By Yurii Khomenko KYIV (Reuters) -European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on Sunday the bloc would increase military support to Ukraine, after the U.S. Congress passed a stopgap funding bill late on Saturday that omitted aid to Ukraine. Borrell told a news conference during a visit to Kyiv that in the face of …
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By Huseyin Hayatsever and Burcu Karakas ANKARA (Reuters) -Two attackers detonated a bomb in front of Turkish government buildings in Ankara on Sunday, leaving both of them dead and two police officers wounded, and a Kurdish militant group claimed responsibility for the attack. Authorities called it the first terrorist attack in the capital in years. …
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KYIV (Reuters) – An International Monetary Fund will begin holding meetings in Ukraine on Sunday to discuss policy goals and challenges with government officials and others there, the Fund’s country representative Vahram Stepanyan said on Sunday. Ukraine’s economy has been hit hard since Russia launched a full-scale invasion in February 2022, and the government has …
(Reuters) – Turkey’s interior minister said on Sunday that two terrorists carried out a bomb attack in front of the ministry buildings in Ankara, adding one of them died in the explosion and the other was “neutralized” by authorities there. The bombing, the first to hit Ankara in a number of years, comes almost a …
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KYIV (Reuters) – Five new ships are on their way to Ukrainian sea ports using a new corridor opened to resume predominantly agricultural exports, an alternative arrangement to the Black Sea grain deal blocked by Russia, the MarineTraffic database showed on Sunday. The MarineTraffic database showed earlier on Sunday that three cargo vessels left Ukrainian …
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By Jan Lopatka and Jason Hovet BRATISLAVA (Reuters) – Slovakia’s leftist former Prime Minister Robert Fico beat his progressive rival in a parliamentary election after campaigning to end military aid to Ukraine, but he will need to win over allies to form the next government, nearly complete results showed on Sunday. With 98% of voting …
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By Anna Voitenko DONETSK REGION, Ukraine (Reuters) – Ukrainian tank crews in the eastern front see the first delivery of U.S. Abrams tanks to Kyiv as a boost that will offer them more protection and firepower in battle. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday that Ukraine had taken delivery of its first shipment of U.S. …
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By Vitalii Hnydyi DEMENTIIVKA, Ukraine (Reuters) – Her yard is pocked by craters from wayward bombs, the vegetable garden lies in ruins and her bees have abandoned their hives. But Vira Chernukha, 76 and now the sole resident of a northeastern Ukrainian village bombed and depopulated by Russian invaders, has no intention of ever leaving …
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BERLIN (Reuters) -Berlin will disburse aid to migrant charity groups operating in the Mediterranean imminently, German foreign minister Annalena Baerbock said on Thursday, defending the work of sea rescuers as vital amid a spat with Rome on the issue. A sharp increase in migrant arrivals this year has led to differences around Europe towards charity …
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ROTTERDAM, Netherlands (Reuters) – Public prosecutors were concerned enough about the erratic behaviour of a man now suspected of shooting three people dead in Rotterdam that they had sent a warning letter to his school, they confirmed on Friday. The 32-year-old man is due to appear before a judge on Oct. 3, a spokesperson for …
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