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KYIV (Reuters) -Two people were killed and 13 others injured in Kyiv after Russian missiles and drones hit sites in Ukraine overnight, including infrastructure and energy sites, Ukrainian officials said on Saturday. The attack in Kyiv set off multiple fires and damaged residential infrastructure, including a kindergarten, according to city officials. “These strikes were once …

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MOSCOW (Reuters) -The governor of Russia’s Belgorod region said on Saturday that Ukraine had struck a dam on a local reservoir, causing damage. In a statement on Telegram, Vyacheslav Gladkov said that repeat strikes on the dam could risk flooding, and advised residents of parts of two border settlements, Shebekino and Bezlyudovka, to leave their …

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By Brenda Goh SHANGHAI (Reuters) -China’s fourth-highest-ranked leader said on Saturday that China and Taiwan should work to achieve “peaceful reunification”, Chinese state news agency Xinhua reported Wang Huning, a Communist Party Politburo standing committee member in charge of dealing with Taiwan, said at an event in Beijing to mark the 80th anniversary of the …

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By Gleb Bryanski and Jasper Ward MOSCOW/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Kirill Dmitriev, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s special envoy for investment and economic cooperation, said on Friday he believes his country, the United States and Ukraine are close to a diplomatic solution to end Russia’s war in Ukraine. Speaking to CNN after arriving in Washington for talks with …

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MADRID (Reuters) -The body of a 56-year-old man has been found buried in mud a year after he was swept away in deadly flash floods in southeastern Spain, authorities said on Thursday. Nearly 240 people died when floodwaters swamped homes, underground car parks and vehicles on the outskirts of Valencia, Spain’s third-largest city, on October …

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(Fixes hyperlink in paragraph 10) By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -The United States on Friday said it would consider candidates from around the world to be the next U.N. secretary-general, a move that could irritate Latin American countries who believe it is their turn to provide a leader for the world body.  The 10th …

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LONDON (Reuters) -The new sanctions imposed by the United States on Russia will put more pressure on President Vladimir Putin, who is running out of money, troops and ideas, NATO chief Mark Rutte told reporters on Friday. “Our support to Ukraine is working,” Rutte said, adding that Putin is making marginal gains on the battlefield …

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