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MOSCOW (Reuters) -A Russian court has sentenced Alsu Kurmasheva, a Russian-American journalist for U.S.-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), to 6-1/2 years in prison for spreading false information about the Russian army, the court revealed on Monday. A spokesperson for the court in the southern city of Kazan said Kurmasheva had been sentenced on Friday …

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BELGRADE (Reuters) -A gunman entered a nursing home in northwestern Croatia on Monday shooting dead five people, including his mother, and injuring six others, a government minister said. One of the wounded later died in hospital taking the death toll to six, while four remain in critical condition. One of the victims was a nursing …

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MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia’s Tuapse oil refinery, its biggest on the Black Sea, was damaged in a major Ukrainian drone attack overnight which sparked a fire, Russian officials said on Monday, though the extent of the damage was not immediately clear. Debris from the drone, which was shot down, caused a fire at the refinery, which …

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By James Mackenzie JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israel will be the United States’ strongest ally in the Middle East regardless of who is elected president in November, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday before flying to Washington, where he was due to address the U.S. Congress. The visit, Netanyahu’s first to his most important international ally …

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BRUSSELS (Reuters) – A Czech-led initiative to buy ammunition from around the world for Ukraine will deliver 100,000 rounds to the country in July and August, Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavsky said on Monday. “During July and August we will send about a total of 100 (thousand) pieces more. From September these deliveries will accelerate,” …

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By Antony Paone PARIS, July 21 (Reuters) – Cafes along the banks of the Seine in Paris normally buzz with activity in the summer, but restrictions ahead of the Olympics have limited movement in the city centre, leaving restaurants empty of diners. Police have imposed a security zone along the river, erecting metal barriers to …

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MOSCOW (Reuters) – After U.S. President Joe Biden abandoned his reelection bid, the Kremlin said that for Russia the most important thing was achieving its goals in the Ukraine war not U.S. politics where Moscow said much could change over coming months. Biden abandoned his reelection bid on Sunday under growing pressure from his fellow …

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By Tommy Reggiori Wilkes, Tom Sims and Stefania Spezzati LONDON/FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Europe’s biggest banks report their second-quarter earnings this week, with all eyes on whether the gains from higher interest rates have run out of steam and if recent political drama is weighing on sentiment. The European Central Bank is expected to cut interest …

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