(Reuters) -At least one Ukrainian missile struck the headquarters of Russia’s Black Sea navy in the Crimean port of Sevastopol on Friday, and a major cyberattack interrupted internet services on the peninsula, Russian-installed officials said. Russia’s defence ministry said one serviceman was missing after the attack, revising its earlier statement that the man had been …
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ROME (Reuters) -Former Italian president Giorgio Napolitano, a onetime communist who helped to steer his country through a debt crisis in 2011, died on Friday aged 98. Condolences poured in from Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s office, other politicians, the Vatican and beyond. “I gratefully recall the personal meetings I had with him, during which …
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By Philip Pullella MARSEILLE, France (Reuters) -Pope Francis said on Friday that migrants who risk drowning at sea “must be rescued” because doing so was “a duty of humanity” and that those who impede rescues commit “a gesture of hate”. Francis, 86, spoke at an inter-religious prayer service before a monument dedicated to those lost …
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STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Two people were killed and two injured in a shooting at a restaurant in eastern Sweden late on Thursday that police said appeared to be part of an escalating spiral of violence among criminal gangs. Sweden has been rocked by a wave of shootings and bombings in recent years that has intensified …
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By Olena Harmash KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine and the United States have agreed to launch joint weapons production in a step that will enable Kyiv to start producing air defence systems, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Friday as he wrapped up a visit to the U.S. In his daily address to Ukrainians, Zelenskiy said the …
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OSLO (Reuters) – A pair of F-35A Lockheed Martin fighter jets have landed on a motorway for the first time, footage from the Norwegian military showed, a step that enables them to reduce vulnerable time on the ground in times of war. The two Royal Norwegian Air Force aircraft landed in Tervo, central Finland, on …
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By Andrea Shalal, Makini Brice and Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy sought to bolster U.S. support for his country in Washington on Thursday, as he met with President Joe Biden amid skepticism among Republicans in Congress over a new round of military aid to defend against Russia. After seeking international support at …
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By Ahmed Elumami, Abdelhadi Ramadi and Maya Gebeily DERNA/BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) -The small first-floor apartment in Derna became home away from home to Syrian migrant Ammar Kanaan, after the risk of drowning kept him from attempting the dangerous Mediterranean crossing to Europe that has cost the lives of so many. After fleeing Syria two years …
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MILAN (Reuters) – The wealthy coastal town of Portofino will become the first place in Italy to name a street after the late prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, who died in June, after local authorities fast tracked approval. In Italy, 10 years must normally pass after a death before anyone gets such an honour but in …
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SARAJEVO (Reuters) – The European Union and the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) urged the Bosnian Serb government on Thursday to drop a bill that labels non-profit groups funded from abroad as “foreign agents” and called on lawmakers to reject it if it is presented in the parliament. The parliament of Bosnia’s …
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