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By Belén Carreño, Inti Landauro and David Latona MADRID (Reuters) – Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez called a snap election on Monday, in an apparent attempt to wrong-foot his conservative opponents and give his flagging Socialist party the best chance of retaining power before its support weakens further.     Sanchez, who has repeatedly said he wanted to serve a full term, made the unexpected announcement a day after left-wing parties […]

By Krishn Kaushik NEW DELHI (Reuters) -India has filed a graft case against Britain’s BAE Systems plc and Rolls-Royce Holdings for “criminal conspiracy” in the procurement and licensed manufacturing of 123 advanced jet trainers, a federal police document showed. The case is based on the findings of an investigation launched by India’s Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in 2016, the document dated May 23 said. Rolls-Royce said the allegations being […]

GDANSK (Reuters) – Polish games developer CD Projekt reported a 1% year-on-year rise in first-quarter net profit on Monday, as it gears up to release an expansion to its popular “Cyberpunk 2077” game. The company behind “The Witcher” series said its net profit rose to 69.7 million zlotys ($16.8 million), despite a 19% year-on-year drop in revenues to 174.8 million zlotys. As in previous periods, the largest contribution to sales […]

MILAN (Reuters) -Four people, including two Italians who worked for the intelligence service, died on Sunday after a tourist boat capsized when a storm hit Lake Maggiore in northern Italy, local officials said. An unnamed Israeli and the Russian wife of the boat captain also died in the accident, local media said. The 16-metre (52.5-feet) long boat was carrying 25 people when it was hit by a sudden, violent storm […]

WARSAW (Reuters) – Poland’s president said on Monday he would sign a bill to allow a panel to investigate whether the opposition Civic Platform (PO) party allowed the country to be unduly influenced by Russia and as a result too dependent on its fuel when it was in power. The liberal PO, in government from 2007 to 2015, rejects the claims and says the law is designed to destroy support […]

By Khalid Abdelaziz DUBAI (Reuters) -Sustained clashes and air strikes could be heard on Monday in parts of Sudan’s capital, residents said, hours before the expiry of a shaky ceasefire deal that had brought some respite from a six-week-old conflict but little humanitarian access. Residents reported battles in all three of the adjoining cities that make up Sudan’s greater capital around the confluence of the Nile – Khartoum, Omdurman and […]

BANGKOK (Reuters) – Canadian national Matthew Dupre has been successfully extradited to Thailand in connection with the killing last year of a criminal gang member, Thai authorities said on Monday, after the former soldier arrived in Bangkok on a special air force flight. Dupre, 38, is wanted for the alleged murder of suspected criminal Jimi Sandhu, who was shot dead on Phuket in February 2022, central investigation bureau commissioner Jirabhop […]

ROME (Reuters) -Napoli coach Luciano Spalletti has asked to take a break from the game and won’t be in charge of the newly crowned Serie A champions next season, he said on Monday. Spalletti has just led Napoli to the Serie A title for the first time since 1990 but there has been speculation about whether he would stay on. Napoli owner Aurelio De Laurentiis had said on Sunday night […]

(Reuters) – Uganda has implemented one of the world’s toughest anti-LGBTQ laws, drawing widespread Western condemnation and outraging activists at home. Below is some reaction: CLARE BYARUGABA, UGANDAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST “The Ugandan President has today Legalised State Sponsored Homophobia and Transphobia. It’s a very dark and sad day … We shall continue to fight this atrocious legislation through the Judiciary until Human Rights for all are upheld. We shall win, […]