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Saudi Arabia is ready to mediate between Russia and Ukraine, TASS cites envoy as saying

29 Oct 2024

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia is ready to act as a mediator between Russia and Ukraine, Russian state news agency TASS cited the Saudi ambassador to Moscow as saying on Tuesday. It quoted the envoy as saying that the kingdom was supportive of moves to de-escalate the Ukraine crisis and “ready to make intermediary efforts …

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Alpine skiing-Italy’s Lorenzi dies in training accident aged 19

29 Oct 2024

(Reuters) – Alpine skier Matilde Lorenzi has died after being injured in an accident while training in northern Italy, the country’s defence ministry said on Tuesday. The 19-year-old Italian army athlete was transported to hospital after a fall while training on the Grawand G1 slope in Val Senales, the Italian winter sports federation (FISI) said. …

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Russia jails IT specialist for 13 years for spying for the United States

29 Oct 2024

MOSCOW (Reuters) – A Russian court has jailed an IT specialist for 13 and a half years on treason charges for trying to pass secrets to the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, the Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Tuesday. Russian media said the man, Firuz Dadoboev, has dual Russian and American citizenship. The FSB, the …

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Romania planning law to shoot down drones breaching airspace

29 Oct 2024

BUCHAREST (Reuters) – Romania could shoot down drones illegally breaching its airspace, based on threat levels and risks to human life and property, a draft law published by the Defence Ministry showed. Romania, which shares a 650-km (400-mile) border with Ukraine, has had Russian drone fragments fall onto its territory repeatedly over the past year as Moscow …

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Israeli strikes on Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley kill more than 60, authorities say

29 Oct 2024

BEIRUT (Reuters) – Israeli strikes on Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley overnight killed more than 60 people across a dozen towns, the district governor said on Tuesday, the deadliest day yet in the area in more than a year of hostilities. Rescue workers were still pulling bodies out of the rubble on Tuesday morning. Israel has ramped …

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Italy’s Meloni secures tight win in Liguria regional election

29 Oct 2024

By Angelo Amante and Alvise Armellini ROME (Reuters) -Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and her right-wing coalition have pulled off another regional election win, final results from Liguria showed on Tuesday, in a mid-term boost for the government. Conservative candidate Marco Bucci, mayor of Liguria’s capital Genoa, was elected president of the northwest region with …

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Israeli campaign leaves Lebanese border towns in ruins, satellite images show

29 Oct 2024

By Maya Gebeily and Milan Pavicic BEIRUT (Reuters) – Israel’s military campaign in southern Lebanon has caused vast destruction in more than a dozen border towns and villages, reducing many of them to clusters of grey craters, according to satellite imagery provided to Reuters by Planet Labs Inc. Many of the towns, emptied of their residents …

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Israel votes to ban UN aid agency, Palestinians say 100,000 residents trapped

29 Oct 2024

By Maayan Lubell, Nidal al-Mughrabi JERUSALEM/CAIRO (Reuters) -Israel’s parliament passed a law on Monday to ban the UN relief agency UNRWA from operating inside the country, alarming some of Israel’s Western allies who fear it will worsen the already dire humanitarian situation in Gaza. Israeli officials cited the involvement of a handful of the United …

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Soccer-Reaction to Manchester United sacking manager Ten Hag

29 Oct 2024

(Reuters) – Manchester United have sacked manager Erik ten Hag, with the team languishing 14th in the Premier League table after nine games, the club said in a statement on Monday. United have appointed their assistant manager and former striker Ruud van Nistelrooy to take over on an interim basis. Following are quotes and reactions …

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Russia bomb attack shatters historic building in Ukraine’s Kharkiv

29 Oct 2024

By Vitalii Hnidyi KHARKIV, Ukraine (Reuters) -A Russian guided bomb attack on Kharkiv on Monday shattered much of the Derzhprom building, one of the most celebrated landmarks in Ukraine’s second city, dating from the 1920s. Six people were injured in the 9 p.m. (1900 GMT) strike, adding to 13 wounded in an earlier overnight bomb …

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