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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia said on Monday it had downed nine Ukrainian drones that tried to attack part of the infrastructure of the TurkStream gas pipeline, through which Russian gas flows to Turkey and Europe, and called the attack an “act of energy terrorism”. The Russian defence ministry said the attack was aimed against a …

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MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Kremlin said on Monday that the latest round of U.S. sanctions on the Russian energy sector risked destabilising global markets, and Moscow would do everything possible to minimise their impact. “It is clear that the United States will continue to try to undermine the positions of our companies in non-competitive ways, …

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BRUSSELS (Reuters) – NATO chief Mark Rutte told the European Union on Monday not to create barriers that would prevent companies from NATO countries that are outside the EU from taking part in its defence industrial push. The European Commission, the EU’s executive body, last year proposed spending 1.5 billion euros to give countries incentives …

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BRUSSELS (Reuters) – A nationwide strike in protest against possible pension reforms crippled air and rail traffic in Belgium on Monday and many schools remained shut. Almost half of all flights at Brussels airport were cancelled as luggage handlers, security and other ground staff went on strike, while national train operator NMBS said it was …

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HAMBURG (Reuters) -Germany’s meat and dairy exports outside the EU face severe restrictions after the country’s first case of the livestock disease foot-and-mouth was confirmed on Friday, the country’s agriculture ministry said. German authorities confirmed the country’s first outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in nearly 40 years in a herd of water buffalo on the outskirts …

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JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Angry members of some of the families of Israeli hostages still held in Gaza harangued Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich on Monday over his opposition to a deal being negotiated in Qatar to halt the fighting and bring their relatives home. Smotrich described the deal taking shape as “a catastrophe” for Israel’s security …

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