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SAPIENTZA ISLAND, Greece (Reuters) -Divers off the coast of Sapientza Island in southern Greece have launched a determined effort to remove “ghost nets” — abandoned fishing gear that silently strangles marine ecosystems. Draped like curtains over the seabed, these nets trap unsuspecting sea creatures and slowly disintegrate into microplastics, poisoning the waters and suffocating life. …

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By Guy Faulconbridge POGRANICHNY, Russia (Reuters) -A French cyclist, freed on Thursday after weeks in Russian jail for illegally crossing the border from China in an attempt to beat the record for riding across Eurasia, said his adventure was over but he would try to have happy memories of Russia. Sofiane Sehili, who describes himself …

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KYIV (Reuters) -An overnight Russian drone attack on Kyiv wounded nine people and damaged buildings across the city, a senior official in the Ukrainian capital said on Thursday. Tymur Tkachenko, the head of Kyiv’s military administration, said 10 city locations had suffered damage, with two apartment buildings taking direct hits. Photos he posted online showed …

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BELFAST (Reuters) -A Belfast court on Thursday found a British soldier not guilty of murder in the only trial of a member of the British armed forces over the 1972 “Bloody Sunday” killings of 13 unarmed Catholic civil rights marchers in Northern Ireland. The British government in 2010 apologised for the “unjustified and unjustifiable” killings, …

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(Fixes garble in hradline) KYIV (Reuters) -Two Ukrainian journalists were killed by a Russian drone in the eastern city of Kramatorsk on Thursday in an attack that was condemned by President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and described by Ukraine’s human rights ombudsman as a war crime. Donetsk region governor Vadym Filashkin identified the journalists as Olena Hubanova …

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BRUSSELS (Reuters) -President Volodymyr Zelenskiy urged European allies on Thursday to supply Ukraine with long-range weapons after failing to secure a promise from U.S. President Donald Trump to provide Kyiv with powerful Tomahawk missiles. Zelenskiy, who addressed European Union leaders in Brussels, also called on them to agree as soon as possible on a plan …

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