By Thomas Escritt, Sarah Marsh and Andrea Shalal BERLIN (Reuters) – The German government played a key role in Thursday’s prisoner swap between Moscow and the West with its release of Vadim Krasikov, a Russian convicted of the 2019 murder of a former Chechen militant in Berlin, a decision it said it did not take …
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KYIV (Reuters) – A Russian drone hit a bus in Ukraine’s northeastern Kharkiv region early on Friday, injuring six construction workers, including one who was in a critical condition, the regional governor said. Governor Oleh Syniehubov said the incident took place near the town of Derhachi, about 40 km (25 miles) from Hlyboke one of …
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By Tala Ramadan and Jana Choukeir DUBAI (Reuters) – Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh will be buried in Qatar on Friday following his assassination in the Iranian capital Tehran, one in a series of killings of senior figures in the Palestinian militant group as the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza rages. Haniyeh will be …
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LONDON (Reuters) -The United Nations world food price index eased slightly in July according to data released on Friday, with a decline in the index for cereals offset in part by increases for meat, vegetable oils and sugar. The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization’s price index, which tracks the most globally traded food commodities, averaged …
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By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Tears of joy flowed in the Oval Office the moment families of prisoners such as Evan Gershkovich, freed by Russia in the biggest such swap since the Cold War, first spoke by telephone to their loved ones, a White House video showed on Thursday. “This is momma. Do you hear …
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ROME (Reuters) – Italy is set to appoint Daria Perrotta as the head of the state auditors at the economy ministry, officials said, the latest move by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s government on key positions within Italy’s top state bureaucracy. Perrotta, 47, currently head of the legislative bureau at the economy ministry and a close …
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By Matt Spetalnick and Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The largest prisoner exchange between Russia and the West in decades could help U.S. President Joe Biden burnish his foreign policy legacy in his waning months in office and boost Vice President Kamala Harris in her bid for the White House. But, from the perspective of …
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By Andrew Osborn MOSCOW (Reuters) -President Vladimir Putin gave Russian nationals freed in an historic prisoner exchange with the West a hero’s welcome on Thursday as they stepped off a plane in Moscow, promising them state awards and a conversation about their futures. Eight people were returned to Russia as part of the biggest East-West …
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ROME (Reuters) -An earthquake of around magnitude 5.0 shook southern Italy on Thursday, monitoring agencies reported, and was felt in a wide area but there were no initial reports of serious damage. In a post on X, the Italian fire brigade said it had not so far received any reports of damage or requests for …
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By Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The landmark prisoner swap agreed by Russia, the United States and several of its allies that brought home journalist Evan Gershkovich and former marine Paul Whelan and freed 14 others was more than two years in the making, involving secret talks and complex diplomacy involving Germany, Russia and the U.S., …
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