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ROME, May 13 (Reuters) – Four people who have been under observation in Italy for possible hantavirus infection have all tested negative, the Italian health ministry said on Wednesday. Tests were conducted on an Argentine tourist hospitalised with pneumonia, a man from the southern Italian region of Calabria who was in voluntary isolation, a British …
By Huseyin Hayatsever and Lucy Papachristou ANKARA/LONDON, May 13 (Reuters) – Turkey lifted some customs restrictions on Armenia on Wednesday, paving the way for direct trade links between the two countries in a further sign of normalising ties after over 30 years of strained relations. Turkey was one of the first countries to recognise Armenia’s …
May 13 (Reuters) – Amnesty International and Human Rights First on Wednesday urged Poland to stop cooperating with U.S. deportation flights transferring Ukrainian nationals via its territory, saying the practice may breach international law. In a joint statement, the groups said U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) had carried out at least two such operations …
NEW DELHI, May 13 (Reuters) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has “significantly” cut the size of his motorcade to save fuel, a government source said on Wednesday, days after he urged citizens to tighten their belts amid a surge in energy prices triggered by the Iran war. Modi appealed to people on Sunday to adopt …
ABUJA, May 13 (Reuters) – Nigeria’s military said on Wednesday that there has been no evidence of civilian casualties from an airstrike on militants in the northwest Zamfara state this month, calling reports of large death tolls unverified and misleading. Amnesty International said this week that at least 100 civilians were killed in the May …
Southampton brushed off a spying controversy to advance past Middlesbrough after extra time in the Championship playoffs on Tuesday and get to within one win of a return to the Premier League. In a heated second leg that saw both coaches square up to each other at one point, Southampton rallied for a 2-1 victory …
A New York hospital system says it received a grand jury subpoena from federal prosecutors in Texas seeking information about children who received gender-affirming care and the medical providers who administered it. NYU Langone is the first hospital system to publicly acknowledge receiving a subpoena for such records as part of a federal criminal investigation. …
NEW YORK (AP) — The estranged husband of a prominent New York City art dealer said he wished his spouse was dead before the co-owner of a contemporary art gallery was found stabbed to death in his Brazilian townhouse, a witness testified Tuesday as a murder-for-hire trial got underway in Manhattan. Angela Liriano, a retired …
HELSINKI, May 13 (Reuters) – Finland’s capital Helsinki has spent billions of euros on public transport and bicycle lanes — and plans more — despite mixed reactions from residents. In April, about 50,000 people turned out for the opening of a scenic 1.2-km (0.75 mile) bridge — Finland’s longest — linking the inner city to …
MOSCOW, May 13 (Reuters) – Ukraine resumed drone attacks on Russia’s oil refineries and ports on Wednesday, two days after a three-day ceasefire proposed by U.S. President Donald Trump expired. Ukraine has been targeting Russian oil infrastructure to undercut Moscow’s revenues from the energy sector and dent its military might as the four-year war grinds …