AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Dutch F-35 fighter jets intercepted three Russian aircraft over the Baltic Sea on Friday and escorted them at a distance over international waters to the border of the NATO area of ​​responsibility, the Dutch defence ministry said on Monday. Since December, Dutch F-35s have been patrolling NATO’s eastern border. As part of …
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By Elvira Pollina and Giuseppe Fonte MILAN (Reuters) – Italy plans to begin tests as early as January to see if the satellite-based connectivity offered by Elon Musk’s Starlink is a viable solution to boosting the rollout of high-speed internet in the country, two sources close to the matter said. Officials in Giorgia Meloni’s right …
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By Nora Buli OSLO (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin does not truly understand the destructive power of nuclear weapons, a 92-year-old survivor of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki said on Monday, on the eve of his Japanese survivors’ group receiving the Nobel Peace Prize. Terumi Tanaka was referring to threats made by Putin and …
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By Anthony Deutsch THE HAGUE (Reuters) -The downfall of Syria’s Bashar al-Assad, found to have used chemical weapons against his own people on multiple occasions during the civil war, creates an opportunity to rid the country of banned munitions, diplomatic sources said on Monday. The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) said it …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. wholesale inventories rebounded moderately in October amid a small rise in stocks of long-lasting manufactured goods. The Commerce Department’s Census Bureau said on Monday that wholesale inventories increased 0.2% as estimated last month. Stocks at wholesalers fell 0.2% in September. Economists polled by Reuters had expected that the gain in inventories, …
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DUBLIN (Reuters) – Ireland’s two largest centre-right parties will begin talks on forming a new government this week before seeking support of a junior partner to reach a majority in parliament, their leaders said after a meeting on Monday. Fianna Fail and Fine Gael, Ireland’s dominant parties who led the outgoing government, fell just two …
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TBILISI (Reuters) – Violent clashes in Georgia between the police and protesters in recent weeks and “unacceptable” police brutality against the demonstrators present clear grounds for the European Union to impose sanctions, the EU ambassador to Georgia said on Monday. “What has been happening in Georgia over the last 12 days clearly calls for sanctions …
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(Reuters) – Citigroup has lowered its expectations for an interest-rate cut at the U.S. Federal Reserve’s December meeting, joining peers in predicting a 25-basis-point reduction, following robust nonfarm payrolls data. Brokerages including Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs reiterated their expectation of a 25-basis-point cut after the jobs data. Data showed nonfarm payrolls increased by 227,000 …
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MADRID (Reuters) – Catalan separatist party Junts introduced a measure in Spain’s lower house on Monday urging Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez to submit to a motion of confidence, further straining the fragile minority government that relies on Junts backing to pass laws. Junts – which locked horns with Madrid over a failed 2017 bid to …
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By Dhara Ranasinghe and Stefano Rebaudo LONDON (Reuters) -The European Central Bank looks set to cut rates again on Thursday as inflation heads down, and financial markets are keen for a sense of whether a more challenging environment will spark speedier moves ahead. Since the October meeting, a U.S. election win for Donald Trump has …
