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Ukraine attacks oil storage depot in Russian border region, governor says

8 Sep 2024 8 Sep 2024

(Reuters) -The governor of Russia’s southern Belgorod region said on Sunday Ukrainian forces attacked a fuel depot, triggering a series of fires after Moscow and Kyiv accused each other of launching overnight attacks on border regions. “The Ukrainian military, aided by lethal drones, attacked a fuel storage site in Volokonovsky district,” Vyacheslav Gladkov wrote on …

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Russia takes Ukrainian town in advance on Pokrovsk

8 Sep 2024 8 Sep 2024

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia said on Sunday its forces had taken full control of a town in eastern Ukraine as Moscow’s forces advance on the strategically important city of Pokrovsk and seek to pierce the Ukrainian defensive front lines. Russian forces, which control about a fifth of Ukraine since invading in February 2022, are advancing in eastern …

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Israeli strike kills senior rescue service official in Gaza as fighting rages

8 Sep 2024 8 Sep 2024

By Nidal al-Mughrabi CAIRO (Reuters) -An Israeli airstrike on a house in Jabalia on Sunday killed Mohammad Morsi, deputy director of the Gaza Civil Emergency Service in the northern areas of the Gaza Strip, and four of his family, health officials said. The Civil Emergency Service said in a statement that Morsi’s death raised to …

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Six bodies found off Sicily coast, likely victims of recent migrant shipwreck, media say

8 Sep 2024 8 Sep 2024

MILAN (Reuters) – Italy’s coast guard recovered six bodies off the coast of Sicily, believed to be some of the 21 missing from a migrant shipwreck earlier this month, Italian media reported on Sunday. The Italian coast guard said on Wednesday that seven people, all male Syrian nationals, were picked up from a semi-sunken boat …

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Greece to tax cruise ship arrivals to protect popular islands from overtourism

8 Sep 2024 8 Sep 2024

ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece plans to impose a 20-euro levy on cruise ship visitors to the islands of Santorini and Mykonos during the peak summer season, in a bid to avert overtourism, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Sunday. Greece relies heavily on tourism, the main driver of the country’s economy which is still recovering …

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Ukraine’s Zelenskiy appoints former arms production minister as adviser

8 Sep 2024 8 Sep 2024

KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy appointed on Sunday former arms production minister Oleksandr Kamyshin as an external adviser for strategic issues, a decree published on the presidential website said. Kamyshin, who was the minister for strategic industries, resigned last week as a part of a Ukrainian government shake-up at a critical juncture in …

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Tennis-Sabalenka survives Pegula storm to win U.S. Open women’s title

8 Sep 2024 8 Sep 2024

By Amy Tennery NEW YORK (Reuters) -Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka hoisted the trophy in New York at last after years of close calls, as she outplayed American sixth seed Jessica Pegula 7-5 7-5 in the U.S. Open women’s final on Saturday. Sabalenka won her first title at Flushing Meadows a year after coming up short in …

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Venezuelan former opposition candidate Gonzalez leaves country, VP says

8 Sep 2024 8 Sep 2024

CARACAS (Reuters) – Edmundo Gonzalez, the opposition presidential candidate who ran against President Nicolas Maduro in elections in July, has left the country, Vice President Delcy Rodriguez said on Saturday. In a post on Instagram, Rodriguez said Gonzalez had left the Spanish embassy, where he was seeking asylum, and left Venezuela. (Reporting by Vivian Sequeira; …

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Musk says SpaceX to launch first uncrewed Starships to Mars in two years

8 Sep 2024 8 Sep 2024

(Reuters) – SpaceX will launch its first uncrewed Starships to Mars in two years when the next Earth-Mars transfer window opens, Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk said in a post on social media platform X on Saturday. “These will be uncrewed to test the reliability of landing intact on Mars,” Musk said, adding if those …

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Greek PM pledges pension, wage hikes by 2027, within budget limits

7 Sep 2024 7 Sep 2024

By Renee Maltezou and Lefteris Papadimas ATHENS (Reuters) -Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis promised on Saturday to increase pensions, cut taxes and social security contributions, and increase the minimum wage in 2025, as thousands rallied to protest a high cost of living. In his annual economic policy speech at the Thessaloniki trade fair in northern …

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