WARSAW (Reuters) – Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk set out a pro-European Union vision and pledged strong support for Ukraine on Tuesday, a day after his appointment ended eight years of nationalist rule that soured relations with the EU. Below are the main policy plans from his speech: EU RELATIONS * “Poland will regain its …
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KYIV (Reuters) – About 100 lorries have passed through a road crossing on Ukraine’s border with Poland since Polish truck drivers lifted a blockade there on Monday, Ukrainian deputy infrastructure minister Serhiy Derkach said on Tuesday. He said Kyiv hoped blockades would also be lifted at three other border checkpoints where lorries are backed up …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny’s location inside the prison system remains unknown and he again did not show up at a court hearing by video link, Kira Yarmysh, his spokesperson, said on Tuesday. His allies said on Monday that Navalny had been removed from the penal colony where he had been imprisoned …
By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) – The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies elected a U.S. candidate on Monday as its new president after an acrimonious meeting that nearly saw the vote postponed amid a controversy involving a rival candidate. Kate Forbes, an existing IFRC board member, became the second woman to …
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By Supantha Mukherjee and Foo Yun Chee STOCKHOLM/BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Days after EU countries and lawmakers agreed on a provisional deal on artificial intelligence rules, experts from both sides are meeting on Tuesday to hammer out details, according to three sources familiar with the matter. Over 11 scheduled technical meetings beginning on Tuesday, government officials …
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By Michel Rose and Elizabeth Pineau PARIS (Reuters) – French lawmakers sent the government’s immigration bill back to the drawing board on Monday in a surprise move that cut short debates at the lower house and dealt a blow to President Emmanuel Macron’s attempts to pass laws without a majority. Lawmakers from Marine Le Pen’s …
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By Michel Rose PARIS (Reuters) – More than a hundred senior European lawmakers will send a joint letter to their counterparts in the United States on Tuesday, pleading for Congress to unlock further military aid to Ukraine at a time U.S. lawmakers have struggled for a deal. The open letter, reviewed by Reuters, was signed …
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By Dan Peleschuk KYIV (Reuters) – The European Union’s 27 leaders could decide at a summit this week whether to launch formal membership talks with Ukraine, a step that would provide a much-needed boost for Kyiv amid uncertainty over the future of vital wartime foreign assistance. Brussels offered Kyiv candidate status four months after Moscow’s …
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JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israel’s defence minister on Monday said his country has no intention of staying permanently in the Gaza Strip and that it was open to discussing alternatives about who would control the territory, as long as it was not a group hostile to Israel. Defence Minister Yoav Gallant also said that Israel was open …
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By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy told a U.S. military audience on Monday that he hoped he can still count on the United States and urged Congress not play into Russian President Vladimir Putin’s hands, as he started a critical visit to Washington to shore up security assistance. …
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