ROME (Reuters) -Five German climbers have died after being caught in an avalanche in the Italian Alps, local authorities said on Sunday. The climbers had set out on Saturday to scale Cima Vertana in the Ortler mountain range near the village of Solda. The avalanche struck as they headed for the summit. The cascade of …
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By Sabine Siebold BERLIN (Reuters) -Germany’s defence minister is confident its fractious ruling coalition can agree on a new model of military service in time for it to come into effect next year as planned, given security concerns over Russia, he told Reuters on Saturday. The cabinet has already agreed to minister Boris Pistorius’ proposal …
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KYIV/MOSCOW (Reuters) -Ukraine’s top military commander said on Saturday his troops were still holding out in the embattled eastern city of Pokrovsk, which Moscow said its forces were at last enclosing in a pincer movement after more than a year of fighting. Russia has been trying to capture Pokrovsk, dubbed “the gateway to Donetsk”, since …
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(Reuters) -Russia’s foreign ministry denounced on Saturday “excessive military force” by the United States in the Caribbean Sea deployed as part of a drive against drug trafficking and reaffirmed its support for Venezuela’s leaders. “We firmly denounce the use of excessive military force in carrying out actions in anti-drugs operations,” foreign ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova …
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PARIS (Reuters) -A woman and a man were placed under formal investigation over the $102 million Louvre Museum jewel heist, the Paris prosecutor said on Saturday, bringing the total number charged in the case to four. The man, 37, known to police for previous thefts, was charged with organised theft and criminal conspiracy. The woman, …
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ATHENS (Reuters) -A man and a woman were killed and several people were injured in a shooting in a village on the Greek island of Crete on Saturday, in what police officials described as a family vendetta. The suspected shooters opened fire in the village of Vorizia in the morning, the officials said. At least …
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By Ivana Sekularac NOVI SAD, Serbia (Reuters) -Tens of thousands of protesters poured into Serbia’s second city on Saturday a year after a railway station roof collapse that killed 16 people, unleashing discontent over alleged corruption and a lack of accountability many blame for the disaster. Months of protests across Serbia, stoked by anger over …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian air defences downed 98 Ukrainian drones overnight over Russian regions, the country’s defence ministry said on Saturday. Eleven drones, including six that headed to the Russian capital, were destroyed over Moscow region, the ministry said. Reuters could not independently verify the ministry’s statement. (Reporting by Reuters; editing by Guy Faulconbridge)
(Reuters) -Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry denounced on Friday what it described as Russian attacks on substations critical to supplying external power for Ukraine’s nuclear power stations. Russia has carried out “targeted strikes on such substations”, a ministry statement issued late on Friday said. “Deliberate strikes on civilian energy facilities that directly affect the safe operation of …
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By Yuliia Dysa and Tom Balmforth KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine landed special forces to fight in embattled parts of the eastern city of Pokrovsk earlier this week, just as Russia said it had surrounded Kyiv’s forces in the area, two Ukrainian military sources said on Friday. The operation shows how Ukraine is battling to stabilise the …
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