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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian anti-war presidential candidate Boris Nadezhdin said on Thursday that the Central Election Commission (CEC) had refused to register him as a candidate for a March election in which he wanted to challenge incumbent Vladimir Putin. The CEC had previously said that it had found flaws in signatures he and his allies …

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By Stine Jacobsen and Terje Solsvik COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -A volcano in Iceland erupted on Thursday for the second time this year, spewing lava up to 80 metres into the air in what is the sixth outbreak on the southwestern Reykjanes peninsula since 2021. Live video from the area showed fountains of bright-orange molten rock spewing …

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By Mateusz Dobrzyniewski and Anastasiia Kozlova (Reuters) -Swisscom met expectations with a 4.9% rise in full-year core profit on Thursday boosted by growth in its Fastweb business in Italy. Fastweb is seeing accelerating growth in its customer base, with revenue from both business and wholesale customers increasing despite lagging broadband demand in a tough market …

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By Florion Goga SHENGJIN, Albania (Reuters) – An Albanian port that was once home to the country’s navy is set to receive African, Asian and Middle East migrants sent on from Italy as part of a deal that has drawn criticism from human rights groups. The deal, expected to be ratified by Albania’s parliament on …

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MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia’s air defence systems intercepted two waves of Ukrainian airborne attacks on Wednesday, destroying a total of 12 rockets and drones over the southwestern region of Belgorod, Russian officials said. Russia’s Defence Ministry said the initial attack was carried out with Czech-made Vampire rockets, the same type which, according to Moscow, was used …

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By Guy Faulconbridge MOSCOW (Reuters) -President Vladimir Putin granted an interview to U.S. television host Tucker Carlson on Tuesday, the Kremlin said, his first to an American journalist since before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine nearly two years ago. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Putin had agreed to the Carlson interview because the approach of the …

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BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany is not big enough to make up the difference should the United States fail to deliver weapons to Ukraine, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Wednesday ahead of a trip to Washington. “That is, I believe, the real danger we currently face,” he said. (Reporting by Andreas Rinke; writing by Tom Sims)