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EU refers Malta, Poland, Spain, Sweden, UK to EU court

BRUSSELS, Feb 9 (Reuters) - The European Commission said on Wednesday it was referring Malta, Poland, Spain, Sweden and former EU member Britain to the European Court of Justice related…

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UPDATED: Maersk container ship runs aground off German island

BERLIN, Feb 3 (Reuters) - Container ship Mumbai Maersk has run aground off the German island of Wangerooge in the North Sea, Germany's Central Command for Maritime Emergencies and Maersk…

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RAF Typhoon jets track ‘unidentified aircraft’ north of Scotland

RAF jets have been scrambled to track "unidentified aircraft" north of Scotland. The Typhoon jets were launched from RAF Lossiemouth in Moray and joined by a Voyager air-to-air refuelling tanker…

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UPDATED: Veteran Italian actress Monica Vitti dead aged 90

Italian media is reporting the death of veteran Italian actress Monica Vitti. She was 90 years old. The news was first announced by Italian politician and former Rome mayor Walter…

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UPDATED: Man interrupts papal audience, taken away by police

Pope Francis on Wednesday urged the faithful to pray for a mentally disturbed Irishman who disrupted his weekly general audience by shouting out things in English that were incomprehensible to…

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UK Conservative lawmaker says will call for confidence vote on PM

LONDON, Feb 2 (Reuters) - Senior Conservative lawmaker Tobias Ellwood said he would submit a letter of no confidence in British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday, saying so-called 'partygate'…

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UPDATED: Ukrainian soldier detained after five shot dead at military plant

KYIV, Jan 27 (Reuters) - Ukrainian police on Thursday detained a National Guard soldier who shot security guards at a military factory for unknown reasons, killing five people and injuring…

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UPDATED: US considering moving troops from Western Europe to Eastern Europe, NATO strengthens presence in eastern Europe

Jan 24 (Reuters) - The United States is considering transferring some troops stationed in Western Europe to Eastern Europe in the coming weeks, a NATO diplomat told Reuters, amid escalating…

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German police say lone Heidelberg gunman is dead after injuring several people

BERLIN, Jan 24 (Reuters) - German police said on Monday a lone gunman was dead after injuring several people in an attack in a lecture hall in the southwestern university…

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UPDATED: WikiLeaks’ Assange can take extradition appeal to UK’s top court

LONDON, Jan 24 (Reuters) - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Monday was given the chance to challenge at Britain's highest court a decision allowing him to be extradited to the…

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Russia notifies Ireland of ‘unwelcome’ naval exercises off Irish coast, Coveney says

BRUSSELS, Jan 24 (Reuters) - Russia has notified Ireland of Russian naval exercises in international waters in the Irish Sea, Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney said on Monday, adding that…

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Singer Meat Loaf Dies aged 74

LONDON, Jan 21 (Reuters) - Meat Loaf, the singer best known for the "Bat Out of Hell" album, has died at the age of 74, a statement on his official…

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4.3 earthquake in Calabria, Italy

An earthquake of magnitude 4.3 was recorded in Calabria, Italy on Thursday. The earthquake was felt, in particular, in the Vibonese area but affected a large area of Calabria. It was…

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UPDATED: Boris Johnson vows not to resign

LONDON, Jan 19 (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, fighting to save his premiership amid a storm over a series of lockdown parties in Downing Street, told parliament on…

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Roberta Metsola is new European Parliament President

Nationalist MEP Roberta Metsola has been elected as the new President of the European Parliament with an outright majority of votes in the first round of voting. Metsola, who hails…

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Magnitude 5.6 earthquake strikes Western Afghanistan – EMSC

Jan 17 (Reuters) - An earthquake of 5.6 magnitude struck Western Afghanistan on Monday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said. The quake was at a depth of 30 km…

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WATCH: Tsunami waves observed in Tonga’s capital and the capital of American Samoa

Jan 15 (Reuters) - An underwater volcano off Tonga erupted on Saturday triggering a tsunami warning for several South Pacific island nations, with footage on social media showing waves crashing…

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UPDATED: Ukraine suffers massive cyber attack, NATO to sign deal on closer cyber cooperation with Ukraine

BRUSSELS, Jan 14 (Reuters) - NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg strongly condemned on Friday the cyberattacks on the Ukrainian government and said the western military alliance would sign an agreement on…

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UPDATED: North Korea fires two missiles, warns of strong action over U.S. sanctions push

