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Belgian police raid EU parliament office of Qatargate suspect

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Belgian police on Tuesday raided the office of Marc Tarabella, a Belgian EU lawmaker and suspect in a corruption scandal, his lawyer told Reuters. Maxim Toller said…

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Christie takes aim at ‘self-serving’ Trump as he launches White House bid

By Joseph Ax and Eric Beech (Reuters) - Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie on Tuesday launched his 2024 presidential campaign with a withering attack on the Republican front-runner, Donald…

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Tens of thousands at risk from flooding after Ukraine dam collapse; Ammonia pipeline repeatedly shelled

Russia, Ukraine blame each other for collapse of dam Residents wade through floodwaters to evacuate Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant has enough water to cool - UN By Viktoriia Lakezina KHERSON, Ukraine,…

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China, Russia launch joint air patrol, alarms South Korea

BEIJING (Reuters) - China and Russia conducted a joint air patrol on Tuesday over the Sea of Japan and East China Sea for a sixth time since 2019, prompting neighbouring…

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US tightens crackdown on crypto with lawsuits against Coinbase, Binance

By Jonathan Stempel, Hannah Lang and John McCrank NEW YORK (Reuters) - The top U.S. securities regulator sued cryptocurrency platform Coinbase , the second lawsuit in two days against a…

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Malta News Dispatch – Wednesday 7 June 2023

Morning Briefing Maltese register decline in trust of local democracy Acording to the Eurobarometer survey published on Tuesday, the percentage of respondents in Malta expressing dissatisfaction with the functioning of…

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Italy to see stronger 2023 growth on firm domestic demand

The Italian economy will grow by 1.2% this year, national statistics bureau ISTAT said on Tuesday, raising a previous projection of 0.4% made in December on the back of a…

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Iran presents its first hypersonic ballistic missile, state media reports

Iran presented what officials described as its first domestically-made hypersonic ballistic missile on Tuesday, the official IRNA news agency reported, an announcement likely to heighten Western concerns about Tehran's missile…

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Bombing of herders highlights air attacks by Nigerian military

The only thing Ibrahim Muazu remembers is “hearing a noise from the sky.”“After that,” the 27-year-old Nigerian herder told Reuters, “I woke up lying in my own blood. There were…

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Seven punished by Spanish government for racist insults against Vinicius

Seven people involved in different racist attacks against Real Madrid forward Vinicius Jr have been punished by Spain's State Commission against Violence, Racism, Xenophobia and Intolerance in Sport, the country's…

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WATCH: Kakhovka dam in southern Ukraine is blown, unleashing flood of water

A vast Soviet-era dam in the Russian controlled part of southern Ukraine was blown on Tuesday, unleashing a flood of water across the war zone, according to both Ukrainian and…

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Unclear when pilot became unresponsive before crash that sparked Washington DC security scare

Authorities do not yet know when the pilot of a light plane that crashed Sunday became unresponsive or why the plane was on a flight path taking it over heavily…

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UK’s Sunak says plan stopping small migrant boats is working

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said on Monday his plan to stop migrants arriving in small boats had reduced crossings by 20%, an update he hopes will ease criticism from…

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NATO says reinforcements arriving in Kosovo after clashes last week

Reinforcements for NATO's peacekeeping force have begun to arrive in Kosovo following last week's unrest in the north of the country, the alliance said on Monday.Violence flared after Kosovo authorities…

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Former VP Mike Pence officially enters 2024 Republican presidential race

Former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence on Monday declared himself a candidate in the 2024 Republican race for the White House, setting up a fight against former President Donald Trump. Pence's campaign…

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Rents up 7% in 2022 / Malta News Dispatch – Tuesday 6 June 2023

Updated 1030 Rents up 7% in 2022According to the Housing Authority, there was an almost 7% increase in the average rent last year. More than half of the new tenants…

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Slump in global cashew demand pushes Ivory Coast industry to verge of collapse

Ivory Coast cashew sector in crisis Cashew output in Ivory Coast reached 1 million tonnes in 2022 Farmers, buyers and processors unable to sell stocks By Ange Aboa KATIOLA, Ivory…

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Libya’s Tripoli government targets more western towns with drone strikes

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libya's Government of National Unity (GNU) stepped up drone strikes over the weekend against what it said were smuggling gangs in western regions, attacking targets in Zawia,…

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Australian woman pardoned after 20 years in jail for deaths of her four children

SYDNEY, June 5 (Reuters) - A woman imprisoned for 20 years over the deaths of her four children was pardoned by New South Wales state on Monday after a judicial…

