VIENNA (Reuters) -Austria's ambassador to the European Union has stepped down, the foreign ministry said on Wednesday, after reports he published an anonymous, sexually explicit blog for years.
Thomas Oberreiter, 59, had been permanent representative to the European Union in Brussels since 2023. He did not respond to requests for comment.
When Foreign Minister Beate Meinl-Reisinger became aware of the allegations on Saturday, the matter was... (continue reading...)
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia's consumer price index fell by 0.05% in the latest week, the state statistical agency said on Wednesday, marking a second consecutive week of deflation.
The decrease brought overall price growth this year to 4.51%, compared with 5.06% for the same period last year. Prices for fruits and vegetables fell by 4.1% during the week.
Last week, Russia recorded weekly deflation for the first time since September 2024.
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(Reuters) -U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Chuck Grassley said on Wednesday he was "offended" and "disappointed" by President Donald Trump's social media posts targeting him for refusing to end a custom that allows Democratic senators to effectively veto new nominees to serve as judges and prosecutors in their states.
At the start of a Senate Judiciary hearing on four of Trump's judicial nominees, Grassley, an Iowa... (continue reading...)
LISBON (Reuters) -Portugal's government announced on Wednesday an investment plan worth 4 billion euros ($4.6 billion) to expand and modernise its main ports over the next 10 years, 75% of which will be done by private companies.
Infrastructure Minister Miguel Pinto Luz said the investment would be made in six ports, including the port of Sines - the closest deep-water European port to the U.S. coast - where the current terminal is being expanded and a new... (continue reading...)
(Reuters) -The United States imposed sanctions on Brazilian Supreme Federal Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes on Wednesday, accusing him of authorizing arbitrary pre-trial detentions and suppressing freedom of expression.
Moraes oversees the criminal case against former President Jair Bolsonaro, who has been charged with plotting a coup. U.S. President Donald Trump has tied new tariffs on Brazil to what he called a "witch hunt" against his right-wing... (continue reading...)
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