By Michael Kahn, Anna Koper and Robert Muller PRAGUE/WARSAW (Reuters) – Eastern Europe’s arms industry is churning out guns, artillery shells and other military supplies at a pace not seen since the Cold War as governments in the region lead efforts to aid Ukraine in its fight against Russia. Allies have been supplying Kyiv with …
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By Crispian Balmer ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s only Black lawmaker suspended himself from his left-wing party on Thursday after his family was accused of mismanaging funds and exploiting staff at two associations meant to help immigrants. The growing scandal has dealt a severe political blow to Aboubakar Soumahoro, Italy’s best-known activist for migrants’ rights who …
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By Elizabeth Pineau PARIS (Reuters) -France’s lower house on Thursday voted by a large majority to enshrine abortion rights in the constitution, with MPs on the left and centre saying the U.S. Supreme Court’s overturning of a landmark ruling in June showed the need for new steps. Parliament approved the motion, put forward by the …
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TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen on Thursday cast this weekend’s local elections as a referendum on her leadership, saying a vote for her party’s candidates was a vote for her and her commitment to “take good care” of Taiwan and ensure peace with China. Tsai’s second term in office runs out in 2024 …
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By David Alire Garcia MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – An extensive cache of Aztec ritual offerings found underneath downtown Mexico City, off the steps of what would have been the empire’s holiest shrine, provides new insight into pre-Hispanic religious rites and political propaganda. Sealed in stone boxes five centuries ago at the foot of the temple, …
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By Ricardo Brito and Maria Carolina Marcello BRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s attempt to challenge the election he lost last month appears weak on the merits, according to electoral experts and political analysts, but could still fire up his supporters who have been protesting his loss. In a complaint filed with the Supreme Electoral …
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By Gabriel Stargardter and Brad Haynes RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – The United States is looking to crack down on environmental criminals behind surging deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon, using penalties such as Magnitsky sanctions to tackle climate change more aggressively, U.S. sources and officials told Reuters. The plan represents a major shift in Washington’s …
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ISTANBUL (Reuters) – An earthquake of magnitude 5.9 shook northwest Turkey and was felt in Istanbul early on Wednesday, injuring 50 people and damaging some buildings in the province of Duzce, a government disaster agency and state media said. There were no reports of deaths or major destruction in the tremor, which struck at 04:08 …
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By Steven Grattan and Gabriel Araujo SAO PAULO (Reuters) – A journalist covering the soccer World Cup in Qatar on Tuesday said local police hassled him outside a stadium after a regional Brazilian flag was mistaken for an LGBTQ pride flag. Brazilian Victor Pereira said authorities seized his phone after he recorded a man’s negative …
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STORY_NUMBER: L1N32B20C STORY_DATE: 15/11/2022 STORY_TIME: 1932 GMT
