PARIS (Reuters) – France’s Catholic Church called on prosecutors on Friday to open a probe into sexual assault accusations against the late French priest Abbe Pierre, who was a lifelong campaigner for the poor and homeless, and potential cover-ups of such abuse. Henri-Antoine Groues, better known as Abbe Pierre, was a Roman Catholic priest who …
MILAN (Reuters) – Italy’s natural gas consumption fell to its lowest level in more than 15 years to 61.7 billion cubic metres (bcm) in 2024, the country’s power market manager GME said on Friday. An overall 2.5% annual drop was mainly due to a decrease in the use of gas in power generation, while consumption …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian told his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Friday he believed their two countries could finalise agreements on the construction of a nuclear power plant in Iran. The two were meeting in the Kremlin before the planned signing of a strategic cooperation treaty. (Reporting by Vladimir Soldatkin. Writing by …
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BERLIN (Reuters) – German authorities are to lift an emergency ordinance to stop the spread of the livestock illness foot-and-mouth disease at the end of the day, the agriculture ministry in the eastern state of Brandenburg said on Friday. (Reporting by Friederike Heine, Editing by Miranda Murray)
PARIS (Reuters) – A French maritime patrol aircraft was the target of Russian intimidation on Wednesday over the Baltic Sea, France’s Defence Minister said on Friday. The plane was patrolling in international airspace when it was locked onto by the radar of an S400 ground-to-air defence system, Sebastien Lecornu said. “This aggressive Russian action is …
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FRANKFURT (Reuters) – The European Central Bank should not rush to lower interest rates because inflation remains high and uncertainty great, ECB policymaker Joachim Nagel said in an interview published on Friday. The Bundesbank president also told German financial newsletter Platow Brief that he still expected the Basel III global banking rules to be implemented …
By Andy Sullivan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The day before he left the White House in 2021, Donald Trump vowed to remain a force in U.S. politics. “The movement we started is only just beginning,” he said in a farewell video. What might have seemed then to be wishful thinking now sounds like a prophecy. Trump …
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VILNIUS (Reuters) – Lithuania has committed to allocating 5% to 6% of its GDP for defence between 2026 and 2030, its foreign minister said on Friday. “Difficult times require bold decisions and leadership. We call on our allies to follow this lead. The era of passive ‘sit-and-wait’ strategies is over”, Foreign Minister Kestutis Budrys wrote …
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JERUSALEM (Reuters) – The Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal is expected to begin as originally scheduled on Sunday, the Israeli prime minister’s office said, after hours of uncertainty over the timing of final cabinet approval of the deal. “Pending approval by the Security Cabinet and the Government, and the agreement taking effect, the release …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian forces have retaken 63.2% of the territory captured by Ukraine in the Kursk region of western Russia, the Russian defence ministry said on Friday. Reuters could not independently verify the ministry’s statement, which said Russia had recaptured four settlements in the first two weeks of January. Ukrainian troops burst across the …
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