[ad_1] Microsoft on Wednesday committed to boosting its presence in Europe and protecting European citizens’ data against a backdrop of rising “geopolitical volatility”. The tech titan’s pledges come as the return of President Donald Trump has upended the relationship between the United States and Europe, reversing decades of US policy. Trump has taken umbrage over…
[ad_1] WARSAW (Reuters) – Poland’s central bank governor dismissed the charges against him in a motion which seeks to bring him before a State Tribunal as “baseless” on Friday, as he laid out a cautious path ahead for interest rates. The motion submitted to parliament’s speaker last month set in train an unprecedented process that…
[ad_1] WARSAW (Reuters) – Poland said on Friday that Israel’s ambassador had apologised after an Israeli air strike killed a Polish aid worker in Gaza this week. Damian Sobol, a volunteer from southeastern Poland, was among seven people working for celebrity chef Jose Andres’ World Central Kitchen who were killed in the airstrike in central…
[ad_1] KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s air force shot down all 13 drones used in Russia’s overnight attack on southern regions, the Ukrainian military said on Friday. Shahed drones were destroyed over the Zaporizhzhia, Odesa and Dnipropetrovsk regions. Russia also used two S-300/S-400 missiles and three Iskander-M ballistic missiles in the attack. One of the attacks…
[ad_1] CHISINAU (Reuters) – Border police in ex-Soviet Moldova said on Thursday they had found and cordoned off what appeared to be fragments of an Iranian-made Russian drone just inside the country’s border with Ukraine. A police statement said the fragments were found near the villages of Etulia and Vladiceni and bore the inscription Heran-2,…
[ad_1] By Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen KORSOR, Denmark (Reuters) – A Danish frigate deployed to the Red Sea as part of a U.S.-led operation suffered malfunctioning of its weapon systems when attacked by drones operated by Houthi militants last month, the captain said on Thursday as the ship arrived in Denmark. The failure, which until Thursday had…
[ad_1] MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia considers South Korea’s decision to impose sanctions against Russian individuals and entities as an “unfriendly” move and will respond in due course, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Wednesday. South Korea has imposed sanctions against two Russian vessels which it says were carrying military cargo to North Korea….
[ad_1] (Reuters) – Sudan on Tuesday suspended the work of Saudi state-owned broadcasters Al Arabiya, Al Hadath and UAE-owned Sky News Arabia channel “due to its lack of commitment to the required professionalism and transparency and failure to renew its licenses”, Sudanese state news agency (SUNA) said. The Sudanese Journalists Syndicate condemned the decision by…
[ad_1] MOSCOW (Reuters) – Ambassadors from a number of foreign countries took part in a ceremony on Saturday in memory of the victims of this month’s concert hall attack near Moscow which left dozens dead, the Russian foreign ministry’s protocol department said. Gunmen opened fire with automatic weapons at concertgoers on March 22 in the…
[ad_1] GDANSK (Reuters) – Poland’s biggest games developer CD Projekt posted on Thursday a 39% rise in full-year net profit, driven by strong sales of its flagship game Cyberpunk 2077 and the Phantom Liberty expansion. Net profit reached 481.1 million zlotys ($120.66 million) beating analysts’ expectations of 428 million zlotys. Revenue for the year was…
