KYIV (Reuters) – The Ukrainian military destroyed eight of nine attack drones launched overnight by Russia, the air force said on Sunday. There were no immediate reports of damage or about where the remaining drone had struck. The attack, which the air force said was launched from the southeast, came a day after what Ukrainian …
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By Toby Sterling AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Veteran Dutch anti-Islam politician Geert Wilders on Saturday vowed to be prime minister of the Netherlands eventually, following an election in which his party won the most seats. In a long post on X, formerly Twitter, that expressed frustration at other parties for their apparent unwillingness to cooperate with …
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By Max Hunder KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine needs more air defences to protect its grain export routes as well as regions bordering Russia, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Saturday, as he addressed an international summit on food security in Kyiv. “There is a deficit of air defence – that is no secret,” Zelenskiy told the Grain …
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By Bassam Masoud and Maayan Lubell GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Hamas handed over 13 Israeli hostages and four foreigners to the International Committee of the Red Cross on Saturday night, Qatar’s foreign ministry said, after a brief disruption earlier to the deal to free captives was overcome with the mediation of Qatar and Egypt. The Gaza …
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By Vladyslav Smilianets NIZHYN, Ukraine (Reuters) – A Ukrainian soldier who was posthumously awarded a medal after a widely shared video showed him declaring “Glory to Ukraine” before apparently being shot dead, was commemorated with a statue in his northern hometown on Saturday. The video shared in March showed a man the military later named …
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By Antonella Cinelli ROME (Reuters) – Like many young people growing up in Sardinia, Davide Sanna loved Italian cuisine and wanted to have a successful career as a chef. But to do so, he had to move to New York. Sanna had worked in kitchens on the Mediterranean island and in northern Italy for four …
By Fatos Bytyci MRAMOR, Kosovo (Reuters) – Workers at a bear sanctuary in Pristina are working hard to look after a lion that wants to play in the snow and bears who were removed from their natural habitat when they were cubs and also enjoy the snowy conditions because they do not hibernate any more. …
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VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Francis cancelled his morning audiences on Saturday because of mild flu, the Vatican said in a statement. The 86-year-old pontiff holds regular meetings with Vatican officials on Saturdays, including a weekly one with the head of the Vatican department that oversees the appointment of bishops, as well as private audiences. He …
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By Dave Sherwood HAVANA (Reuters) -A special European Union envoy said on Friday that U.S. sanctions are worsening the human rights situation in Cuba while reiterating the EU’s call on the communist-run government to release prisoners detained during mass protests in July of 2021. EU human rights envoy Eamon Gilmore said bilateral talks with top …
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By Esther Verkaik AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – More than a thousand people gathered in Amsterdam on Friday in support of groups facing discrimination in the Netherlands, after major gains for a far-right political party this week. In Amsterdam’s central Dam Square people lit candles or held up cellphone lights in a mostly silent protest, two days …
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