By Johan Ahlander STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Nordic countries will increase police cooperation and form a hub in Stockholm in an effort to prevent Sweden’s serious gang crime problem from spreading to Norway, Finland and Denmark, the Swedish government said on Wednesday. Swedish gangs have long been among the most violent in Europe but this year …
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By Gerry Doyle SINGAPORE (Reuters) – A study released Monday using data from NASA’s Mars InSight lander shows evidence of liquid water far below the surface of the fourth planet, advancing the search for life there and showing what might have happened to Mars’ ancient oceans. The lander, which has been on the Red Planet …
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By Pavel Polityuk, Tom Balmforth and Yuliia Dysa KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine’s forces advanced further into Russia’s Kursk region on Wednesday as Kyiv said its gains would provide a strategic buffer zone to protect its border areas from Russian attacks. Kyiv’s surge into Russian territory last week caught Moscow by surprise. Russian forces that began a …
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KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine said on Wednesday it carried out its largest long-range drone strike of the war on four Russian military airfields overnight, which were hailed by President Volodymyr Zelenskiy as “timely” and “accurate”. The General Staff said on Telegram that air bases “Khalino”, “Savasleyka”, “Borisoglebsk” and “Baltimor” in Voronezh, Kursk and Nizhniy Novgorod regions …
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(Reuters) – Russian forces attacked port infrastructure in Ukraine’s southern city of Odesa on Wednesday evening, injuring at least two people, Ukrainian officials said. A port employee and a grain carrier driver were injured in the strike, the Prosecutor’s General office said on Telegram. Russian forces used a ballistic missile, regional governor Oleh Kiper added. …
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By Nidal al-Mughrabi CAIRO (Reuters) -Hamas said on Wednesday it would not take part in a new round of Gaza ceasefire talks slated for Thursday in Qatar, but an official briefed on the talks said mediators expected to consult with the Palestinian group afterwards. The U.S. has said it expects indirect talks to go ahead …
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By Fatos Bytyci and Ivana Sekularac PRISTINA/BELGRADE (Reuters) – Raba Peci never wanted air conditioning – the cold air made people sick, she thought. Then this year a string of heatwaves in her town of Mitrovica in northern Kosovo finally changed her mind. “This summer is very hot and unbearable and that’s why we decided …
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KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine shot down 17 out of 23 Russia-launched drones during an overnight attack which damaged infrastructure in several regions, the country’s air force and local authorities said on Wednesday. The Russian forces also launched two Kh-59/69 guided missiles to attack Ukraine, the air force said. Ukraine’s national grid operator Ukrenergo said that Russian …
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By Rachel More BERLIN (Reuters) -Germany has asked Poland to arrest a Ukrainian diving instructor who was allegedly part of a team that blew up the Nord Stream gas pipelines two years ago, according to reports in German media published on Wednesday. However, one media outlet said the man appeared to be no longer living …
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BERLIN (Reuters) – A German military base next to Cologne airport has been sealed off and thousands of soldiers working there advised not to drink tap water as authorities investigate what may be an act of sabotage, Spiegel magazine reported on Wednesday. The tap water on the base with 4,300 soldiers and 1,200 civilian employees …
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