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PARIS (Reuters) – Ukraine has bought six Caesar howitzers, France’s defence minister said on Thursday, adding that Paris would send 50 precision-guided missiles a month to Kyiv to aid its fight against Russia’s invasion. Speaking to France Inter radio, Sebastien Lecornu said Caesar manufacturer Nexter had managed to half the production time of the howitzer …

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KYIV (Reuters) – The situation in the Red Sea has led to a slowdown in Ukrainian agricultural exports in January, agriculture minister Mykola Solsky said on Thursday. “A big volume was (exported) in December… but the rate (in January) will drop,” Solsky told national television. “There are problems in the Red Sea and part of …

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By Anne Kauranen HELSINKI (Reuters) – Finnish centre-right presidential front-runner Alexander Stubb slightly extended his lead against liberal Green Party member Pekka Haavisto in a new opinion poll published on Thursday ahead of the Jan. 28 election. The winner will succeed Sauli Niinisto, who is stepping down after two six-year terms, in a new era …

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By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union will need to revamp its policies to deliver a fossil fuel phase-out if the bloc is to achieve its ambitious climate targets, official advisers said on Thursday. The 27-country EU was among the loudest voices demanding a global deal to phase out fossil fuels at last …

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BERLIN (Reuters) – Heavy snowfall and icy conditions upended air, car and train travel across Germany for a second day on Thursday. At Frankfurt airport, Germany’s largest hub, more than 300 out of almost 1,000 planned arrivals and departures were cancelled in the morning, according to a spokesperson. Trains to and from Paris were again …

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By Dan Peleschuk TROSTIANETS, Ukraine (Reuters) – An excavator belches out fumes as it clears earth and rubble from between the train and bus stations in the Ukrainian town of Trostianets to make way for a reimagined transport hub. Badly damaged in fighting with Russian forces almost two years ago, Trostianets is one of six …

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By Leela de Kretser and Victoria Waldersee DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) -Argentina’s libertarian President Javier Milei held a positive meeting with International Monetary Fund chief Kristalina Georgieva in Davos on Wednesday, focused on the South American country’s deep economic crisis and its $44 billion IMF program. “Very good meeting with Argentina’s President Javier Milei,” Georgieva wrote …

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BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraq’s Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani met France’s President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday on the sidelines of the Davos 54th Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Switzerland. “The two leaders reviewed opportunities for cooperation in economic fields, enhancing Iraqi military capabilities, executing armament contracts with the French company Thales Group, …

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By Dmitry Zhdannikov and Victoria Waldersee DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) -Western officials said in Davos on Wednesday they were open to the idea of confiscating $300 billion of Russian assets to help Ukraine, but cautioned that the devil was in the legal detail and that, even if it could be done, it would be no panacea …

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