BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union cannot recognise the results of Venezuela’s presidential election until all polling station records are published and verified, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on Monday. “The EU calls on the Venezuelan Electoral Council (CNE) to exercise maximum transparency in the process of results tabulation,” Borrell said in a …
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SABAC, Serbia (Reuters) – Thousands rallied on Monday in the Serbian city of Sabac to protest the Rio Tinto lithium project, over fears it could cause environmental harm. Lithium, which is regarded as a critical material by the European Union and the United States, is used in batteries for electric vehicles and mobile devices. Rio …
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KYIV (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday he had travelled to the frontline area of Vovchansk in the northeastern Kharkiv region near the Russian border, where Moscow’s forces have been trying to break through. Russian troops opened a new front in the north of the region in May, rapidly making inroads up …
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WARSAW (Reuters) – Polish divers have found a 19th-century shipwreck off the coast of Sweden laden with bottles of champagne, a “very exclusive” cargo they say may have been destined for the tsar of Russia before the vessel sank. They discovered the wreck, which also contains porcelain and bottles of mineral water, around 60 metres …
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MADRID (Reuters) -The leadership of moderate separatist party Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya (ERC) has approved an initial agreement to support Spain’s Socialists to form a regional government in the rich northeastern region, party spokesperson Raquel Sans said on Monday. The decision is subject to confirmation by militants in an internal party vote on Friday, she …
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(Reuters) -Ukraine’s military said its forces launched fresh waves of strikes on southern Russia’s Kursk region on Monday, and said the strikes were targeting power substations in addition to earlier attacks on an oil depot. “In particular, there have now been attacks on several of the Russian invaders’ power substations in Kursk region,” the General …
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By Maayan Lubell and Maya Gebeily JERUSALEM/BEIRUT (Reuters) -Israel wants to hurt Hezbollah but not drag the Middle East into all-out war, two Israeli officials said on Monday, as Lebanon braced for retaliation after a rocket strike that killed 12 children and teenagers in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. Two other Israeli officials said Israel was …
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By Joseph Ax (Reuters) -Thousands of firefighters were battling a rapidly growing wildfire in northern California on Saturday after the blaze more than doubled in size in a 24-hour span. The Park Fire had burned more than 350,000 acres (141,640 hectares) about 90 miles (144 km) north of the state capital city of Sacramento as …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday congratulated Nicolas Maduro on his re-election as president of Venezuela, saying Moscow enjoyed a strategic partnership with the South American state and that Maduro was always welcome in Russia. Maduro and his opposition rival Edmundo Gonzalez have both claimed victory in the presidential election as Washington …
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KYIV (Reuters) – Russian forces are staging their heaviest assaults near the strategic eastern city of Pokrovsk, Kyiv’s military said on Monday, threatening a key supply route for Ukrainian troops struggling to fend off Moscow’s 29-month-old invasion. Fighting on the Pokrovsk front was the fiercest anywhere in the war-scarred east, the General Staff said in …
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