Turkey summons Swedish ambassador over Erdogan puppet protest in Stockholm

ISTANBUL (Reuters) -Turkey summoned Sweden’s ambassador to Ankara on Thursday, a diplomatic source said, over a demonstration in Stockholm in which a puppet of President Tayyip Erdogan was hung from its feet. Sweden has been seeking Turkey’s approval to join NATO, for which it applied after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine last year. Ankara has said …

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Más de 70.000 trabajadores universitarios británicos paralizarán durante 18 días

LONDRES, 12 ene (Reuters) – Más de 70.000 trabajadores de 150 universidades británicas irán a huelga durante 18 días entre febrero y marzo para demandar mejores salarios, condiciones laborales y pensiones, anunció el jueves el sindicato University and College Union (UCU). “El reloj sigue corriendo para que el sector llegue a un acuerdo o se …

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Gold hovers near $1,900/oz after U.S. inflation data cements Fed slowdown bets

By Seher Dareen (Reuters) – Gold prices rose over 1%, hovering near the $1,900 per ounce pivot on Thursday after data showing signs of cooling inflation in the United States boosted bets for slower rate hikes from the Federal Reserve. U.S. consumer prices grew 6.5% on an annual basis in December, in line with expectations, …

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Britain criticises ‘erosion of freedoms’ in Hong Kong, draws rebuke from China

By William James LONDON (Reuters) -Britain criticised on Thursday what it said was the systematic erosion of freedoms in Hong Kong by the Chinese government and a crackdown on free speech by authorities in the former British colony, drawing an angry response from China. The criticism was contained in the government’s latest six-monthly report on …

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Other countries may follow Poland’s example on tanks, says Ukraine’s Zelenskiy

WARSAW (Reuters) – The support offered to Ukraine by Poland and Lithuania may mean that other countries will follow their example, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday, after Poland’s president said Warsaw would give Kyiv Leopard tanks. “Poland and Lithuania can strategically start steps concerning obtaining (Leopard) tanks for Ukraine,” Zelenskiy told Polish state-run broadcaster …

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King Charles, Prince William make first appearances since Harry’s memoir

By Michael Holden ABOYNE, Scotland (Reuters) -Britain’s King Charles and Prince William made their first public appearances on Thursday since the release of the monarch’s son Prince Harry’s tell-all memoir and TV interviews in which he made accusations against them and other royals. In his book “Spare”, Harry divulges that he had begged his father …

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Venezuela asigna tercer cargamento de petróleo a Chevron bajo licencia de EEUU: fuentes

Por Marianna Parraga y Mircely Guanipa HOUSTON/MARACAY, 12 ene (Reuters) – La petrolera estatal venezolana PDVSA asignó un tercer cargamento de crudo a Chevron bajo una autorización que reactivó este mes las exportaciones a Estados Unidos tras una pausa de casi cuatro años, dijeron el jueves dos personas familiarizadas con el asunto. Chevron Corp recibió …

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Biden lawyer: we are confident documents were “inadvertently misplaced”

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Joe Biden and his team are confident that a probe will show that the classified documents found at his home and a think tank were “inadvertently misplaced” and they will work closely with the special counsel appointed by the attorney general, a White House attorney said. “We have cooperated closely with …

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