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By Philip Blenkinsop and Gergely Szakacs BRUSSELS/BUDAPEST (Reuters) – European Union interior ministers gave unanimous backing on Thursday to a plan to grant temporary residency to Ukrainians fleeing the Russian invasion, which should come into force within days. French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin described as “important and historic” the backing for a package that would …

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BERLIN (Reuters) – A total of 5,309 people have been registered entering Germany from Ukraine according to federal police, the government said on Wednesday. “But as you know, there are no border controls, at least no regular border controls, only random checks. That’s why it is very possible that significantly more people have already reached …

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By Daphne Psaledakis and Matt Spetalnick WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States is preparing a sanctions package targeting more Russian oligarchs as well as their companies and assets, two sources familiar with the matter said on Wednesday, as Washington steps up pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin over Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. Some sanctions could be …

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KYIV/KHARKIV, Ukraine (Reuters) – Russian troops are in the Ukrainian city of Kherson and forced their way into the council building, the mayor said after a day of conflicting claims over whether Moscow had make the first major gain of a city in its invasion that began eight days ago. Moscow’s attack on its neighbour …

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LONDON (Reuters) – A record share of firms in Britain’s business and professional services sector expect to raise prices over the next three months as they face surging cost pressures, a survey showed on Thursday, adding to the Bank of England’s inflation challenge. The Confederation of British Industry said business and professional services firms were …

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By Mehmet Emin Caliskan KYIV (Reuters) – Sitting on a temporary bed set up along a gloomy underground passageway, expectant mother Alena Shinkar reads a book to try to stay calm. The Ukrainian has been at a Kyiv maternity hospital since before the Russian invasion began on Feb. 24 waiting to give birth, but with …

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By Lucy Craymer and Praveen Menon WELLINGTON (Reuters) – New Zealand police made a renewed push on Wednesday to end an anti-vaccine mandate protest that has disrupted the capital for the past three weeks, dismantling an encampment outside parliament and towing away vehicles. Several fires broke out among tents just metres from the parliament building, …

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MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexico will not impose any economic sanctions on Russia for invading Ukraine, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Tuesday. He also criticized what he called censorship of Russian state-sponsored media by social media companies. “We are not going to take any sort of economic reprisal because we want to have …

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GENEVA (Reuters) -Canada has decided to refer the situation in Ukraine to the International Criminal Court (ICC) to probe alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity by Russian forces in Ukraine, its government said on Tuesday. The office of the ICC prosecutor on Monday said it will seek court approval to open an investigation into …

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