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Court backs Romanian plan to cap judges’ benefits, in win for pro-EU government

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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 […]

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