SEOUL, Jan 14 (Reuters) - North Korea fired at least two ballistic missiles on Friday, the third test in two weeks, just hours after criticising a U.S. push for new…

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Britain reports human case of avian flu, no onward transmission

LONDON, Jan 6 (Reuters) - The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said on Thursday there had been a confirmed human case of avian flu in southwest England, adding that the…

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UK opposition leader Starmer tests positive for COVID-19

LONDON, Jan 5 (Reuters) - British opposition Labour leader Keir Starmer has tested positive for COVID-19, a spokesperson said on Wednesday. Starmer had been due to face Prime Minister Boris…

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Earthquake of magnitude 5.7 strikes off Taiwan – EMSC

Jan 3 (Reuters) - A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck off Taiwan on Monday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said. The quake was initially measured at a magnitude of 6.0.…

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Britain approves Pfizer COVID-19 pill Paxlovid

Dec 31 (Reuters) - Britain has approved Pfizer's COVID-19 pill for patients over the age of 18 years who have mild to moderate infection and are at high risk of…

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South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu has died

JOHANNESBURG, Dec 26 (Reuters) - Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Nobel Peace Prize laureate and veteran of South Africa's struggle against white minority rule, has died aged 90, the presidency said on…

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Germany reports first death with Omicron variant

BERLIN, Dec 23 (Reuters) - Germany's Robert Koch Institute for infectious disease confirmed the country's first death due to the Omicron variant of the coronavirus on Thursday. The person was…

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UPDATE: Earthquake hits northern Italy, strongly felt in Milan

An earthquake of magnitude 4.4 hit northern Italy on Saturday, the Italian Geophysics and Volcanology Institute (INGV) said. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries. The quake struck…

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Paris cancels New Year’s Eve fireworks as Omicron spreads, Up to 10% of new cases suspected to be Omicron

Paris has cancelled planned fireworks as well as festivities on the Champs Elysees avenue on New Year's Eve in line with new government rules to prevent the spread of the…

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UPDATED: Southern Greece rattled by 5.4 tremor

ATHENS, Dec 18 (Reuters) - An strong earthquake rattled parts of southern Greece on Saturday, with no immediate reports of damage or injuries. A tremor with a magnitude of 5.4…

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UPDATED: France to tighten rules for travellers from UK

France announced on Thursday that because of surging COVID-19 cases in Britain only designated categories of people would be allowed to travel between the two countries, and anyone arriving from…

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EU regulator backs J&J COVID-19 booster dose in adults

Dec 15 (Reuters) - The European Union's drug regulator on Wednesday recommended that a booster dose of Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine may be given at least two months after…

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UPDATED: Hong Kong douses fire that trapped 150 people on trade centre roof

HONG KONG, Dec 15 (Reuters) - A fire broke out on Wednesday in Hong Kong's World Trade Centre, trapping about 150 people on its roof, and 13 people were injured…

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Mainland China detects first case of Omicron coronavirus variant

Health authorities in northern China's port city of Tianjin have detected the first case of the Omicron coronavirus variant in the country's mainland, the state-run Tianjin Daily reported on Monday.…

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UPDATED: First UK patient has died from omicron variant

LONDON, Dec 13 (Reuters) - At least one person has died in the United Kingdom after contracting the Omicron variant of the coronavirus, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday,…

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UPDATED: Two crew missing after Danish and British boats collide in icy Baltic

STOCKHOLM/COPENHAGEN, Dec 13 (Reuters) - Two Danish crew members of a capsized barge were missing in the freezing Baltic Sea on Monday after an overnight collision with a British vessel…

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UK PM Johnson and wife announce birth of a baby girl

LONDON, Dec 9 (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his wife Carrie have announced the birth of a healthy baby girl at a London hospital on Thursday morning,…

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UPDATED: Immigration hardliner Nehammer to take over as Austrian leader

VIENNA, Dec 3 (Reuters) - Austria's ruling conservatives on Friday picked the current interior minister, an immigration hardliner, to lead them and the nation after a wave of resignations by…

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Russia says it hopes Putin-Biden summit will take place in coming days – Ifax

MOSCOW, Dec 2 (Reuters) - Russia's foreign ministry said on Thursday it hoped a summit between President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Joe Biden would take place in the coming…

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UPDATED: UK has 22 cases of UK has 22 cases of Omicron, health secretary says

British Health Secretary Sajid Javid urged people to book a COVID-19 booster shot on Wednesday as he said there were 22 confirmed cases of the Omicron virus variant in the…

