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By Giulio Piovaccari MILAN (Reuters) -European automakers’ shares jumped on Thursday after U.S. President Donald Trump gave carmakers a one-month reprieve from his punishing 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico, with Chrysler-to-Fiat maker Stellantis pledging more American-made cars. Stellantis, whose shares popped 1.5%, thanked Trump for the tariff pause, and pledged to help the U.S. …

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STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -NATO’s newest member Sweden plans to contribute up to eight Jas Gripen fighter jets to the defence alliance’s air policing in Poland, Foreign Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard said on Thursday. Stenergard said a day before the one-year anniversary of Sweden’s accession that its government proposes to participate in NATO air policing, and the …

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By Charlotte Greenfield, Federico Maccioni, Joanna Plucinska and Lisa Barrington DUBAI/KABUL/LONDON (Reuters) – Airlines are turning to a network of third parties to pay fees to Afghan authorities as more planes use the country’s airspace, increasing the risk of legal disputes and money laundering, according to pilots, aviation executives and lawyers. In the last year …

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MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin appointed Alexander Darchiev, a veteran diplomat known in the past for public denunciations of the West, as ambassador to the United States on Thursday to lead a rapprochement that has stunned Ukraine and European countries. The Foreign Ministry said last week Washington had given it the green light at …

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By Steve Holland and Matt Spetalnick WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States broke a longstanding diplomatic taboo by holding secret talks with Hamas on securing the release of U.S. hostages held in Gaza, sources told Reuters on Wednesday, while President Donald Trump warned of “hell to pay” should the Palestinian militant group not comply. U.S. …

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By Jessie Pang and Anson Law HONG KONG (Reuters) -Hong Kong’s top court unanimously overturned on Thursday the convictions of three former members of a pro-democracy group that organised an annual candlelight vigil to mark China’s 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown, citing a miscarriage of justice. The ruling is a rare victory for Hong Kong’s pro-democracy …

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By Peter Eisler, Mike Spector, Ned Parker and Nate Raymond WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Marshals have warned federal judges of unusually high threat levels as tech billionaire Elon Musk and other Trump administration allies ramp up efforts to discredit judges who stand in the way of White House efforts to slash federal jobs and programs, …

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