MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia on Wednesday said a proposal by European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell to take 90% of revenues from Russian assets frozen in Europe and transfer them to buy weapons for Ukraine was “banditry and theft”. Under Borrell’s plan, proceeds from the assets such as interest payments would go to the …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Wednesday that a decision by the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) to cut cooperation with Russian scientists was politicised, discriminatory and unacceptable. CERN said in December it would cut cooperation with Russia from November 2024 and Belarus from June due to the war in …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Rescuers in Russia’s far east battled rubble and water on Wednesday in an attempt to save 13 miners who have been trapped 120 metres (390 feet) underground in a gold mine for nearly two days. The miners were trapped on Monday by a rock fall at the Pioneer gold mine. The mine, …
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By Nacho Doce BARCELONA (Reuters) – Lanky greyhounds placidly let a bunch of beaming children pet them in the SOS Galgos shelter in the suburbs of Barcelona, where the rescued dogs are helping kids learn empathy for animals. Known as ‘galgos’ in Spanish, greyhounds are used to track or catch game from rabbits to deer, …
By Fatos Bytyci STANTERG, Kosovo (Reuters) – Kosovar miner Emin Hasani feels closer to God when he breaks the Ramadan fast 800 metres (2,625 feet) underground. After a long and sweltering shift down the Trepca mine in Stanterg in northern Kosovo, Hasani checks a clock to know when the sun is setting at the surface …
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PARIS (Reuters) – The EU’s General Court on Wednesday handed a win to Russian former F1 driver Nikita Mazepin, who sought to overturn EU sanctions imposed against him as part of the bloc’s response to Russia’s war in Ukraine. “The family connection with his father, Russian businessperson Dmitry Mazepin, is not sufficient for him to …
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WARSAW (Reuters) – Polish farmers were planning more than 500 road blockades on Wednesday to protest against cheap food imports from Ukraine and the European Union’s climate policy. Footage from private broadcaster TVN24 showed farmers carrying Polish flags and obstructing a road in the southern city of Katowice while handing apples to passers-by. “We want …
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JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel’s military said on Wednesday it had killed around 90 gunmen and arrested 160 in a raid on Gaza’s Al Shifa hospital. Al Shifa, the Gaza Strip’s biggest hospital before the war, is now one of the few healthcare facilities that is even partially operational in the north of the territory, and …
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KYIV (Reuters) – Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal welcomed an interim EU deal on farm imports as “good news” on Wednesday, saying it would allow Ukraine to support its producers and maintain its export levels. The provisional agreement would grant Ukrainian food producers tariff-free access to EU markets until June 2025, with new limits imposed …
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ATHENS (Reuters) – A rare and endangered pygmy hippopotamus has been born in Athens’ Attica Zoological Park for the first time in 10 years, delighting conservationists. A lack of male pygmy hippos in captivity had complicated breeding efforts, so zoo staff were “absolutely thrilled” the baby was a boy, Noi Psaroudaki, the zoo’s wildlife veterinarian, …
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