BERLIN (Reuters) – Chancellor Olaf Scholz appealed to his fellow Germans to vote in snap elections in February as the country argues over immigration and the rise of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), according to a New Year’s speech seen in advance. “I appeal to you today: Please go vote! By looking around in …
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KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine and Russia carried out a new exchange of prisoners of war on Monday, with the two sides bringing home a combined total of more than 300 former captives. Kyiv brought home 189 former captives, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and Russia’s Defence Ministry said, while the Russian ministry said 150 Russian servicemen were …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia and Ukraine conducted a prisoner swap on Monday, with each side freeing 150 prisoners of war, Russia’s Defence Ministry said in a statement. It said that the Russian captives had been released on Belarusian territory and would be transferred to Russia. The United Arab Emirates had served as a mediator in …
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(Reuters) – The Greek government announced on Monday a national strategy to protect minors from internet addiction and excessive social media use. Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said protecting children’s well-being was a societal imperative, although he voiced doubts regarding the effectiveness of a complete ban on social media. Instead, he said the challenge for …
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ZURICH (Reuters) – Swiss International Air Lines said on Monday a member of its cabin crew who ended up in intensive care last week when the flight he was on suffered engine problems and smoke inside the plane, has died in hospital. The Airbus A220-300 from Bucharest to Zurich made an emergency landing in the …
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(Reuters) – Ukrainian forces staged a new attack on the town of Lgov in southern Russia’s Kursk region on Monday, badly damaging a two-storey apartment building, the region’s acting governor said, a week after four people were killed in another strike. Alexander Khinshtein, writing on the Telegram messaging app, said one person was injured in …
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DAMASCUS (Reuters) -Syria hopes for strategic partnerships with Ukraine, its new foreign minister told his Ukrainian counterpart on Monday, as Kyiv moves to build ties with the new Islamist rulers in Damascus amid waning Russian influence. Russia was a staunch ally of ousted President Bashar al-Assad and has given him political asylum. Moscow has said …
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HELSINKI (Reuters) – The owner of an oil tanker seized by Finland on suspicion of breaking an undersea power line and four telecoms cables in the Baltic Sea last week is seeking the release of the ship, a lawyer representing the company said on Monday. Finnish police and coast guard officials boarded the Cook Islands-registered …
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BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s interior minister said on Monday it was still too soon to jump to any conclusions about the man suspected of driving his car into a Christmas market in Magdeburg and killing at least five people. Authorities are looking into whether there were security lapses in the build-up to the Dec. 20 …
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By Steve Holland and Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States on Monday announced nearly $6 billion in additional military and budget assistance for Ukraine as President Joe Biden uses his final weeks in office to surge aid to Kyiv before President-elect Donald Trump takes power. Biden announced $2.5 billion in additional security assistance for …
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