By Andy Sullivan and David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Republican-controlled House of Representatives is due to try to advance steep spending cuts this week that stand no chance of becoming law and could force a partial shutdown of the U.S. government by next Sunday. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy sought to avoid that scenario when he …
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By Anna Pruchnicka (Reuters) -Russian air strikes and shelling killed six people in Ukraine and caused “significant damage” to infrastructure at the Black Sea port of Odesa and to grain storage facilities, Ukrainian officials said on Monday. The air attacks were part of a campaign that has made it harder for major grain producer Ukraine …
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(Reuters) – Russian air defence units shot down seven Ukrainian drones over southern Belgorod region on Monday, regional governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said on Telegram. According to Gladkov, there were no casualties. Russia’s Defence Ministry later said Russian forces had destroyed two drones over Kursk region. The ministry provided no details of the attack. Both Belgorod …
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By Dawn Chmielewski, Lisa Richwine and Danielle Broadway LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Hollywood’s writers union reached a preliminary labor agreement with major studios on Sunday, a deal expected to end one of two strikes that have halted most film and television production and cost the California economy billions. The three-year contract still must be approved by …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian forces repelled an attack on the Crimean port of Sevastopol on Monday, downing one missile, the Russian-installed governor of Sevastopol, Mikhail Razvozhayev, said on Telegram. Razvozhayev, citing preliminary data, said Russian air defence units downed a missile near the Belbek military airfield. An air raid alert was subsequently lifted. Traffic on the …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) -The Kremlin said on Monday it was closely monitoring what it called a “potentially dangerous” situation in Kosovo, where ethnic Serb gunmen stormed a village at the weekend, battling police and barricading themselves into a monastery. Russia does not recognise Kosovo, which has a majority ethnic Albanian population, as an independent country and …
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WARSAW (Reuters) – Poland will introduce checks on vehicles crossing the border from Slovakia, the prime minister said on Monday, in measures to stem the flow of immigrants. The ruling nationalist Law and Justice (PiS) party has made migration a central issue in its campaign to win a third term in office in an Oct. …
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By Crispian Balmer ROME (Reuters) -Italian Mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro, who was convicted of multiple murders and was arrested in January after spending 30 years on the run, has died of cancer, officials said on Monday. Messina Denaro, 61, was suffering from cancer of the colon at the time of his arrest. As his …
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KYIV (Reuters) – An International Monetary Fund monitoring mission started work on Monday on the second review of a $15.6 billion multi-year loan program for Ukraine. Vahram Stepanyan, IMF’s resident representative, said in a statement that the discussions with the Ukrainian government would be held on recent economic developments and fiscal, financial and structural policies. …
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WARSAW (Reuters) – A call by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz for Warsaw to clarify allegations surrounding migrant visas is an attempt to interfere in the Polish election campaign, Poland’s Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau said. Migration has emerged as a main campaign theme ahead of the closely-contested Oct. 15 elections The government has faced accusations by …
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