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Ukraine says Russian cyberattack hits state registries but no data lost

20 Dec 2024

By Yuliia Dysa (Reuters) – A Russian cyberattack on Ukraine’s justice ministry registries caused a shutdown of online services for marriages and other matters, but no data appears to have been leaked or stolen, the Ukrainian government said on Friday. Russia took several months to prepare the cyberattack, which was the largest to target Ukraine’s …

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Russian rush-hour missile strike on Kyiv kills one, damages embassies

20 Dec 2024

By Anastasiia Malenko and Yuliia Dysa KYIV (Reuters) -A Russian missile strike killed at least one person and damaged a historical cathedral, six embassies and other buildings across the Ukrainian capital during the morning rush hour on Friday, Ukrainian officials said. Ukraine’s air defences shot down all five Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles used by Russian forces …

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Greece recovers bodies of eight migrants after collision off Rhodes

20 Dec 2024

ATHENS (Reuters) -Greece has recovered the bodies of eight migrants who fell into the sea after their speedboat collided with a coastguard boat pursuing it off the island of Rhodes on Friday, the coastguard said. So far 18 people, among them two children and three women, have been rescued, the coastguard said in a statement. …

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After deal with unions, Spain inches closer to shorter work week

20 Dec 2024

By David Latona MADRID (Reuters) – Spain’s minority government and the two largest trade unions agreed on Friday to implement a shorter work week with the same pay, although the change still needs to be approved by a fragmented parliament while it faces opposition from employers. Labour Minister Yolanda Diaz and the leaders of unions …

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Exclusive-US to announce final package of new arms for Ukraine in coming days, sources say

20 Dec 2024

By Mike Stone WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Biden administration will announce in the coming days its final Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative package, using up the remaining funds set aside to buy new weapons for Ukraine, according to two sources familiar with the matter. The package includes air defense interceptors and artillery munitions, according to a …

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Georgia to award medals to officials sanctioned by West for protest crackdown

20 Dec 2024

TBILISI (Reuters) – Five Georgian interior ministry officials who were sanctioned by the West for their role in a violent crackdown on pro-EU protesters will be presented with one of the country’s highest honours, Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze said on Friday. Georgians have been protesting daily for three weeks since the government announced it was …

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Florence’s landmark passageway over Ponte Vecchio reopens to public

20 Dec 2024

By Cristiano Corvino and Alvise Armellini FLORENCE (Reuters) – A Renaissance-era raised passageway that connects Florence’s Uffizi Galleries to the Medici’s former residence, Palazzo Pitti, will reopen to the public on Saturday, offering spectacular views of the historic Italian city. The Vasari Corridor, named after Giorgio Vasari, the 16th century architect, painter and art historian …

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Residents of Ukraine’s besieged Pokrovsk hunker down as Russia advances

20 Dec 2024

By Vitalii Hnidyi and Dan Peleschuk POKROVSK, Ukraine/KYIV (Reuters) – Ukrainian pensioner Oleksandr Sopov barely reacts to the boom of artillery outside Pokrovsk, the eastern city where fierce battles are raging between Russian and Ukrainian forces. “What should I be afraid of? I’m 64 years old – I’ve lived already,” he said. Sopov is among …

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Kremlin says any new G7 oil sanctions would backfire and it will adapt

20 Dec 2024

MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Kremlin said on Friday that any new G7 sanctions on Russia’s oil industry would backfire and that it would act to minimise the consequences of any such move and adapt. Bloomberg News reported on Thursday that G7 countries are exploring options to toughen the price cap on Russian oil, including essentially …

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Hungary grants asylum to Polish opposition politician, deepening rift between former allies

20 Dec 2024

BUDAPEST/WARSAW (Reuters) – Hungary has granted political asylum to former Polish deputy justice minister Marcin Romanowski, who is under investigation in Poland over accusations of misuse of public funds, drawing an angry reaction from Warsaw. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s chief of staff Gergely Gulyas, announcing the move late on Thursday, accused the Polish government …

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