MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia on Tuesday blamed a malfunction in an on-board control unit for causing its first lunar mission in 47 years to crash into the moon in August. The state space corporation, Roscosmos, said the control unit failed to turn off the propulsion system, which blasted for one and a half times longer …
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Commission Executive Vice President Maros Sefcovic, the proposed EU green deal chief, said on Tuesday he hoped the European Union could set a target for to cut emissions by at least 90% by 2040, following advisors’ recommendations. Sefcovic spoke during a hearing at the European Parliament’s environment committee, where he needs …
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By Krisztina Than and Jan Lopatka BUDAPEST/PRAGUE (Reuters) – Robert Fico’s election win in Slovakia after he had campaigned to end military aid to Ukraine shows creeping discontent in Central Europe over the war with Russia, but analysts do not expect a major policy turn-around by Bratislava or Warsaw. Leaders in the region, which was …
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By Jan Lopatka and Jason Hovet BRATISLAVA (Reuters) -Slovakia’s pro-Russian and anti-liberal election winner Robert Fico was poised on Sunday to begin coalition talks to form a government likely to join Hungary in opposing the European Union’s military aid for Ukraine. The 59-year-old former prime minister’s SMER-SSD party scored nearly 23% of Saturday’s parliamentary poll, …
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By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A last-ditch weekend spending agreement avoided a U.S. government shutdown but left pro-Ukraine officials in Washington scrambling on Monday to determine the best path forward for securing approval for billions more assistance for Kyiv. Leaders in the Senate, which is narrowly controlled by President Joe Biden’s fellow Democrats, promised …
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By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis has appeared to leave open the possibility of priests blessing same-sex couples, if they are limited, decided on a case-by-case basis and not confused with wedding ceremonies of heterosexuals. Francis made his opinion known in one answer to five questions from five conservative cardinals from Asia, …
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(Reuters) – A senior Ukrainian official called on Monday for a reassessment of Western anti-aircraft systems being supplied to Ukraine, saying simpler and cheaper weapons could be more cost-efficient in countering Russia’s Iranian-made Shahed drones. The Shahed drones are deployed in Russian attacks virtually every day. Ukraine has become skilled at downing them though some …
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By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The nominee for the next EU head of climate change policy, former Dutch foreign minister Wopke Hoekstra, said on Monday he would try to ensure the bloc commits to slash its net greenhouse gas emissions by at least 90% by 2040 if he gets the role. Hoekstra was speaking during …
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By Daren Butler ISTANBUL (Reuters) -Turkey said it unleashed air strikes on militant targets in northern Iraq and detained suspects in Istanbul overnight, hours after Kurdish militants said they orchestrated the first bomb attack in the capital Ankara in years. On Sunday morning, two attackers detonated a bomb near government buildings in Ankara, killing them …
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By Olena Harmash KYIV (Reuters) – EU foreign ministers held their first ever meeting outside the bloc in Ukraine on Monday, a show of support for the country after a pro-Russian candidate won an election in Slovakia and the U.S. Congress omitted funding for Kyiv from a spending bill. “We are convening a historic meeting …
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