By Margaryta Chornokondratenko and Anna Voitenko KYIV (Reuters) – Liudmyla Bordus lost her son Maksym to the war with Russia, but he is never far away – his likeness emblazoned in vivid colour across her apartment building in Kyiv. “I can feel him every day, every time I pass him here,” she said, stroking the …
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ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s right-wing government is facing criticism over its celebration of a major World War Two battle, after the defence ministry said the defeated fascist soldiers of dictator Benito Mussolini had died for the country’s freedom. In a social media post on Wednesday commemorating the anniversary of the 1942 battle of El Alamein …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Palestinian militant group Hamas wants Russia to push Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to begin negotiations on a national unity government for post-war Gaza, a senior Hamas official told the RIA state news agency after talks in Moscow. Mousa Abu Marzouk, a Hamas politburo member, met Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov in …
KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine said on Thursday it shot down 40 of 50 Russian drones launched in an overnight attack, while another seven had disappeared from radars. Kyiv said one drone was still in Ukrainian airspace while two others had turned back towards Russia and Belarus. Ukraine uses electronic warfare systems to confuse drones’ navigation …
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AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The Netherlands will join next year’s Eurovision despite the disqualification of this year’s Dutch candidate and fan-favourite Joost Klein, who has declined an offer to take part in 2025, Dutch broadcaster AVROTROS said late on Wednesday. “Joost Klein was offered the chance to participate again. But in the end, he chose to …
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(Reuters) -Israeli strikes on the Syrian capital Damascus and a military site near the western city of Homs early on Thursday killed one soldier and injured seven, the Syrian defence ministry said. The attacks targeted the central Damascus neighbourhood of Kafr Sousa and a military site in the Homs countryside, the ministry said in a …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Former President Donald Trump, the Republican presidential candidate, leads his Democratic rival Kamala Harris 47% to 45%, a Wall Street Journal poll found on Wednesday. The poll surveyed 1,500 registered voters from Oct. 19-22 with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.5 percentage points. (Reporting by Jasper Ward; Editing by …
By Andrea Shalal MELVINDALE, Michigan (Reuters) – U.S. Republican Senator Lindsey Graham said he spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday and believed that an agreement to normalize relations between Israel and Saudi Arabia could be reached before the end of the year. Graham, who is in Michigan campaigning for Republican presidential candidate …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian forces have captured the villages of Serebrianka and Mykolaivka in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region, Russia’s Defence Ministry said on Wednesday, as military blogs reported Russian advances near key frontline towns. Ukraine’s military made no acknowledgement of either village falling into Russian hands, but said both areas of the front were gripped …
BUCHAREST (Reuters) – Romania’s radar systems detected two separate signals, likely from drones, breaching its national airspace that scrambled fighter jets did not see, the country’s defence ministry said late on Wednesday, in a third such incident in less than a week. The two signals were picked up by radar less than one hour apart …
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