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Romanian government approves draft law to give Patriot defence system to Ukraine

2 Sep 2024

BUCHAREST (Reuters) – Romania’s coalition government approved a draft law on Monday enabling the donation of a Patriot missile defence system to Ukraine and sent it to parliament for a final vote. Romania, a NATO member since 2004, shares a 650-km (400-mile) border with Ukraine and has had Russian drone fragments stray into its territory …

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Russia says Telegram boss Durov is a victim of his own independence

2 Sep 2024

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Pavel Durov, the Telegram boss arrested in France, was “too free” in his approach to running the social media platform, and this was his undoing, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday. A French judge put Russian-born Durov under formal investigation last week for suspected complicity in running an online platform …

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Israeli labour strike to push for Gaza hostage deal disrupts flights and buses

2 Sep 2024

By Steven Scheer JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Municipal services in several Israeli districts were disrupted on Monday after the country’s biggest labour union launched a general strike to pressure Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu into agreeing to a deal to bring Israeli hostages in Gaza home. The head of the Histadrut union, which represents hundreds of thousands …

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Analysis-Far-right state win shakes Germany’s fragile coalition

2 Sep 2024

By Sarah Marsh BERLIN (Reuters) – German state elections that dealt a heavy blow to the parties in Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s government and historic wins for two anti-establishment parties are likely to aggravate instability in an already fractious ruling coalition. With only a year to go before a national election in Europe’s largest economy, Sunday’s …

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Paralympics-Ukraine won’t stop fighting, adrenaline-fuelled war amputee says

2 Sep 2024

By Julien Pretot and Tom Little PARIS (Reuters) – Yevhenii Korinets is an adrenaline-fuelled man on a mission. Even if Ukraine are out of medal contention in sitting volleyball at the Paralympics, the war amputee is in Paris to deliver a message – his country will not stop fighting, on and off the battlefield. Korinets …

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Kharkiv struck by missiles after Ukraine launches mass drone attack on Russia

2 Sep 2024

By Pavel Polityuk KYIV (Reuters) -At least 47 people, including five children, were injured on Sunday after Russian missiles struck a shopping mall and events complex in Ukraine’s northeastern city of Kharkiv, officials said. Earlier in the day, Russia said Kyiv had launched one of the biggest drone attacks against it since the full-scale war …

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Exclusive-Intel CEO to pitch board on plans to shed assets, cut costs, source says

2 Sep 2024

By Max A. Cherney and Milana Vinn (Reuters) – Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger and key executives are expected to present a plan later this month to the company’s board of directors to slice off unnecessary businesses and revamp capital spending, according to a source familiar with the matter, as they try to revive the once-dominant chipmaker’s …

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Israel’s main labour union calls strike as pressure mounts for hostage deal

1 Sep 2024

By Emily Rose and Steven Scheer JERUSALEM (Reuters) -The head of Israel’s biggest labour union called for a general strike on Monday to pressure Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government to bring back Israeli hostages still held by Hamas in Gaza, as thousands of protesters took to the streets. The call for a one-day general strike …

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Ukraine shelling kills one, injures more than a dozen in Russia’s Belgorod region

1 Sep 2024

(Reuters) -Ukrainian forces shelled Russia’s southern Belgorod region on Sunday, killing one person and injuring more than a dozen, including two children who were seriously hurt, regional governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said. Gladkov, writing on the Telegram messaging app, said one person died in the village of Shagarovka near the Ukrainian border. Three people were injured …

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France’s Macron continues meetings amid prime minister search

1 Sep 2024

PARIS (Reuters) -Emmanuel Macron will meet his predecessors and two senior politicians tipped as candidates to become the next prime minister on Monday as the French president is close to announcing a new government leader, sources and media said. Macron will receive former presidents, socialist Francois Hollande and right-wing Nicolas Sarkozy, as well as Bernard …

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