassoued obtain the weapon used in the …
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