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MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia’s foreign spy agency accused the United States on Tuesday of plotting “regime change” in Georgia after the South Caucasus country holds a parliamentary election on Oct. 26, a claim Washington called “completely false.” Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) provided no evidence for its assertion, but an SVR statement containing the allegation was …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan outlined a series of measures to strengthen U.S. and NATO support for Ukraine on Tuesday, as leaders of the military alliance gathered in Washington for a summit. NATO will announce in the coming days a new military command in Germany led by a three-star general for …

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GENEVA (Reuters) – A lethal strike on a children’s hospital in Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, was likely caused by a direct hit from a Russian missile, the head of the U.N. human rights monitoring mission said on Tuesday, citing its own analysis. “Analysis of the video footage and an assessment made at the incident site indicates …

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By Angeliki Koutantou and Stelios Misinas NAXOS, Greece (Reuters) – The biggest reservoir on the Greek island of Naxos has dried up, useful only to the turtles that cruise its muddy shallows. Downstream, sea water has seeped into empty irrigation wells, harming the island’s prized potato crop. Further south, on Karpathos island, authorities have imposed …

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MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Kremlin said on Tuesday that Ukrainian anti-missile fire, not Russia, had hit a children’s hospital in Kyiv on Monday. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov provided no evidence to support the assertion, but told reporters: “I insist, we do not conduct strikes on civilian targets.” Ukrainian authorities say Russia struck the main children’s …

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By Alexander Tanas CHISINAU (Reuters) – Moldova’s Socialists, the ex-Soviet state’s largest opposition party, put forward a dismissed prosecutor general as a “unified opposition” candidate on Monday to challenge pro-European incumbent Maia Sandu in an October presidential election. Sandu, who has made securing European Union membership the cornerstone of her policies, is seeking a second …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden will hold his first face-to-face talks with Britain’s new Prime Minister Keir Starmer at the White House on Wednesday, the White House said on Monday. Biden also will host an event on Thursday with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy at the NATO summit, which is taking place this week …

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