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(Reuters) -Top Ukrainian officials, including Economy Minister Yulia Svyrydenko, Defence Minister Rustem Umerov and the president’s chief of staff Andriy Yermak, began a visit to Washington on Friday, the Ukrainian presidential office said. Yermak and Umerov briefed U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin about the situation on the battlefield in the first meeting of the visit, …

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(Reuters) -The head of Ukraine’s power grid operator Ukrenergo, Vadym Kudrytskyi, is to be dismissed, Forbes Ukraine reported on Friday, citing four sources familiar with the matter. One source said that Kudrytskyi refused to submit his resignation after the decision was made during a meeting with President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, and top officials. Ukrenergo did not …

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By Renee Maltezou and Yannis Souliotis ATHENS (Reuters) -A salvage operation to recover a Greek-registered oil tanker stranded ablaze in the Red Sea after an attack by Houthi militants is expected to start in the coming days, two sources with knowledge of the matter said on Friday. The Sounion, which the Houthis and maritime sources …

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ZURICH (Reuters) – Next year’s Eurovision Song Contest will be held in the Swiss city of Basel, public broadcaster SRG said on Friday. Basel beat competition from Geneva to host the event in May 2025, which Switzerland will host after singer Nemo won this year’s competition in Malmo, Sweden. The two Swiss cities were the …

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By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -Israel’s military and Palestinian militant group Hamas have agreed to three separate, zoned three-day pauses in fighting in Gaza to allow for the first round of vaccination of 640,000 children against polio, a senior WHO official said on Thursday. The vaccination campaign is due to start on Sunday, with …

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ATHENS (Reuters) – The EU’s Red Sea naval mission Aspides said on Thursday that no oil spill has been detected on the Greek-flagged oil tanker Sounion in the Red Sea, despite multiple fires which have been detected on the main deck of the vessel. The Houthis said on Wednesday that they had agreed to allow …

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