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By Anna Voitenko KYIV (Reuters) -President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Friday said that Ukraine needed to secure three key “victories” abroad, including the approval of major aid packages from the U.S. Congress and the European Union, and a formal start of accession talks to join the EU. Zelenskiy also announced the latest dismissals in the military, …

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By Gloria Dickie The world’s largest iceberg is on the move for the first time in more than three decades, scientists said on Friday.  At almost 4,000 square km (1,500 square miles), the Antarctic iceberg called A23a is roughly three times the size of New York City.  Since calving off West Antarctica’s Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf …

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(Reuters) – A Ukrainian sea drone attack on Russia’s Crimean bridge in July had “overturned” naval operations and forced Moscow to resort to ferries to move weaponry, the head of Ukraine’s main intelligence agency said in a video broadcast on Friday. Vasyl Maliuk, head of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), said the second of …

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(Reuters) -Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Friday denounced on a visit to the Gaza Strip border what he called the indiscriminate killing of Palestinians, drawing an angry response from Israel which said the remarks gave terrorism a boost. While at the Egyptian-controlled Rafah crossing with Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo, Sanchez also called …

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By Steve Scherer and David Ljunggren OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada’s Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday said his main political rival on the right was abandoning Ukraine under the influence of Donald Trump, the Republican frontrunner in next year’s U.S. election. In a preliminary vote on Tuesday, all 109 Conservative lawmakers in the House …

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(Reuters) – Russian ex-prime minister and now Kremlin critic Mikhail Kasyanov was added to a registry of foreign agents, Russia’s Justice Ministry said late on Friday. The “foreign agent” designation requires people and entities on the list to place a disclaimer on items they publish and imposes strict financial reporting and self-disclosure requirements. Kasyanov first …

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By Catarina Demony LISBON (Reuters) – Still in celebratory mood after a shock win for Dutch populist Geert Wilders, some of Europe’s far-right leaders gathered in Lisbon on Friday in a show of support for their Portuguese counterpart ahead of a snap election in March. Andre Ventura, leader of Portugal’s far-right party Chega, welcomed members …

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GENEVA (Reuters) – Switzerland on Friday announced it would bid for either the 2030 or 2034 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games, which would be the third time the Alpine country has hosted the event. Switzerland has pledged to organise a “decentralised” Games using existing facilities spread across the country of around 9 million people. It …

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