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Western governments expand contacts with Syria’s new leadership

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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Denmark will not extradite anti-whaling activist Paul Watson to Japan, lawyer says

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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Greek stocks find love as turnaround efforts pay off

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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Thyssenkrupp Nucera prepared for any US shift on green hydrogen

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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Russia’s Duma passes bill tightening control over income of ‘foreign agents’

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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Denmark issues construction permit for 240 MW offshore wind farm

By Nora Buli OSLO (Reuters) – The Danish Energy Agency has granted a construction permit for 240-megawatt (MW) Jammerland Bugt offshore wind farm, which is expected to start operating in 2029, developer European Energy said on Tuesday. The project is located in the Bay of Jammerland, on the western side of the island of Zealand. …

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Shell executive steps down to lead Orsted’s US offshore wind

By Ron Bousso LONDON (Reuters) – Shell’s head of renewables in the Americas Amanda Dasch will leave the company to join Danish offshore wind giant Orsted in January as head of its U.S. operations. The departure of the veteran executive comes shortly after Shell announced it will halt investments in new offshore wind projects as …

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Israel budget passes but vote shows cracks in Netanyahu’s coalition

By Steven Scheer JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli lawmakers narrowly approved the country’s 2025 state budget in an initial vote despite a rebellion by one of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition partners demanding he fire Israel’s attorney general. The 59-57 vote in the Knesset, or parliament, to pass the wartime austerity budget in its first of …

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Sweden could take stake in new nuclear power plants, minister says

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Sweden is considering taking a stake in the new nuclear power plants it wants the private sector to build over the coming decades to meet an expected surge in demand for fossil-free electricity, the government said on Tuesday. “We haven’t closed the door to that,” Markets Minister Niklas Wykman told reporters on …

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Soccer-Struggling Wolves agree deal to appoint Portuguese Pereira as coach – report

(Reuters) – Wolverhampton Wanderers have agreed a deal for Portuguese Vitor Pereira to become their new coach after the sacking of Gary O’Neil, Sky Sports reported on Tuesday. Pereira currently manages Saudi Arabian side Al-Shabab, who are sixth in the Saudi Pro League. His other managerial spells include Flamengo, Fenerbahce, Olympiakos and Porto, among several …

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