Xi’s trip to Europe may lay bare West’s divisions over China strategy
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By Laurie Chen and Michel Rose BEIJING/PARIS (Reuters) -Chinese President Xi Jinping heads to Europe for the first time in five years next week in a visit that may lay bare European divisions over trade with Beijing and how the continent positions itself as a pole between the United States and China. Xi travels to…
Israeli private eye arrested in London over alleged hacking for US firm
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By Sam Tobin LONDON (Reuters) -An Israeli private investigator wanted by the United States was arrested in London over allegations that he carried out a cyberespionage campaign on behalf of an unidentified American PR firm, a London court heard on Thursday. But an initial attempt to extradite Amit Forlit to the United Sates was thrown…
Russian troops enter base housing US military in Niger, US official says
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By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Russian military personnel have entered an air base in Niger that is hosting U.S. troops, a senior U.S. defense official told Reuters, a move that follows a decision by Niger’s junta to expel U.S. forces from the country. The military officers ruling the West African nation…
Berkeley takes light-touch on Gaza protests. Columbia called the police
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By Andrew Hay (Reuters) -At Columbia University, tensions between the administration and students protesting over Israel’s war in Gaza have reached the point that scores of New York City police marched onto campus to clear an encampment and arrest demonstrators who had commandeered a classroom building. It was the second time in as many weeks…
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(Reuters) -Pro-Palestinian protests demanding a ceasefire in Gaza and divestment from companies linked to Israel have spread across U.S. universities in the two weeks since Columbia University administrators called in police to dismantle an encampment on their New York City campus. Below is a timeline of significant events in the biggest wave of U.S. student…
Fresh chaos, arrests on US college campuses as police flatten camp at UCLA
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By Lisa Richwine and Arlene Washington LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Police forcibly removed scores of defiant pro-Palestinian protesters at several colleges on Thursday, including taking down an encampment at UCLA in a jarring scene that underscored the heightened chaos that has erupted at universities this week. In the pre-dawn hours, helmeted police swarmed a tent city…
Ukraine may have talks eventually with Russia, intelligence officer says
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(Reuters) – Ukraine will at some point have to enter into talks with Russia to bring an end to their more than two-year-old war, a senior Ukrainian intelligence official said in an interview published on Thursday. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has repeatedly ruled out talks with the Kremlin, and a decree he issued after Russia…
Israel issues Sweden Eurovision travel warning amid planned protests
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By Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen MALMO, Sweden (Reuters) – Planned protests against Israel taking part in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest have made members of the Jewish community in Swedish host city Malmo anxious and prompted an Israeli warning against travelling to the event. Sweden has promised a dazzling show from May 7-11, but it will take…
EU, US urge Georgia to halt ‘foreign agents’ bill as protests continue
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By Felix Light TBILISI (Reuters) -The European Union and U.S. on Thursday condemned legislation making its way through Georgia’s parliament on “foreign agents” and thousands of protesters snarled traffic in the capital with a peaceful protest against the bill. The bill would require organisations receiving more than 20% of their funding from abroad to register…
Dozens arrested after London protest blocking removal of asylum seekers
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LONDON (Reuters) -British police arrested 45 people on Thursday during a protest in London against the transfer of asylum seekers staying in a hotel to a barge off southern England. Dozens of protesters outside the hotel in Peckham, southeast London, attempted to stop a bus carrying the asylum seekers from leaving, reportedly deflating its tyres…
UK’s Boris Johnson, who introduced voter ID rule, forgets his while voting
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(Changes day to Thursday from Friday in paragraphs 1 and 2) LONDON (Reuters) -Former British prime minister Boris Johnson, who introduced a contentious requirement for voters to show photo ID while voting, was turned away from a polling station on Thursday for forgetting to bring his. British media reported that Johnson, who quit in 2022…
Britain’s Cameron, in Kyiv, promises Ukraine aid for ‘as long as it takes’
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By Max Hunder KYIV (Reuters) – British Foreign Secretary David Cameron promised three billion pounds ($3.74 billion) of annual military aid for Ukraine for “as long as it takes” on Thursday, adding that London had no objection to the weapons being used inside Russia. “We will give three billion pounds every year for as long…
Russian guided bombs injure eight children in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region
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(Reuters) -At least eight children were injured in Ukraine’s northeastern Kharkiv region on Thursday when Russian guided bombs struck a site close to a sports complex where they had been training, local officials said. The town of Derhachi where the incident occurred is a frequent target of Russian aerial strikes. Police said the bombs had…
Exclusive-UBS weighs asset management overhaul to reduce costs, sources say
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By Stefania Spezzati and Oliver Hirt LONDON/ZURICH (Reuters) – UBS is weighing plans to cut several hundred million dollars of costs in its asset management division as the bank studies options for a business whose profit is under pressure, people with knowledge of the discussions told Reuters. The initial focus of the review will be…
Greek summer wildfire threat nears, outpacing plans to contain it
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By Angeliki Koutantou ATHENS (Reuters) – When firefighters arrived at a blaze in a pine forest on the Greek island of Rhodes last July, flames were already leaping above the trees into the night sky. The volunteers needed to act fast, but dense vegetation on the forest floor blocked access. With crews unable to get…
Russia shipping fuel to North Korea above UN cap – White House
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By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Russia has been quietly shipping refined petroleum to North Korea at levels that appear to violate a cap imposed by the United Nations Security Council, the White House said on Thursday, with new sanctions to come soon in response. The disclosure came on the first day after a U.N.…
Russia says it sees no point in Ukraine peace talks in Switzerland
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ZURICH (Reuters) -Russia said on Thursday it saw no point in a conference being planned by Switzerland in mid-June to discuss how to end the Ukraine conflict and to which Moscow is not currently invited. The Swiss government said on Thursday that “at this stage” Russia is not among the dozens of countries invited, adding…
France, Japan to start talks on reciprocal troops pact
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By John Irish PARIS (Reuters) -France and Japan agreed on Thursday to start formal talks on a reciprocal troop access deal, strengthening military cooperation in amid rising maritime tensions in the Indo-Pacific region and the war in Ukraine. The G7 allies have held numerous joint military exercises in recent years, bilaterally and as part of…
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SARAJEVO (Reuters) – The Serbian parliament approved a coalition government on Thursday, which newly elected Prime Minister Milos Vucevic described as a “government of continuity” that will lead the Balkan country through geopolitical challenges and tensions with Kosovo. Most of ministers in the 31-member government come from the ruling Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) that won…
Sustainable living offers hope for future for Hungarian families
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By Krisztina Than and Krisztina Fenyo LADANYBENE, Hungary (Reuters) – Laszlo Kemencei lives as sustainably as possible on his small farm in eastern Hungary. He believes the land is effectively borrowed from his young daughter, so he must do all he can to preserve it for the future. Kemencei, 28, wife Cintia and Boroka, almost…
