By Andrea Mandala and Keith Weir
MILAN, Feb 8 (Reuters) - Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni condemned anti-Olympics protesters as "enemies of Italy" after violence on the fringes of a demonstration in Milan on Saturday night and sabotage attacks on the national rail network.
The International Olympic Committee also joined in the criticism, saying violence had no place at the Games.
The incidents happened on the first... (continue reading...)
By Steven Scheer
JERUSALEM, Feb 8 (Reuters) - Israel's Competition Authority said on Sunday it planned to levy a fine of 121 million shekels ($39 million) on flag carrier El Al Israel Airlines for setting excessive and unfair airfares during Israel's Gaza war.
The fine is the maximum allowed by law.
The antitrust body said it reviewed the period from October 7, 2023, through May 2024 and found that El Al operated as a... (continue reading...)
LONDON, Feb 8 (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Keir Starmer's chief of staff Morgan McSweeney has quit, he said in a statement on Sunday, as pressure intensifies on Starmer over his appointment of Peter Mandelson as ambassador to the United States.
Starmer is facing what is widely seen as the gravest crisis of his 18 months in power over his decision to send Mandelson to Washington in 2024, after files revealed the extent of Mandelson’s relationship... (continue reading...)
ADDIS ABABA, Feb 8 (Reuters) - Ethiopia's foreign minister has accused neighbouring Eritrea of military aggression and of supporting armed groups inside Ethiopian territory, according to a letter seen by Reuters and verified by the foreign ministry.
The two longstanding foes who waged war against each other between 1998 and 2000, signed a peace deal in 2018 and were allies during Ethiopia's two-year war against regional authorities in the northern... (continue reading...)
TOKYO, Feb 8 (Reuters) - Japan must take a "professional" approach in tapping its huge foreign reserves to fund spending and tax cuts as doing so would not be easy, Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama said on Sunday.
Tapping foreign reserves could be an option given recent yen moves, though doing so could cause problems as the reserves are used to conduct currency intervention, Katayama said in a television programme.
"The prime... (continue reading...)
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