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Image for Putin returns 'Iron Felix' Dzerzhinsky to Russia's spy school
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Putin returns 'Iron Felix' Dzerzhinsky to Russia's spy school

By Guy Faulconbridge MOSCOW, April 24 (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin has ordered Russia's Fede...

24th April, 2026

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European states accuse Russia of trying to erase memory of Stalin's crimes after monument disappears

By Andrew Osborn MOSCOW, April 23 (Reuters) - Four European states accused Russia on Thursday of try...

23rd April, 2026

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King Charles honours 'darling mama' on what would have been her 100th birthday

By Michael Holden LONDON, April 21 (Reuters) - King Charles paid a tender tribute to his late mother...

20th April, 2026

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Man in his 80s becomes first in France to formally apologise for family's slavery links

By Catarina Demony April 18 (Reuters) - A man in his 80s on Saturday issued what is believed to be t...

18th April, 2026

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'We have been in exile': Norway government back to old quarters 15 years after Breivik bomb

By Nora Buli OSLO, April 13 (Reuters) - Fifteen years after far-right fanatic Anders Behring Breivik...

13th April, 2026

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Belgian ex-diplomat appeals order to stand trial in Congo's Lumumba murder

By Alexander Chituc BRUSSELS, March 27 (Reuters) - A former high-profile Belgian diplomat has appeal...

27th March, 2026

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Lost remains of French musketeer d'Artagnan may have been found in Dutch church

By Toby Sterling AMSTERDAM, March 25 (Reuters) - The skeleton of famed French musketeer Charles de B...

25th March, 2026

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Spain's king makes rare acknowledgement of country's colonial abuses

MADRID, March 16 (Reuters) - Spain's King Felipe VI acknowledged abuses in his country's colonial pa...

16th March, 2026

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UBS urges US judge to curb liability for Nazi-linked crimes

By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK, March 10 (Reuters) - UBS urged a U.S. judge on Tuesday to shield it fr...

10th March, 2026

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From 1776 to 2026: Adam Smith's lessons for the global economy

By Mark John LONDON, March 8 (Reuters) - Tax the rich. Trash the tariffs. End monopolies. Such are t...

8th March, 2026