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Court backs Romanian plan to cap judges’ benefits, in win for pro-EU government
BUCHAREST, Feb 18 (Reuters) – Romania’s highest court on Wednesday upheld a government move to raise the retirement age for judges and prosecutors and cap their pensions, delivering a major […]
Russia tells European nations who accuse it of poisoning Navalny with dart frog toxin to provide proof
MOSCOW, Feb 18 (Reuters) – Russia is demanding that European countries who accused Moscow of poisoning Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny with a dart frog toxin provide concrete data to support […]
Exclusive-Ivory Coast considers following Ghana with cocoa farm gate price cut, sources say
ABIDJAN, Feb 18 (Reuters) – Ivory Coast is considering cutting the guaranteed farm gate price paid to its cocoa farmers to align with Ghana, two government sources told Reuters, as […]
UK examining Epstein’s use of airport for trafficking
LONDON, Feb 18 (Reuters) – British police are assessing whether Jeffrey Epstein trafficked women through a London airport on private flights, part of a now nationally coordinated effort to investigate […]
Amid tributes to civil rights icon Jesse Jackson, advocates see test for US race relations
Feb 18 (Reuters) – Among an outpouring of tributes following the death of U.S. civil rights leader Jesse Jackson, rights advocates vowed to continue his fight for racial justice and […]
Sun, sand and empty beaches: Trump oil squeeze chokes Cuba’s tourism
VARADERO BEACH, Cuba, Feb 18 (Reuters) – Cuba’s Varadero peninsula is a postcard of a tropical paradise: turquoise waters, powder-white sand and palm trees. Read full story Date: 18 February, […]
Americans believe Epstein files show the powerful get a pass, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds
WASHINGTON, Feb 18 (Reuters) – Americans believe that wealthy and powerful people are rarely held accountable, a new Reuters/Ipsos poll found after the release of millions of records on the […]
Man swept away by river Loire as floods hit France
PARIS, Feb 18 (Reuters) – A man trying to navigate the swollen river Loire has been swept away, officials said on Wednesday, as much of western France was placed under […]
Headquarters of France’s hard-left party evacuated after bomb threat, lawmaker says
PARIS, Feb 18 (Reuters) – The headquarters of France’s hard-left France Unbowed (LFI) party have been evacuated after a bomb threat, LFI’s national coordinator Manuel Bompard said on Wednesday. Read […]
Turkish lawmakers to vote on report advancing PKK peace process
ANKARA, Feb 18 (Reuters) – A Turkish parliamentary commission was set to vote on Wednesday on adopting a draft report to facilitate the disarmament of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party […]