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UPDATED: Dutch authorities find 13 cases of Omicron variant among passengers from S.Africa

LONDON/AMSTERDAM, Nov 28 (Reuters) - The new Omicron coronavirus variant kept spreading around the world on Sunday, with 13 cases found in the Netherlands and two in Australia, even as…

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UPDATED: Taiwan reports 27 Chinese air force planes in air defence zone

Taiwan's air force scrambled again on Sunday to warn away 27 Chinese aircraft that entered its air defence zone, Taiwan's defence ministry said, the latest increase in tensions across the…

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UPDATED: Magnitude 7.3 earthquake strikes northern Peru – EMSC

Nov 28 (Reuters) - An earthquake of magnitude 7.5 struck northern Peru about 40 km (25 miles) from the town of Barranca early on Sunday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.…

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WRAPUP -UK, Germany and Italy detect Omicron coronavirus variant cases

LONDON/BERLIN/AMSTERDAM, Nov 27 (Reuters) - Britain, Germany and Italy detected cases of the new Omicron coronavirus variant on Saturday and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced new steps to contain…

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UPDATED: Britain says likely that new variant has spread beyond South Africa

Britain said on Friday that a newly identified coronavirus variant spreading in South Africa was of huge concern and was considered by scientists to be the most significant one yet…

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Italy imposes entry ban on southern African states

ROME, Nov 26 (Reuters) - Italy on Friday imposed an entry ban on people who have visited a group of southern African states, including South Africa, in the last 14…

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UPDATED: EU drug regulator approves first COVID shot for 5-11 year olds

Nov 25 (Reuters) - The EU's drug regulator approved the use of Pfizer-BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine for children between the ages of five and 11 on Thursday, paving the way for…

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UPDATED – Flaming bus crash in Bulgaria kills 45 North Macedonian tourists

SOFIA (Reuters) -At least 45 people, including 12 children, died as a bus carrying mostly North Macedonian tourists crashed in flames on a highway in western Bulgaria on Tuesday, officials…

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Fire beaks out near Place de L’Opera in central Paris

A large fire broke out in a building on boulevard des Capucines, near the Place de L'Opera square in central Paris on Saturday, sending clouds of smoke rising into the…

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UPDATED: Austria to go into full COVID-19 lockdown

VIENNA, Nov 19 (Reuters) - Austria will become the first country in western Europe to reimpose a full coronavirus lockdown this autumn to tackle a new wave of infections, and…

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UPDATED: The Queen misses Remembrance Sunday service

LONDON, Nov 14 (Reuters) - Britain's Queen Elizabeth will not attend Sunday's Remembrance Day Service at the Cenotaph due to a sprained back, Buckingham Palace said, extending the 95-year-old monarch's…

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UPDATED: Police official injured after knife attack in Cannes

A policeman survived a knife attack in the French Riviera city of Cannes on Monday, with media quoting a police source as saying the assailant had said he was acting…

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UPDATED: Pfizer says antiviral pill cuts risk of severe COVID-19 by 89%

A trial of Pfizer Inc's experimental antiviral pill for COVID-19 was stopped early after the drug was shown to cut by 89% the chances of hospitalization or death for adults…

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UPDATED: Britain approves Merck’s oral COVID-19 pill in world first

Britain on Thursday became the first country in the world to approve a potentially game-changing COVID-19 antiviral pill jointly developed by U.S.-based Merck and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics, in a boost to…

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Moscow-bound Egyptair flight turned back after threatening letter found

CAIRO, Oct 27 (Reuters) - Egyptair turned flight MS 729 bound for Moscow back to Cairo after a threatening letter was found on one of the seats of the aircraft,…

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UK opposition Labour leader tests positive for COVID-19

LONDON, Oct 27 (Reuters) - The leader of Britain's opposition Labour Party, Keir Starmer, tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday, a spokesperson for the party said. House of Commons speaker…

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UPDATED: EU top court orders Poland to pay EUR 1 mln per day in rule of law row

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) ordered Poland to pay a fine of €1 million ($1.2 million) per day on Wednesday over its decision to ignore an EU ruling on…

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UPDATED: Roadside bomb attack kills 13 Syrian military personnel in Damascus

At least 13 Syrian military personnel were killed in a roadside bomb attack, as their bus crossed a bridge in central Damascus during early morning rush hour on Wednesday, state…

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UPDATED: Fire at Westminster underground station under control

Updated 1500 The UK Fire Brigade said that the fire, which originated from an electrical room within the basement of the station, was now under control. Around 100 people left…

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