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Ugandan UN judge jailed in Britain for more than six years for forced labour offence

LONDON (Reuters) - A Ugandan and United Nations judge was jailed in Britain for over six years on Fr...

2nd May, 2025

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King Charles to attend Canada's state opening of parliament

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's King Charles and his wife Queen Camilla will visit Canada from May 26 t...

2nd May, 2025

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Senior staff at E.ON and British Gas jailed in UK for accepting bribes

LONDON (Reuters) - Former senior staff members at energy firms E.ON and Centrica's British Gas have...

2nd May, 2025

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Russia not a threat to NATO, Romanian hard-right presidental favourite says

By Luiza Ilie BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romanian hard-right politician George Simion, poised to win Sund...

2nd May, 2025

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Huge New York sign tells under-fire Valencia leader he need not return home

MADRID (Reuters) -A giant digital sign in New York's Times Square told beleaguered Spanish politicia...

2nd May, 2025

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Exclusive-NATO's Rutte floats including broader security spending to hit Trump's 5% defence target

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - NATO chief Mark Rutte has proposed alliance members boost defence spending to 3...

2nd May, 2025

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Belarus opposition warns against concessions to Lukashenko over release of US prisoner

By Mark Trevelyan (Reuters) - The United States should not be "fooled" by Belarusian President Alexa...

2nd May, 2025

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Arbitrators issue mixed ruling in EU-UK fishing rights dispute

BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Arbitrators asked to settle a dispute between Britain and the European Union ove...

2nd May, 2025

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Factbox-Why has German spy agency classified far-right AfD as 'extremist'?

By Thomas Escritt and Holger Hansen BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's spy agency on Friday classified the...

2nd May, 2025

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Chile cancels tsunami alert after quake triggered evacuations in Antarctica and far south

(Reuters) -A magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck Drake Passage between Cape Horn and Antarctica at a dep...

2nd May, 2025

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Investors snap up European equity funds, but flee from US funds for a third straight week

(Reuters) -European equity funds attracted the largest weekly inflow in over a year in the week endi...

2nd May, 2025

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Prince Harry 'devastated' after losing legal fight with UK government over police protection

LONDON (Reuters) -Prince Harry on Friday lost his legal challenge to changes to his security arrange...

2nd May, 2025