By Sergiy Karazy and Valentyn Ogirenko KYIV (Reuters) -A 4-year-old boy and his 35-year-old father died when debris from a downed Russian weapon fell on the house they were living in near the capital Kyiv, Ukrainian officials said on Sunday. A 13-year-old child was among the injured in the attack in the Brovary district, in …
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VIENNA (Reuters) – Austria’s chancellor said on Sunday his country’s intelligence agencies should have greater power to monitor communications on messaging apps to stop extremists after a planned suicide attack at a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna was thwarted this week. Swift’s three planned concerts were cancelled after Austrian authorities got wind of a plot …
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By Sebastian Rocandio VINHEDO, Brazil (Reuters) -Brazilian emergency crews on Saturday recovered the remains of the 62 victims aboard an airliner that plunged to the ground in the town of Vinhedo, near Sao Paulo the day before, killing all on board. The bodies of most of the victims – 34 males and 28 females – …
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(Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy pledged on Saturday to “strengthen our Ukrainian spiritual independence”, suggesting that the country’s leadership was moving towards effectively banning the branch of the Orthodox Church that has links to Moscow. A majority of Ukrainians are Orthodox Christians, but the faith is split into one branch with traditional links to …
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By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Several U.S. and coalition personnel were wounded in a drone attack on Friday in Syria, a U.S. official told Reuters, in the second major attack in recent days against U.S. forces amid soaring tensions in the Middle East. The U.S. military initially assessed no casualties in the …
By Hatem Khaled and Mohammed Salem GAZA (Reuters) – A newly opened camp for displaced Palestinians with disabilities is providing some much needed help for around 100 vulnerable people in the town of Deir al-Balah in the central area of the war-ravaged Gaza Strip. The “Smile of Hope Camp” is managed by the Palestinian Red …
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BELGRADE (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of people gathered in central Belgrade on Saturday demanding a halt to Rio Tinto’s lithium project in Western Serbia over fears it could pollute nearby land and water. Protesters packed the streets leading to Terazije square, waving Serbian flags and chanting “You will not dig,” and “Rio Tinto leave …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Belarus sent more troops to reinforce its border with Ukraine on Saturday, saying Ukrainian drones had violated its airspace in the course of Kyiv’s military incursion into Russia’s Kursk region. Belarus’ Foreign Ministry summoned Ukraine’s charge d’affaires, demanded measures to ensure such incidents would not recur and suggested a repeat would prompt …
(Reuters) – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy acknowledged for the first time on Saturday that Ukrainian forces were fighting in Russia’s Kursk region and said the operation was part of Kyiv’s drive to restore justice after Russia’s 2022 invasion. Russia said Ukrainian forces pushed into Kursk region last Tuesday and Russian military bloggers have acknowledged they made …
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By Guy Faulconbridge MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia was fighting intense battles on Saturday against thousands of Ukrainian troops as deep as 20 km (12 miles) inside the Kursk region after Ukraine’s biggest attack on Russian sovereign territory since the start of the war in 2022. Ukrainian forces rammed through the Russian border early on Tuesday …
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