By Sara Rossi MILAN (Reuters) – Milan’s famed La Scala opera house kicks off its new season on Saturday with a Giuseppe Verdi drama adapted to the modern day to tell the tragedy of war, as conflicts rage around the world from Ukraine to the Middle East. The original plot of La Forza del Destino …
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By Yves Herman THE HAGUE (Reuters) -One person died, three were injured and an unknown number of people were missing after a building in The Hague collapsed on Saturday following explosions and a fire, the mayor of the Dutch city said. Jan van Zanen told a news conference those missing were believed to be buried …
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MILAN (Reuters) -Stellantis on Friday said it planned to rejoin European auto lobby ACEA, which it had left at the beginning of 2023, in a move that might flag a more cautious stance for the automaker on its electrification plans. “Stellantis, Europe’s second largest carmaker, confirms that it intends to apply for membership of ACEA,” …
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By Felix Light (Reuters) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Saturday it was inadmissible to allow what he called a terrorist group to take control of Syrian lands. He was speaking in the Qatari capital Doha after meeting the Turkish and Iranian foreign ministers following a rapid advance by Syrian rebels led by …
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By Giuseppe Fonte and Valentina Za ROME (Reuters) – France’s Credit Agricole had informal backing from the Italian government before it said on Friday it was raising its stake in Banco BPM, two sources close to the matter told Reuters. The increase intensifies a banking battle in Italy, begun when UniCredit last month made a …
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DOHA (Reuters) – Igor Sechin, the head of Russia’s largest oil producer Rosneft, on Saturday said he approved of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s proposals to defend domestic energy producers. Speaking at a conference in Qatar, he said that Trump’s promises during his election campaign involved “fitting” economic measures, including protecting domestic energy producers and the …
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By Andrew Osborn (Reuters) -Two strategically-important Russian military facilities in Syria and Moscow’s very presence in the Middle East are under serious threat from rapidly advancing insurgents, Russian war bloggers have warned. With Russian military resources mostly tied down in Ukraine where Moscow’s forces are rushing to take more territory before Donald Trump comes to …
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(Reuters) -The Premier League clash between Everton and Liverpool has been postponed due to adverse weather conditions, hosts Everton said on Saturday. The Merseyside derby, scheduled later on Saturday at Goodison Park, is the first English top-flight soccer match to be postponed over storm Darragh. The decision to postpone was taken following a safety advisory …
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By Sarah Marsh BERLIN (Reuters) -The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) on Saturday nominated co-leader Alice Weidel as its first chancellor candidate in the party’s 11-year history, setting out its bid for power ahead of a snap election due in February. The party is not likely to form part of a governing coalition any time …
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FRANKFURT (Reuters) – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is not ruling out Berlin potentially taking a stake in the steel business of conglomerate Thyssenkrupp, he told a German newspaper. “I’m not taking any option off the table now,” he told Funke Media Group when asked whether such a move was possible, adding the German government had …
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