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Ex-FBI chief Comey pleads not guilty to charges brought under pressure from Trump
ALEXANDRIA, Virginia (Reuters) -Former FBI Director James Comey pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to criminal charges accusing him of making false statements and obstructing a congressional investigation, U.S. media reported, […]
‘Optimism prevails’ in Gaza talks with Israel, says Hamas
CAIRO (AFP): Hamas said Wednesday (Oct 8) that “optimism” was prevailing in indirect talks with Israel aimed at ending the Gaza war, with the group submitting a list of prisoners […]
Germany to allow police to shoot down drones
BERLIN (Reuters) -Germany will grant police the power to shoot down rogue drones like those that have disrupted airports across Europe and that some European leaders have attributed to a […]
Germany to restrict online cannabis sales to curb ballooning imports
BERLIN (Reuters) -Germany’s cabinet passed plans on Wednesday to restrict the online sale of cannabis to tackle a surge in imports of the drug since the legalisation of its recreational […]
Romania’s top court delays ruling on two fiscal measures
BUCHAREST (Reuters) -Romania’s top court on Wednesday rejected two challenges brought against measures to lower the budget deficit but said it would postpone a decision on two others, prolonging uncertainty […]
Russia moves to withdraw from plutonium agreement with the United States
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia’s lower house of parliament on Wednesday approved a move to withdraw from a landmark agreement with the United States aimed at reducing vast stockpiles of weapons-grade plutonium […]
Kitagawa, Robson and Yaghi win 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -Scientists Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar Yaghi won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry “for the development of metal–organic frameworks”, the award-giving body said on Wednesday. Read […]
Caretaker French PM Lecornu: hopeful on budget, snap election becomes more remote
PARIS (Reuters) -Caretaker French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu struck a cautiously optimistic tone on Wednesday, saying a deal could potentially be reached on the country’s budget by year-end, making the […]
UK PM Starmer seeks quick implementation of India trade deal to build business ties
MUMBAI (Reuters) -British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he wanted a trade deal with India to be implemented as soon as “humanly possible” as he began a two-day visit on […]
Four dead as six-storey building collapses in central Madrid
MADRID (Reuters) -Spanish emergency services have recovered the bodies of four people from beneath the rubble of a six-storey building that collapsed in central Madrid while being refurbished into a […]