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KYIV (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and his British counterpart David Lammy arrived in Kyiv on Wednesday for a series of meetings with senior government officials including Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy. Blinken and Lammy pulled into Kyiv’s main train station ahead of a busy schedule that comes at a crucial time in …

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(Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden said on Tuesday that his administration was “working that out now” when asked if the U.S. would lift restrictions on Ukraine’s use of long range weapons in its war against Russia. The U.S. has been reluctant to supply or sanction the use of weapons that could strike targets deep inside …

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By Alexander Ratz and Sarah Marsh BERLIN (Reuters) -Germany’s government presented a plan on Tuesday to implement more rigorously European rules on asylum that would see more people turned away at its borders, a day after it announced it would start carrying out controls on all its land borders. The proposals include detaining asylum seekers …

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By Corina Pons and Elena Rodriguez MADRID (Reuters) -Venezuelan presidential candidate Edmundo Gonzalez will remain a “very clear voice” pushing for change in his country despite fleeing to seek asylum in Spain, exiled opposition members Antonio Ledezma and Leopoldo Lopez told Reuters on Tuesday. Gonzalez, who says he won the July 28 presidential election, could …

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By Elviira Luoma and Anne Kauranen RIIHIMAKI, Finland (Reuters) – This autumn, pupils in the Finnish town of Riihimaki headed back to school with backpacks full of books after a decade of state-backed promotion of laptops and other digital devices in the classroom. Finland’s public education system has gained global renown for its good results …

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By Yuliia Dysa and Anastasiia Malenko KYIV (Reuters) -Kyiv said on Tuesday it could cut ties with Tehran if Russia used ballistic missiles supplied by Iran to attack Ukraine, and it denounced any such delivery of the weapons as “unacceptable”. Earlier, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Russia received the missiles from Iran 2-1/2 …

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By Maayan Lubell JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Blood on the ground of a dark, cramped tunnel sealed by an iron door, bullets and a chess set are seen in a video released by the Israeli military of the passageway deep underground where it said six slain hostages were held and killed by Hamas. The video was …

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