Greece arrests gang smuggling cocaine-infused leather from Latin America
ATHENS (Reuters) -Greek police have dismantled a gang that had been hiding cocaine in sheets of leather that were smuggled from Bolivia to Greece on container ships, police officials said on Friday. They said the method used by the gang signalled a shi...
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Kremlin says it pays close attention to Trump statements after he voices disappointment with Putin call
MOSCOW (Reuters) -The Kremlin said on Friday that Russia closely follows all of Donald Trump's statements after the U.S. president said he was "very disappointed" with his latest conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin about the war in Ukrai...
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Saudi Arabia's current priority is a permanent Gaza ceasefire, foreign minister says
DUBAI (Reuters) -Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud said on Friday that the kingdom's current priority is reaching a permanent ceasefire in Gaza, when asked about the possibility of normalising ties with Israel. He was speaking dur...
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WHO says Gaza's Nasser hospital 'one massive trauma ward'
By Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA (Reuters) -Nasser hospital in Gaza is operating as "one massive trauma ward" due to an influx of patients wounded at non-United Nations food distribution sites run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, the World Health Organ...
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US Supreme Court liberals increasingly marginalized as conservatives flex muscles
By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court's three liberal justices exerted waning influence during its recently concluded term, and their frustrations with the conservative majority spilled into public view in major cases involving Pres...
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Investors eye tariff deadline as US stocks rally
By Saqib Iqbal Ahmed NEW YORK (Reuters) -Investors will be keeping a close eye on tariff headlines out of Washington next week, as a temporary suspension of punitive import levies is set to expire. If that Wednesday deadline passes without an increase ...
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Body of Liverpool footballer Jota arrives in Portugal for hometown wake
GONDOMAR, Portugal (Reuters) -The bodies of Liverpool footballer Diogo Jota and his brother Andre Silva arrived in northern Portugal on Friday for a wake in their hometown, as tributes continued to pour in after they died in a car accident in Spain. A ...
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Drugmaker Alchem hit with $576,000 EU fine for taking part in pharmaceutical cartel
BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Drugmaker Alchem International and its Hong Kong subsidiary were fined a total of 489,000 euros ($576,000) for taking part in a pharmaceutical cartel, EU antitrust regulators said on Friday. The European Commission had imposed a tot...
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Take Five: The tariff man cometh
(Reuters) -Investors await U.S. President Donald Trump's July 9 deadline for trade partners to strike deals on tariffs with a degree of equanimity, but what happens beyond that has the power to stir up more volatility and uncertainty. The data docket f...
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China spares major cognac makers from EU brandy dumping duties
By Casey Hall and Tassilo Hummel SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China spared major cognac producers Pernod Ricard, LVMH and Remy Cointreau from new duties of up to 35% on EU brandy announced on Friday, provided they sell at a minimum price. China's Commerce ...
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