By Angelo Amante and Giuseppe Fonte ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni urged the European Court of Justice (ECJ) on Tuesday to dismiss objections to her government’s flagship plan to send sea migrants to Albania. EU judges have been asked to weigh in on the scheme by Italian courts, which have enraged Meloni …
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By Andreas Rinke and Matthias Williams BERLIN (Reuters) -Germany’s main political parties were unveiling their manifestos on Tuesday, offering competing visions to lift Europe’s largest economy out of the doldrums while fighting off a far-right surge ahead of a snap election on Feb. 23. Germans will go to the polls after Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s three-way …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s parliament passed a law that would allow for the suspension of bans on groups that Moscow has designated as terrorist organisations on Tuesday – paving the way for it to normalise relations with the Afghan Taliban and potentially with the new rulers of Syria. No country currently recognises the Taliban government …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain on Tuesday sanctioned 20 ships that it said were using illicit practices to avoid sanctions on Russian oil, its latest measures targeting Russia’s so-called shadow fleet of vessels. “As (Russian President Vladimir) Putin’s oil revenues continue to fuel the fires of his illegal war, Ukrainian families are enduring cold, dark nights, …
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DAMASCUS (Reuters) -German and French officials are due to meet representatives of Syria’s new governing authorities in Damascus on Tuesday, expanding Western contacts with the new administration after British diplomats met its leader Ahmed al-Sharaa late on Monday. Nine days after Bashar al-Assad was ousted, the new prime minister installed by Sharaa’s Islamist Hayat Tahrir …
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COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -Denmark has rejected a Japanese request to extradite anti-whaling activist Paul Watson over criminal charges dating back more than a decade, a Danish lawyer representing Watson said on Tuesday. U.S.-Canadian Watson, 74, founder of the Sea Shepherd conservationist group and of the Captain Paul Watson Foundation, has now been released from detention in …
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By Johann M Cherian (Reuters) – Greek stocks are fast becoming a popular option for investors, with some expecting an upgrade to coveted developed-market status next year, as the economy outpaces its euro zone peers and bank stocks roar ahead. The Athens General Stocks Index has risen 13.1% so far in 2024, building on a …
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By Helen Coster and Jack Queen NEW YORK (Reuters) – President-elect Donald Trump on Monday stepped up his legal threats against news outlets and said he would also consider suing social media influencers and others for defamation, two days after ABC News agreed to settle a lawsuit with him. “It costs a lot of money …
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FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Thyssenkrupp Nucera, which makes electrolysers that are needed to produce low-carbon hydrogen, said on Tuesday it could quickly shift resources elsewhere if U.S. policies under President-elect Donald Trump proved negative for the sector. Clean-tech players have been concerned over what a Trump presidency might mean for the industry, fearing substantial cuts to …
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By Lucy Papachristou LONDON (Reuters) – Russia’s lower house of parliament, the State Duma, unanimously approved a bill on Tuesday that tightens restrictions on income received by those Moscow has designated as “foreign agents”. Russian law requires any person or organisation receiving support from outside Russia or who Moscow says is under foreign influence to …
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