FILE PHOTO: The new Portugal’s Interior Minister Eduardo Cabrita is seen during the no-confidence motion over forest fires at the parliament in Lisbon, Portugal October 24, 2017. REUTERS/Pedro Nunes/File PhotoLISBON (Reuters) – Portugal started a round of talks with ministers…
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Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko greet veterans during a ceremony unveiling a World War Two memorial to the Soviet Soldier near Rzhev in Tver Region, Russia June 30, 2020. Sputnik/Mikhail Klimentyev/Kremlin via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS…
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