LONDON (Reuters) -U.S. rocker Jon Bon Jovi says he is “grateful and humble” to be able to return to the stage again following vocal cord surgery as the band that carries his name announced a comeback tour this week. The 63 year-old singer underwent surgery in 2022 and needed three years of rehabilitation to regain …
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VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Leo lamented on Friday the frictions roiling relations between the United States and Canada, in a likely reference to U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to cut off US-Canada trade talks. “Canada and the United States … as we are sitting here, are experiencing great difficulties,” Leo, the first U.S. pope, told …
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(Corrects the first paragraph to show the processing was halted on October 23, not Wednesday) (Reuters) -Russia’s fourth-largest oil refinery, the Ryazan plant located south east of Moscow, halted a primary crude distillation unit on October 23 following a Ukrainian drone attack, two industry sources told Reuters on Friday. Ukraine has stepped up its attacks …
LONDON (Reuters) -NATO’s Secretary General Mark Rutte said on Friday he discussed the issue of sending Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine with U.S. President Donald Trump and it is still under review. “On particularly, the Tomahawks, of course, the President and I discussed that. The issue remains under review by the President and again, it’s up …
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KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine will have to find a way to produce air defence systems domestically, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Friday. Since the start of Russia’s war in Ukraine, Kyiv has ramped up weapons production, with nearly 60% of weapons now domestically produced, but it still depends on Western supplies for air defence systems and …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) -Moscow, which for decades has run on caffeine, could be rediscovering its taste for tea as some shun coffee as a Western introduction and embrace the more traditional drink. Andrei Kolbasinov, founder of retro-chic teahouse chain Nitka, which means “thread” in Russian, says his business is all about trying to resurrect Russia’s lost …
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AMSTERDAM (Reuters) -An 18-year old Dutch man is set to appear before a fast-track judge on Monday after he made death threats against two leaders of political parties ahead of a general election, Dutch prosecutors said on Friday. The man, whose identity was not disclosed, wrote to a politician in a private message on Instagram …
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By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) -The U.N. weather agency plans to cut some posts and is reviewing its priorities as dozens of countries, including the United States, are late with their fees, a spokesperson said on Friday. The World Meteorological Organization, set up in 1951 to coordinate global data for weather forecasts, created a review …
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WARSAW (Reuters) -A Polish court handed down prison sentences to three Ukrainians on Friday for their roles in a string of huge fires in Poland and the Baltic states, as Warsaw aims to crack down on what it says is a wave of sabotage orchestrated by Russia. Poland has been a target of sabotage actions, …
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PRAGUE (Reuters) -Czech populist party ANO is close to agreeing a joint agenda with far-right and right-wing partners to form a new government after an election victory this month, a senior official said on Friday. A government agenda is another step in the coalition talks as ANO, led by billionaire former Prime Minister Andrej Babis, …
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