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France plans major police presence for June 6 day of protest

PARIS (Reuters) - French authorities plan to deploy 11,000 police, including 4,000 in Paris, on Tuesday, when unions have called a nationwide day of protests against President Emmanuel Macron's law…

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Salvini insists League not joining EPP

Deputy Premier and Transport and Infrastructure Minister Matteo Salvini dismissed talk of his League party joining the centre-right European People's Party (EPP), saying such a move "is not on the…

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25 arrested in Italy, Belgium and Germany in raids linked to the ‘Ndrangheta

ROME, June 5 (Reuters) - Authorities have arrested 25 people in Italy, Belgium and Germany in pan-European raids linked to an alleged drug- trafficking ring run by the 'Ndrangheta mafia,…

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Poland receives draft EU regulation extending ban on Ukrainian food imports

WARSAW, June 5 (Reuters) - Poland's agriculture minister has received a draft regulation from the European Commission extending a ban on imports of some Ukrainian food products until September 15,…

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Russia begins Baltic Sea drills one day after NATO

June 5 (Reuters) - Russia said on Monday it began holding naval drills in the Baltic Sea, one day after NATO member states kicked off their annual Baltic drills. On…

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Swiss inflation dips in May but remains above central bank target

ZURICH, June 5 (Reuters) - Swiss annual inflation dipped to 2.2% as expected in May, government data showed on Monday, although the Swiss National Bank is still expected to hike…

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Belgium investigating whether its weapons were used in Russia

BRUSSELS, June 5 (Reuters) - Belgium will ask Ukraine for clarification on reports that rifles made in Belgium had been used by pro-Ukrainian forces to fight Russian troops inside Russia's…

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UPDATED: Papal envoy heads to Ukraine to ‘listen carefully’ to possible peace plans

By Philip Pullella and Alvise Armellini VATICAN CITY, June 5 (Reuters) - Italian Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, tasked by Pope Francis to carry out a peace mission to try to help…

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Germany to send two warships to Indo-Pacific in 2024

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany will send two warships to the Indo-Pacific in 2024, Defence Minister Boris Pistorius said, amid rising tensions between China and Taiwan and over the disputed South…

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Belgian Prime Minister De Croo briefly lost consciousness in bike fall

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo fell from a bicycle and briefly lost consciousness but hospital tests revealed no lasting effects, national news agency Belga reported. The…

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Purification rite in St. Peter’s after naked man desecrated pope’s altar

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - A special purification rite was held at the main altar of St. Peter's Basilica on Saturday after it was desecrated by a man who stood on…

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Computer outage cripples train traffic in the Netherlands

AMSTERDAM, June 5 (Reuters) - A computer outage is disrupting train travel to and from Amsterdam and in other parts of the Netherlands on Monday, Dutch railway company NS said.…

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Armenia says peace deal with Azerbaijan possible by year end

(Reuters) - A senior Armenian official on Sunday said there was a chance that a peace deal could be signed with neighbouring Azerbaijan by the end of 2023, ending a…

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UPDATED: Prince Harry to appear in court on Tuesday, judge ‘surprised’ by Monday’s absence

By Sam Tobin and Michael Holden LONDON, June 5 (Reuters) - Prince Harry will be ready to give evidence in a London court over his lawsuit against the publisher of…

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Eastern Libya forces stage mass deportation of Egyptian migrants

BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - Eastern Libyan forces have expelled thousands of Egyptians who were in Libya illegally in recent days, deporting them to Egypt on foot across the land border,…

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UPDATED: Russia says it thwarted major Ukrainian offensive, Kyiv says Moscow spreads lies

Russia says has destroyed tanks, equipment Russia says Ukraine attacked with 8 battalions Ukraine silent on Russian claims Ukraine did not respond to requests for comment By Guy Faulconbridge MOSCOW,…

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Russia starts naval exercises in Japan and Okhotsk Seas waters

June 5 (Reuters) - Russia's Pacific Fleet forces have started operational exercises in the waters of the Sea of Japan and the Sea of Okhotsk that will last until June…

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Fighter jets chase small plane in Washington area before it crashes in Virginia

By David Shepardson and Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States scrambled F-16 fighter jets in a supersonic chase of a light aircraft with an unresponsive pilot that violated…

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Half of Foreign workers leave country after just a year / Malta News Dispatch – Monday 5 June 2023

Updated 1230 Half of Foreign workers leave country after just a year: Data presented in the House of Representatives reveals that nearly half of Malta's non-Maltese workforce, totaling over 48,000…

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Sweden, Turkey, Finland set for more Swedish NATO membership talks

