DAVOS (Reuters) – Social media owners should be held responsible for “poisoning society” and eroding democracy with their algorithms, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez told the World Economic Forum in Davos on Wednesday. Sanchez also said he would propose at an EU Council meeting to end anonymity on social media, including by linking users’ data …
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By Bart H. Meijer AMSTERDAM (Reuters) -A Dutch court ordered the government on Wednesday to drastically cut nitrogen emissions in the Netherlands by 2030, a ruling that could hurt construction and will pressure farmers to reduce livestock. The case was brought by Greenpeace, which said the government was not doing enough to lower illegally high …
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said on Wednesday she hopes a political agreement on easing Syria sanctions can be reached at a gathering of European ministers next week. EU foreign ministers will discuss the situation in Syria during a meeting in Brussels on Jan. 27. European officials began rethinking their …
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By Joshua McElwee VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis is not expected to veto President Donald Trump’s choice of a high-profile critic of his papacy as the next U.S. ambassador to the Holy See, according to two senior Vatican officials, despite misgivings about his stance on many issues. Brian Burch, who leads a right-wing advocacy …
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By Samia Nakhoul and Leela de Kretser DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) – Iran delivered a conciliatory message to Western leaders in Davos on Wednesday, with a top official denying it wants nuclear weapons and offering talks about opportunities, days after its arch adversary Donald Trump’s return to the White House. However, the comments by Iran’s Vice-President …
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By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Dawoud Abu Alkas CAIRO/GAZA (Reuters) – Guns may have fallen silent in Gaza, but for Mahmoud Abu Dalfa, the agony is not over. He is desperately searching for the bodies of his wife and five children trapped under the rubble of his house since the early months of the war. Abu …
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MADRID (Reuters) – Spain’s minority leftist government suffered a new setback in the lower house of parliament on Wednesday, when lawmakers rejected several decrees, including an extension of a windfall tax for energy companies and transport subsidies. The administration of Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez faces a balancing act in every vote as it weighs …
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BERLIN (Reuters) – A local chapter of the far-right Alternative for Germany party said on Wednesday its account had been terminated by the cooperative bank where it keeps its money, describing the move as part of the election campaign against it. When contacted by Reuters, Volksbank Duesseldorf-Neuss said it would not comment on any customer …
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PARIS (Reuters) – France ordered the Venezuelan embassy to reduce its diplomatic staff in Paris on Wednesday, giving some diplomats five days to leave the country in a tit-for-tat move after Caracas ordered French and other European diplomats out. “This decision is a reciprocal measure following the Venezuelan authorities’ decision of Jan. 14 to reduce …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia sees a small window of opportunity to do deals with Donald Trump but Moscow is making preparations for President Vladimir Putin’s future discussions with the new U.S. president, Russia’s diplomat overseeing U.S. relations said on Wednesday. Trump, in his inauguration speech, said he was saved by God from an assassin’s bullet in …
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