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Iran’s crackdown on protesters unacceptable and intolerable, Italy PM says
ROME (Reuters) - Iran's repression of protesters, including with the death penalty, is unacceptable and intolerable, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Thursday. "What is happening today in...
Dec 29, 2022
EU graft scandal a “socialist job” not an Italian one, PM says
ROME (Reuters) - Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Thursday blamed media outlets for calling the graft scandal at the European Parliament an "Italian job," and said it should rather be called a...
Dec 29, 2022
Ukrainian air defence missile lands in Belarus – BelTA
(Reuters) - Belarus' state-run BelTA news agency reported that a Ukrainian S-300 missile had fallen onto the territory of Belarus on Thursday during one of Russia's largest missile attacks against Ukr...
Dec 29, 2022
Pfizer’s hemophilia B gene therapy succeeds in late-stage study
(Reuters) - U.S. drugmaker Pfizer Inc said on Thursday its experimental gene therapy for the treatment of hemophilia B, a rare inherited blood disorder, met its main goal in a late-stage study. Data f...
Dec 29, 2022
Key suspect in Danish tax fraud could be extradited from Dubai, Denmark says
OSLO (Reuters) -The Danish foreign ministry on Thursday said a Dubai court had ruled that the main suspect in a dividend tax fraud case can be extradited to Denmark for prosecution, although the decis...
Dec 29, 2022
Kosovo re-opens major border crossing with Serbia, easing standoff
By Fatos Bytyci MITROVICA, Kosovo (Reuters) - Kosovo re-opened its biggest border crossing with Serbia on Thursday, hours after protesting Serbs in its north promised to remove roadblocks, easing a su...
Dec 29, 2022
Italy wants EU to follow its lead on mandatory COVID tests for China arrivals
ROME (Reuters) - Italy expects and hopes that the European Union will follow its lead on imposing mandatory COVID tests for all passengers flying in from China, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on T...
Dec 29, 2022
Indonesia weather agency predicts dry 2023, warns of forest fire risks
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia will face its driest weather since 2019 next year, the country's weather agency forecast on Thursday, citing the weakening of the La Nina pattern. The BMKG agency warned ...
Dec 29, 2022
Brazil’s haunting graveyard of ships risks environmental disaster, warns activist group
By Pilar Olivares GUANABARA BAY (Reuters) - On a stormy evening in mid-November, a huge, abandoned cargo ship broke free of its moorings and slowly floated into the massive concrete bridge that carrie...
Dec 29, 2022
Biden tax credits aim to jolt electric delivery truck demand
By Lisa Baertlein (Reuters) - The United States will introduce incentives on Jan. 1 for delivery firms and other companies to switch to electric trucks as part of a broad push to get polluting, workho...
Dec 29, 2022
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