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey, Sweden and Finland will meet later this month to try to overcome ojections that have delayed Sweden's NATO membership bid, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on…

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Polish opposition supporters, seeking change, mark 1989 Solidarity win

WARSAW, June 4 (Reuters) - Hundreds of thousands of protesters gathered in Warsaw on Sunday, the 34th anniversary of Poland's first postwar democratic election, for a march the liberal opposition has billed…

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World Bank lends $50.8 mln to cut air pollution in Bosnian region

SARAJEVO (Reuters) - The World Bank has approved a 46.1 million euro ($50.8 million) loan to help Bosnia's autonomous Bosniak-Croat Federation tackle alarming air pollution and its health and economic…

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Companies like Microsoft can help manage migration: incoming UN migration chief

By Emma Farge 9th American Amy Pope set to lead UN migration agency Says Western asylum systems are 'completely overwhelmed' Mediterranean deaths are symptom of broader trend GENEVA (Reuters) -…

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Harry to become first British royal in 130 years to give evidence in court

LONDON (Reuters) - Prince Harry will become the first senior British royal to give evidence in court for 130 years when he testifies next week in his lawsuit against a…

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Newly approved US flights by Chinese airlines avoid Russian airspace

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Chinese airlines are avoiding flying over Russian airspace in newly approved flights to and from the United States, according to flight tracking website FlightAware…

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NATO struggles in the shadows to find new leader

By Andrew Gray Stoltenberg due to step down later this year Big post in Western response to war in Ukraine Britain's defence minister Wallace wants the job Danish PM Frederiksen…

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Arrests and tight security in Hong Kong on Tiananmen anniversary

By Jessie Pang and Ben Blanchard HONG KONG/TAIPEI, June 4 (Reuters) - Hong Kong police said on Sunday they had detained eight people near a park, four of them for "seditious intention…

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Families, rescuers search for victims of India’s worst train crash in decades

By Jatindra Dash and YP Rajesh BAHANAGA, India, June 4 (Reuters) - Rescuers and families searched through mangled train carriages on Sunday for more victims of India's worst rail crash in more…

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Surprised Spaniards face choice: Ballot box or the beach

By Inti Landauro and Corina Pons MADRID (Reuters) - A Spanish talk show host's gesture of disbelief, with eyes rolled and arms thrown high, upon hearing Monday's announcement of a…

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Tunisian president suggests taxing rich as solution to fiscal problem

TUNIS, June 3 (Reuters) - Tunisian President Kais Saied on Saturday suggested raising taxes on richer people could be an alternative to socially painful reforms as a means to secure an international…

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Biden signs debt limit bill, avoiding U.S. default

By Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON, June 3 (Reuters) - President Joe Biden on Saturday signed a bill that suspends the U.S. government's $31.4 trillion debt ceiling, averting what would have been a first-ever…

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Russia’s air attack repelled on approach to Kyiv, Ukraine says

KYIV, June 4 (Reuters) - Russia launched a wave of air attacks on Ukraine early on Sunday, with air defence systems repelling all missiles and drones on their approach to Kyiv, the…

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Malta tops GSSE medals table / Malta News Dispatch – Sunday 4 June 2023

Morning Briefing Malta tops GSSE medals tableIn a historic achievement, Team Malta has surpassed all expectations at the 2023 GSSE, emerging as the leading nation in the medals table. This…

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UK’s Sunak wants to cut taxes by up to 2% before election -Telegraph

LONDON, June 3 (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak wants to cut taxes by as much as 2 pence in the pound before the next national election which is expected in…

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Spain increases pressure to have EU anti-money laundering HQ in capital

Spain is increasingly confident the headquarters of the EU's new anti-money laundering authority (AMLA) should be in Madrid. None of the EU's 35 decentralised agencies are located in the Spanish…

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UPDATED: India’s worst train crash in decades kills at least 288

By Jatindra Dash and Abinaya V BAHANAGA, India, June 3 (Reuters) - At least 288 people have died in India's worst rail crash in over two decades, officials said on Saturday, after a passenger train went…

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Canada facing rising threat from cyberattacks

By Joe Brock SINGAPORE, June 3 (Reuters) - Canadian Defence Minister Anita Anand said on Saturday that the country's critical infrastructure was increasingly being targeted by cyberattacks, posing a significant…

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Informal labour accounts for two-thirds of Morocco jobs

By Ahmed Eljechtimi RABAT, (Reuters) - Two thirds of Moroccan jobs are now in the grey economy, statistics agency said, giving its first public assessment of a trend that the…

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