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ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine (Reuters) -A Russian guided bomb attack on Wednesday killed at least 13 people and injured 113 in Ukraine’s southeastern city of Zaporizhzhia, authorities said. The blast left bodies strewn across a road alongside injured residents. Public transport was also damaged in the strike. Prosecutors increased the injury toll from 63 to 113 people …

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HELSINKI (Reuters) -Sweden’s army will buy tanks from German-French defence equipment maker KNDS for 22 billion Swedish crowns ($1.97 billion), the Nordic country’s government said on Thursday. The order includes 44 Leopard 2 A8 tanks and upgrades of 66 existing tanks, the government said in a statement. “This is an absolutely necessary investment,” Johnson told …

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By Crispian Balmer ROME (Reuters) -Italian journalist Cecilia Sala was freed by Iran on Wednesday and returned home, three weeks after she was detained in Tehran during a reporting trip. Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani were on hand to greet the 29-year-old as she flew back into Rome, highlighting the …

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BRUSSELS (Reuters) -In a first, the EU General Court ruled on Wednesday that the European Commission must pay damages to a German citizen for failing to comply with its own data protection regulations. The court determined that the Commission transferred the citizen’s personal data to the United States without proper safeguards and ordered it to …

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(Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and Moldovan President Maia Sandu on Wednesday discussed using Ukrainian coal to ease the energy crisis which has subjected Moldova’s separatist Transdniestria region to blackouts and a heating shortage. Pro-Russian Transdniestria, which broke away from Moldova in the final days of Soviet rule, has long relied on supplies of Russian …

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By Anders Berthelsen and Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen NUUK/COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – The renewed interest by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump in Greenland has been greeted enthusiastically by some Greenlanders, although others say the semi-autonomous territory of Denmark is not for sale. Trump, who takes office on Jan. 20, said on Monday that U.S. control of the strategically important …

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PARIS (Reuters) -U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday dismissed President-elect Donald Trump’s interest in taking over Greenland, saying it was “obviously not a good” idea and that it would not happen. Trump on Tuesday reiterated his interest in taking control of Greenland, an autonomous territory of Denmark, and has refused to rule out …

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