By Ludwig Burger and Jennifer Rigby FRANKFURT -German authorities on Thursday identified the northern city of Hamburg as the location where a sewage sample containing the wild form of the polio virus had been found, saying a task force had been established and more samples would be taken. The nation’s main public health body, Robert …
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(Reuters) -Spanish police said on Thursday they had dismantled an international crime ring accused of trafficking minors from the Canary Islands to France, arresting 11 people in an operation that spanned Lanzarote, Madrid and Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. “Four of the suspects have been placed in pre-trial detention on charges related to organised crime, …
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By Jennifer Rigby LONDON (Reuters) -Germany has found the wild polio virus in a sewage sample in Hamburg, the first such detection in Europe since 2010. WHAT IS POLIO? Polio, short for poliomyelitis, is an infectious disease that terrified parents worldwide for much of the first half of the 20th century. Affecting mainly children under …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia’s Port Alliance group, which operates a network of sea cargo terminals, said on Thursday that foreign hackers had targeted its systems over three days in a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack and an attempted hack. It said in a statement that critical elements of its digital infrastructure had been targeted with …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia’s oil processing has fallen just 3% this year despite Ukraine’s biggest drone attacks to date as refineries averted a steep decline in fuel production by leveraging spare capacity to offset damage from the strikes, sources said and data showed. Ukraine has ramped up drone attacks deep inside Russia, aiming to knock out …
BRUSSELS/BARCELONA (Reuters) -A disputed Spanish law granting an amnesty to those involved in Catalonia’s separatist drive does not violate European Union rules and is part of a genuine political reconciliation process, an adviser to the EU’s top court said on Thursday. The decision by Advocate General Dean Spielmann is a boost to Prime Minister Pedro …
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By Anirban Sen NEW YORK (Reuters) -InPlay Global, a new platform that allows investors to trade securities tied to the performance of sports teams, signed a partnership on Wednesday with exchange operator MEMX ahead of the launch of its trading venue next year. The tie-up comes at a time when sports betting is booming in …
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By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The European Parliament on Thursday approved the EU’s plan to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 90% by 2040 and outsource 5% of that target to countries outside the bloc via carbon credits, paving the way for it to be passed into EU law. The plan falls short of the target …
BUZET, Croatia (Reuters) -It is white truffle season and Ivana Karlic Ban and her two dogs cruise the autumn-coloured forests of Croatia’s northwestern Istria region in hunt of one of the world’s most expensive delicacies. The white truffle, an underground fungus that only grows from September to December in symbiosis with some trees, can be found …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) -The Kremlin said on Thursday that Ukraine would have to negotiate with Russia “sooner or later” and predicted that Kyiv’s negotiating position would get worse by the day. Moscow, whose forces are trying to take control of the city of Pokrovsk in eastern Ukraine, has accused Ukrainian officials of refusing to engage in …
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