By Olena Harmash and Yurii Kovalenko KYIV (Reuters) -Russia launched missile strikes on Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities during Wednesday morning’s rush hour, killing three people, injuring at least a dozen more and setting blazes across the capital, Ukrainian officials said. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said that two people had been killed in the capital Kyiv …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia said on Wednesday that two of its Tu-95MC strategic bombers flew over waters near the U.S. state of Alaska but said they stayed in international airspace. The Tu-95s, known as Bears by NATO, flew for about 9 hours, escorted by SU-30SM fighter jets. They flew over the Bering and Chukchi Seas, …
LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) -Russian-Uzbek metals and telecoms tycoon Alisher Usmanov will remain on the European Union sanctions list, a top EU court said on Wednesday, dismissing his appeal. In its decision to add him to the list in March 2022, soon after Russia invaded Ukraine, the EU described Usmanov as having “particularly close ties” with Russian …
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STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -Swedish prosecutors said on Wednesday they would drop further investigation into explosions on the Nord Stream 1 and 2 gas pipelines, confirming earlier media reports. “The conclusion of the investigation is that Swedish jurisdiction does not apply and that the investigation therefore should be closed,” the Swedish Prosecution Authority said in a statement. …
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PRAGUE (Reuters) – The Czech government will evaluate the merits of joining the ERM II exchange rate mechanism, a currency flotation band that aspiring countries must spend two years in before joining the euro zone, ruling parties’ leaders agreed late on Tuesday. Leaders of the centre-right Czech ruling coalition agreed to seek expert panel advice …
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By Nidal al-Mughrabi, Humeyra Pamuk and Mohammed Salem DOHA/GAZA (Reuters) – The Palestinian militant group Hamas said on Tuesday it had delivered its response to a proposed ceasefire deal for Gaza that would also involve the release of hostages, and the United States said it still believed an agreement was possible. Details of the response …
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(Reuters) – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Tuesday ordered the creation of a separate branch of Ukraine’s armed forces devoted to drones, weapons he and military officials say are crucial to fighting the war against Russia. Zelenskiy signed a decree calling on the government and general staff of the armed forces to “work out issues on …
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CAIRO (Reuters) – Senior Hamas official Ghazi Hamad told Reuters on Tuesday that the group intends for the release of the largest number possible of Palestinians who are being held in Israeli prisons. Hamad’s comments come after Hamas earlier announced that they had delivered their response to a framework agreement devised by Egypt and Qatar …
By Humeyra Pamuk DOHA (Reuters) -U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Tuesday the United States was reviewing a response from Hamas to a hostage deal proposal that he called the best hope for ending the four-month-old war in Gaza. Blinken, at a news conference in Qatar, declined to discuss details of Hamas’s response …
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By Sarah Marsh and Andreas Rinke BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will highlight Europe’s efforts to help Ukraine repel a Russian invasion during his trip to Washington this week, government officials said on Tuesday, in an apparent bid to shore up stalling support there for Kyiv. Scholz will dine with U.S. lawmakers upon …
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