By Guy Faulconbridge MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin was on Friday shown meeting one of the most senior former commanders of the Wagner mercenary group and discussing how best to use “volunteer units” in the Ukraine war. The meeting underscored the Kremlin’s attempt to show that the state had now gained control over the …
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By Samia Nakhoul, James Mackenzie, Matt Spetalnick and Aziz El Yaakoubi (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia is determined to secure a military pact requiring the United States to defend the kingdom in return for opening ties with Israel and will not hold up a deal even if Israel does not offer major concessions to Palestinians in …
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By Johan Ahlander STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -Sweden’s prime minister summoned the head of the armed forces and the police commissioner in a bid to stem gang violence, he said on Thursday, following a wave of violence that has taken at least 11 lives in September alone. Two people were killed in separate shootings in Stockholm on …
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By Piroschka van de Wouw ROTTERDAM (Reuters) -A gunman killed three people in the Dutch city of Rotterdam on Thursday, shooting a local woman and her daughter in their home then storming into a classroom of Rotterdam’s university hospital and opening fire on a male teacher. The 32-year-old suspect, a university student, shot dead a …
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(Reuters) – Russian shelling on Thursday killed three women in the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson and two people in eastern Donetsk region, local officials said. Prosecutors said the three women were killed on a street in Kherson, a town abandoned by Russian troops late last year along with other settlements on the west bank …
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By Robin Respaut and Chad Terhune (Reuters) – Dawn Heidlebaugh felt trapped in a disturbing pattern while taking Ozempic, the popular drug used to treat diabetes and obesity. Each Sunday for more than a year, the 53-year-old Ohio real estate agent took her weekly injection to help control her blood sugar. Then every Tuesday, she …
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By John Revill ZURICH (Reuters) -A former member of a Belarusian special unit accused of involvement in the disappearances of prominent opposition figures was acquitted by a Swiss court. The case marked the first time a Swiss court had heard a case involving enforced disappearance. The defendant had sought asylum in Switzerland, arguing his life …
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By John Revill ZURICH (Reuters) -Switzerland’s federal prosecutor said on Thursday it has filed an indictment against the daughter of Uzbekistan’s former president, accusing her of taking bribes and running an elaborate criminal organisation known as “The Office”. Gulnara Karimova, daughter of Islam Karimov – who ruled Uzbekistan from 1991 to 2016 – is accused …
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By Ivana Sekularac and Aleksandar Vasovic BELGRADE (Reuters) – Serbia will investigate the events that led to a gunbattle at a monastery in northern Kosovo that Pristina has blamed on Belgrade, President Aleksandar Vucic said on Thursday, denying any government involvement in the incident. Kosovo police fought around 30 heavily armed Serbs who barricaded themselves …
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(Reuters) – France and Ukraine pledged on Thursday to work together to continue securing arms for Kyiv’s three-month-old counteroffensive against Russian occupying forces and to jointly develop weapons production. Ukrainian Defence Minister Rustem Umerov said he and his French counterpart had focused on boosting cooperation in terms of training Kyiv’s armed forces and in the …
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