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HeadlinesIndonesia, France Likely to Sign Agreement Over Repatriation of Death Row Convict
HeadlinesPope Francis, in Message, Offers Trump Prayers for 'wisdom, Strength'
FinanceEU's Kallas Says Talks Under Way to Revive Rafah Border Mission
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Italy Protests to Venezuela Over Arrest of Ngo Worker
Date: January 15, 2025
ROME (Reuters) - Italy summoned Venezuela's chief diplomat in Rome on Wednesday to protest over a lack of information on the fate of an Italian national arrested in the Latin American country two...
Italy Says to Sign Deal to Rebuild Ukraine's Odesa and Its Cathedral
Date: January 14, 2025
(This April 24, 2024 story has been corrected to fix the funding to 500,000 euros, not 500 million euros, in paragraph 4) ROME (Reuters) - Italy will sign an agreement with Ukraine and the United...
Factbox-2024 Nobel Prizes Announced This Week
Date: October 7, 2024
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – The Nobel prizes are to be announced this week, starting with the award for medicine or physiology on Monday. The awards, which are also given for achievements in physics, chemistry, literature and peace, come with a prize amount of 11 million Swedish crowns ($1.1 million) while the recognition alone can spur...
France’s Macron Awards Legion of Honour to Ukraine’s Zelenskiy
Date: February 9, 2023
PARIS (Reuters) – President Emmanuel Macron has bestowed the Legion of Honour on Ukraine’s leader Volodymyr Zelenskiy during a visit to Paris. It is the highest award a French president can give to a counterpart, the Elysee Palace said in an overnight statement. “A salute to Ukraine and its people. A salute to you, dear...
Factbox-How Does the Nobel Peace Prize Work?
Date: October 3, 2022
By Gwladys Fouche OSLO (Reuters) – The winner of the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize will be announced on Oct. 7 in Oslo. Here is a look at how the award works: WHO CAN WIN? The prize should go to the person “who has done the most or best to advance fellowship among nations, the abolition...
UK PM Truss Thanks Saudi Crown Prince for Role in Release of British Detainees
Date: September 27, 2022
LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister Liz Truss has thanked Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for his “personal role” in securing the release of five British detainees held by Russia-backed forces in Ukraine last week, her office said on Monday. In a statement issued after Truss’ first call with the Saudi crown prince since...