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ROME/BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Police across Europe arrested more than 100 people on Wednesday in a massive crackdown that targeted the Italian ‘Ndrangheta mafia, with suspects accused of drugs and weapons trafficking with counterparts in Latin America. “Today’s raids are one of the largest operations carried out so far in the fight against Italian organised crime,” said …

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BERLIN (Reuters) -German police said on Wednesday Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy would travel to Berlin on May 13, though a security source later told Reuters that the public disclosure of the visit was premature and it was now unclear if it would go ahead. Police and local media had reported that Zelenskiy would travel to …

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By Mark Trevelyan (Reuters) -Russia accused Ukraine on Wednesday of attacking the Kremlin with drones overnight in a failed attempt to kill President Vladimir Putin. A senior Ukrainian presidential official denied the accusation – the most serious that Moscow has levelled at Kyiv in more than 14 months of war – and said it indicated …

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By Aleksandar Vasovic BELGRADE (Reuters) – Serbia, where a schoolboy opened fire on his classmates on Wednesday, has an entrenched gun culture, especially in rural areas, but also strict gun control laws. The entire western Balkans are awash with hundreds of thousands of illegal weapons following 1990s wars in Croatia, Bosnia and Kosovo where ethnic …

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By Ron Bousso LONDON (Reuters) -The world’s top 11 energy traders made around $77 billion in earnings last year, more than double the previous year, as they benefited from extreme price volatility following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Bernstein analysts said on Wednesday. Shell and BP, the world’s two energy largest traders in volume, delivered around …

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(Reuters) -Italy’s ‘Ndrangheta has supplanted Sicily’s Cosa Nostra as the country’s most powerful mafia organisation, and has spread across Europe and the rest of the world. Here are a few facts about the fearsome group. ORIGIN, CELEBRITY KIDNAPPING AND COCAINE The ‘Ndrangheta originates from Calabria, the impoverished southern region at the tip of Italy’s boot. …

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By Valentina Za MILAN (Reuters) – UniCredit Chief Executive Andrea Orcel on Wednesday said buying back the banks’ own shares was the best use of its money, with no merger and acquisition deal offering a valid alternative. A 40% rise in UniCredit’s share price this year has fuelled speculation that Orcel, who built his career …

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LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s antitrust regulator was on Wednesday refused permission to appeal against a ruling that it had no power to open an investigation into Apple Inc’s mobile browser and cloud gaming services. Apple won an appeal in March against the decision by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) to open a full investigation into …

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By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) – EU countries and lawmakers have reached a deal to protect the bloc’s traditional crafts and industrial products ranging from Murano glass to Solingen cutlery, with a new system aimed at boosting local areas and fighting counterfeits. Proposed by the European Commission in April last year, the new scheme …

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