BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The leaders of France, Germany and Italy called on Serbia on Friday to “deliver on de-facto recognition” of Kosovo, which declared independence in 2008 but which Belgrade has continued to regard as its province. In a statement the day after holding talks with both sides, French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz …
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(Reuters) -Russian forces heavily shelled the centre of the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson on Friday, injuring eight people and destroying or damaging at least 15 buildings, a senior city official said. Pictures posted on social media showed at least three sites dotted with piles of rubble and the interior of one building strewn with …
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KYIV (Reuters) -Four vessels left Ukrainian Black Sea ports in the Odesa region on Friday as shipping via a new export corridor resumed after a three-day pause, independent transport sector consultancy STC said. “On October 27, vessel traffic in the temporary Black Sea corridor announced by Ukraine resumed,” STC said in a report. It said …
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By Mark Trevelyan (Reuters) – Former Ukrainian lawmaker Oleg Tsaryov, a pro-Russian figure whom sources said Moscow had enlisted to lead a puppet administration in Kyiv after Russia’s invasion, was shot and wounded in a late-night attack, family and officials said on Friday. Russia’s top investigative body said it had opened a criminal inquiry into …
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union broadly favours a plan to support Ukraine with 50 billion euros ($53 billion) over the next four years, leaders said on Friday, but it will take until December for the 27-nation bloc to agree on the details. The European Commission proposed in June 50 billion euros for Ukraine from …
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By Yesim Dikmen, Antonio Denti and Philip Pullella POZZUOLI, Italy (Reuters) – The talk in shops and coffee bars in Pozzuoli, a port town outside Naples, is not about soccer or politics, but of the fear that has gripped residents since a supervolcano sparked a swarm of earthquakes. Over the past weeks the government has …
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By Simon Lewis WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Overly stringent checks on trucks at the Rafah crossing from Egypt into Gaza were slowing the flow of humanitarian aid to a “dribble” as hunger grows among Palestinians there, U.N. World Food Programme (WFP) Executive Director Cindy McCain told Reuters on Thursday. The Rafah crossing, which is controlled by Egypt …
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FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Euro zone inflation will have almost fallen back to the European Central Bank’s 2% target in 2025, but economic growth will remain weak and at below 1% through next year, the ECB’s quarterly Survey of Professional Forecasters showed on Friday. The ECB left interest rates unchanged on Thursday after the steepest set …
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By Andrius Sytas and Nerijus Adomaitis VILNIUS (Reuters) – The three incidents which resulted in damage to a gas pipeline and two telecom cables between Estonia, Finland and Sweden “are related”, Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas said in a statement. Finnish police have named the Chinese-owned and Hong-Kong-flagged container carrier NewNew Polar Bear as the …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States has information that the Russian military is executing soldiers who do not follow orders related to the war with Ukraine, the White House said on Thursday. “We have information that the Russian military has been actually executing soldiers who refuse to follow orders,” White House spokesperson John Kirby told …
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