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PALERMO, Italy (Reuters) – British tech tycoon Mike Lynch died of suffocation after running out of oxygen, an investigative source said, citing initial examinations carried out on Saturday after his body was recovered from the family yacht that sank off Sicily’s coast last month. Lynch, his daughter Hannah, 18, an onboard cook and four guests …

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FRANKFURT (Reuters) -German rail company Deutsche Bahn said on Saturday that a technical fault, which had “massively disrupted” train services in the centre of the country, has been fixed. The rail operator said earlier in the day that trains could not leave stations in the affected area. Regional commuter train company RMV also said earlier …

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By Ricardo Brito, Luciana Magalhaes and Luana Maria Benedito BRASILIA/SAO PAULO (Reuters) -A preliminary report into the August crash of an airliner in Brazil found signs of ice buildup on the plane but no definite cause for the accident, the country’s Center for Research and Prevention of Aeronautical Accidents (Cenipa) said on Friday. The document …

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By Max Hunder KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine’s air force said on Saturday Russia launched a total of 67 long-range Shahed drones in a mass overnight attack, 58 of which it was able to shoot down. The air force said in a statement on the Telegram messaging app that air defence units were scrambled into action in …

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CERNOBBIO, Italy (Reuters) – Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Saturday that Italy would never waver in its support for Ukraine, and that the current stalemate in the war showed that the Western response to Russia’s invasion of its neighbour was the right one. “I believe China and India have a role to play to …

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KYIV (Reuters) – Debris from a downed drone was found next to Ukraine’s parliament building after an overnight Russian air attack, the country’s parliament said in a statement on the Telegram messaging app on Saturday. Ukraine’s air force said earlier Russia launched 67 drones in a nationwide overnight attack. Reuters correspondents in Kyiv heard a …

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By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft landed uncrewed in a New Mexico desert late on Friday, capping a three-month test mission hobbled by technical issues that forced the astronauts it had flown to the International Space Station to remain there until next year. NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, who became …

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MERDARE, Serbia (Reuters) – Kosovo said on Saturday it had closed two border crossings with Serbia after protesters on Serbian soil partially blocked roads and turned back passengers with Kosovo documents in protest over recent tensions in Kosovo’s volatile north. A small group of protesters gathered a few kilometres inside Serbia, near at least three …

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LONDON (Reuters) – The heads of the U.S. CIA and Britain’s spy service said in an op-ed on Saturday that “staying the course” in backing Ukraine’s fight against Russia was more important than ever and they vowed to further their cooperation there and on other challenges. The op-ed in the Financial Times by CIA Director …

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