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Ukraine’s Zelenskiy calls for air defense systems as allies meet

26 Apr 2024

By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Friday called for additional air defense systems to be sent to Kyiv to help protect against Russian strikes, adding that a pause in U.S. funding had helped Moscow seize the initiative. Zelenskiy’s comments come just days after Congress emerged from a half-year …

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Polish opposition lawmaker’s phone was hacked while party was in power, paper reports

26 Apr 2024

WARSAW (Reuters) – A lawmaker from Poland’s former ruling party is among 31 people prosecutors have summoned because they were victims of phone hacking while the party was in power, Gazeta Wyborcza daily reported on Friday. A Polish parliamentary commission has been investigating accusations the Law and Justice (PiS) party illegally hacked the phones of …

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Spain to send Patriot missiles to Ukraine, minister says

26 Apr 2024

MADRID (Reuters) -Spain’s defence minister said on Friday Madrid would deliver Patriot anti-aircraft missiles to Ukraine, following pressure from NATO and European Union allies to send more military aid to Kyiv. Defence Minister Margarita Robles confirmed the planned missile deliveries during a video conference with other countries supporting Ukraine’s defence against Russia’s invasion, her ministry …

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Trump ready to renew conservative alliance with Hungary’s Orban

26 Apr 2024

BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Donald Trump is ready to renew a conservative alliance with Hungary’s nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban, the U.S. Republican presidential candidate said in a video message on Friday. Orban has been one of Trump’s closest allies in Europe, where comments by the former U.S. president suggesting he would not protect countries that …

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Russian attacks wound four in northeastern Ukraine, local officials say

26 Apr 2024

(Reuters) – Russian guided bombs struck an industrial facility and a residential building in northeastern Ukraine on Friday, wounding at least four people, local officials said. Three children and a woman were hurt when bombs hit a central part of the town of Derhachi in the Kharkiv region, governor Oleh Syniehubov said on the Telegram …

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Ukraine jails farm minister pending probe into graft allegations

26 Apr 2024

By Pavel Polityuk and Olena Harmash KYIV (Reuters) -A Ukrainian court ordered Agriculture Minister Mykola Solsky to be taken into custody on Friday pending a corruption investigation focused on allegations he took part in an illegal acquisition of state-owned land worth some $7 million. Solsky has denied the allegations, which relate to events in 2017-2021 …

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‘Lucky to have him’: Australia mourns refugee guard killed in Bondi attack

26 Apr 2024

By Lewis Jackson SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese hailed as a hero Pakistani security guard Faraz Tahir, killed in Sydney while trying to stop a mass stabbing attack, in remarks delivered on Friday at a funeral attended by hundreds. Tahir, who would have turned 31 on Wednesday, was on the first day …

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Sweden should hike military budget to 2.6% of GDP, defence committee says

26 Apr 2024

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Sweden should raise its military spending to around 2.6% of GDP by 2030, a parliamentary committee said in a report on Friday, as the country rebuilds its defence capabilities after joining NATO in March. Defence spending has roughly doubled since 2020 to around 120 billion crowns ($11 billion) in 2024, when the …

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Ahead of Olympics, a packed Paris prison braces for crowds of inmates

26 Apr 2024

By Layli Foroudi VILLEPINTE, France (Reuters) – A police crackdown that aims to clear a poor suburb of petty crime and street vendors before the Paris 2024 Olympics is putting pressure on an overcrowded prison operating at almost double its capacity. Villepinte is a grey, concrete detention centre in the suburb of Seine-Saint Denis. It …

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Reactions to court overturning Harvey Weinstein NY rape conviction

26 Apr 2024

(Reuters) -Reactions were widespread to the overturning of Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 New York conviction for sexual assault and rape on Thursday: DOUGLAS WIGDOR, LAWYER FOR EIGHT WEINSTEIN ACCUSERS: “Today’s decision is a major step back in holding those accountable for acts of sexual violence. Courts routinely admit evidence of other uncharged acts where they assist …

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