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Russia detains 11 employees of alleged global scam network, FSB says

9 Dec 2024

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia’s Federal Security Service said on Monday it had detained 11 employees of an alleged global scam network which operated in the interests of a former Georgian defence minister. An internationally organised criminal group operated call centres, which, under the guise of making investment deals, committed mass fraud against citizens of the European …

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China calls for ‘political solution’ to restore stability in Syria

9 Dec 2024

BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s foreign ministry on Monday called for a “political solution” to be found in Syria as soon as possible to restore stability and order, after rebels seized the Syrian capital over the weekend and its president fled to Russia. China is closely following developments in Syria, and hopes all relevant parties will …

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Seismic event sparks fire, stops operations at Russian coal mine

9 Dec 2024

(Reuters) – A seismic event sparked a fire and halted operations at the Alardinskaya mine in southwestern Siberia, Russian officials and news agencies said on Monday. Russia’s ministry of emergency services said that 120 miners have been evacuated from the mine in Russia’s vast coal region, the Kuznetsk Basin known as Kuzbass, with two of …

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Trump says Russia abandoned Syria’s Assad, never should have been involved

9 Dec 2024

(Reuters) – U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said on Sunday that Russia’s abandonment of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad led to his downfall, adding Moscow never should have protected him in the first place and then lost interest because of a war in Ukraine that never should have started. “Assad is gone. He has fled his country. …

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Syrian rebels topple Assad who flees to Russia in Mideast shakeup

9 Dec 2024

By Maya Gebeily and Timour Azhari DAMASCUS (Reuters) -Syrian rebels seized the capital Damascus unopposed on Sunday after a lightning advance that sent President Bashar al-Assad fleeing to Russia after a 13-year civil war and six decades of his family’s autocratic rule. In one of the biggest turning points for the Middle East in generations, …

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US to work with partners in Syria to manage risk after Assad toppled, Biden says

9 Dec 2024

By Steve Holland, Katharine Jackson and Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States will work with partners and stakeholders in Syria to help seize the opportunity that has presented itself after rebel fighters’ stunning overthrow of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, President Joe Biden said on Sunday. “At long last, the Assad regime has fallen,” said …

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Factbox-Syrian rebel supporters hoist flags at embassies abroad

8 Dec 2024

Supporters of rebels who ousted President Bashar al-Assad on Sunday have entered some Syrian embassies abroad to hoist their flag, while insurgents also entered the Italian envoy’s residence in Damascus.    Following are incidents at several embassies:        SPAIN    About 150 people cheered and shouted “Freedom!” as a man at the Syrian embassy …

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France says ‘merci’ as Notre-Dame Cathedral rises from ruins of fire

8 Dec 2024

By Noemie Olive and Ingrid Melander PARIS (Reuters) -The word “Merci” was projected on to the front of Paris’ Notre-Dame cathedral as it reopened on Saturday, in thanks for its salvation after a devastating fire that brought the 860-year-old building close to collapse five years ago. The cathedral’s bells rang out and the Archbishop of …

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Syria’s Assad and his family are in Moscow after Russia granted them asylum, say Russian news agencies

8 Dec 2024

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Syria’s Bashar al-Assad and his family have arrived in Russia and have been granted asylum by the Russian authorities, Russian news agencies reported on Sunday, citing a Kremlin source. The Interfax news agency quoted the unnamed source as saying: “President Assad of Syria has arrived in Moscow. Russia has granted them (him …

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