By Samia Nakhoul and Marwa Rashad DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister said on Tuesday he did not see Donald Trump’s new administration increasing the risk of an Israel-Iran conflict, addressing an issue the region has feared since the start of Israel’s war in Gaza. Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud also said in …
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By Radovan Stoklasa and Jan Lopatka BRATISLAVA (Reuters) -Slovakia’s opposition accused Prime Minister Robert Fico on Tuesday of laying the groundwork to take the country out of the European Union, but dropped its no-confidence motion to dismiss him and his leftist-nationalist government. Fico in turn accused the liberal pro-Western opposition of planning protests that would …
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By Samia Nakhoul and Marwa Rashad DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) – Qatar’s Prime Minister said in Davos on Tuesday he hoped the Palestinian Authority would return to play a governing role in Gaza once the war with Israel comes to an end. Speaking at the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Switzerland, two days after the …
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By Ludwig Burger FRANKFURT (Reuters) – The leader of Germany’s conservative CDU, the party’s candidate to run for chancellor, said on Tuesday that the nation should focus on efforts to reach existing NATO defence spending targets before discussing any further increases. “For the next three to four years we will have to focus on reaching …
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By Layli Foroudi FORT-DE-FRANCE, Martinique (Reuters) – A protest leader in Martinique went on trial on Tuesday accused of trespassing on state property during cost-of-living demonstrations in a case his supporters say is another heavy-handed attempt to stop dissent in France’s overseas territories. Rodrigue Petitot, 42, known as “Le R”, led last year’s social movement …
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By Dmitry Antonov, Guy Faulconbridge and Liz Lee MOSCOW/BEIJING (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping discussed on Tuesday how to build ties with Donald Trump, prospects for a peace deal to end the war in Ukraine and Moscow’s firm support for Beijing’s position on Taiwan. Xi and Putin, who spoke for …
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By Luiza Ilie BUCHAREST (Reuters) -The European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday rejected an appeal by Romania’s far-right presidential candidate to overturn a domestic court decision to annul a December presidential election. Calin Georgescu was the frontrunner after the first round of the Nov. 24 presidential election. However, Romania’s highest court annulled the ballot …
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By Kate Abnett and Virginia Furness BRUSSELS/LONDON (Reuters) – A second U.S. withdrawal from the world’s primary climate pact will have a bigger impact – in the U.S. and globally – than the country’s first retreat in 2017, analysts and diplomats told Reuters. One of President Donald Trump’s first acts on returning to office on …
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(Reuters) – Slovakia’s opposition parties withdrew their parliamentary no-confidence motion aiming to dismiss the cabinet of Prime Minster Robert Fico on Tuesday, parliament deputy speaker Peter Ziga said. The opposition had protested Fico’s motion to make the session secret on grounds he was sharing confidential information, and said it would call new no-confidence vote in …
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DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Tuesday he does not support freedom of speech when it is used for extreme-right views, a day after a hand gesture by U.S. billionaire Elon Musk caused uproar during Donald Trump’s inauguration festivities. “We have the freedom of speech in Europe and in Germany. Everyone …
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