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By Alexander Tanas CHISINAU (Reuters) – Moldova’s pro-European government faces a new challenge from its restive pro-Moscow Gagauzia region after its leaders denounced proposed judicial reforms and demanded enhanced status for the Russian language. Gagauzia’s 140,000 residents, mainly ethnic Turks who adhere to Orthodox Christianity, have had uneasy relations with central authorities since Moldova threw …

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(Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy expressed gratitude on Saturday for the passage by the U.S. House of Representatives of a military aid bill for his country and said the assistance would save lives and “bring a just end” to the war with Russia. “I am grateful to the United States House of Representatives, both parties, …

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(Reuters) – Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Saturday that U.S. House of Representatives’ approval of security aid to Ukraine would lead to more damage and deaths in the conflict there. The decision “will make the United States of America richer, further ruin Ukraine and result in the deaths of even more Ukrainians, the fault …

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VIENNA (Reuters) – A European Court of Human Rights ruling last week that Switzerland has failed to protect its people from climate change is hard to reconcile with direct democracy, the Swiss environment minister said in a newspaper interview, appearing to play it down. The Strasbourg-based court found in favour of more than 2,000 Swiss …

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By Tom Balmforth and Yuliia Dysa KYIV (Reuters) – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy told NATO members on Friday that Ukraine needed a minimum of seven Patriot or other high-end air defence systems to counter Russian air strikes, exhorting them to step up their military assistance for Kyiv. In an emotional speech by video link to the …

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