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Azerbaijan halts Karabakh offensive after ceasefire deal with Armenian separatists

20 Sep 2023 20 Sep 2023

By Felix Light and Andrew Osborn YEREVAN (Reuters) – Azerbaijan said on Wednesday it had halted military action in its breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh after its battlefield success forced Armenian separatist forces to agree to a ceasefire that will see the area fully return to Baku’s control. Under the agreement, outlined by Azerbaijan and the …

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Musk’s Neuralink to start human trial of brain implant for paralysis patients

20 Sep 2023 20 Sep 2023

(Reuters) -Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk’s brain-chip startup Neuralink said on Tuesday it has received approval from an independent review board to begin recruitment for the first human trial of its brain implant for paralysis patients. Those with paralysis due to cervical spinal cord injury or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis may qualify for the study, it said, …

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Exclusive-Senior Spanish soccer officials to leave or be fired after uproar over World Cup kiss-source

20 Sep 2023 20 Sep 2023

MADRID (Reuters) -Between six and nine senior officials of Spain’s football federation (RFEF) will be invited to leave their jobs or will be sacked as part of a deal to end a threatened player boycott of the national team, a federation source told Reuters. The move comes after mutinous players said in a statement last …

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Kremlin rejects Armenian assertions Russia has not done enough on Nagorno-Karabakh

20 Sep 2023 20 Sep 2023

MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Kremlin on Wednesday rejected Armenian assertions that Russia had not done enough to prevent fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh, saying the matter concerned Azerbaijan’s actions on its own territory. Azerbaijan forces pounded Nagorno-Karabakh on Wednesday, killing at least 32 people, according to Armenia, and wounding many more in the breakaway region controlled by …

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Paralympics-World champion Patouillet hopes for more LGBTQIA+ acceptance in cycling

20 Sep 2023 20 Sep 2023

By Noemie Olive and Manuel Ausloos PARIS (Reuters) – When Marie Patouillet was forced to give up running due to a foot malformation in her late 20s, she turned to para-cycling as a new means to perform. The 35-year-old Frenchwoman brought back two bronze medals from the 2020 Tokyo Paralympic Games on the track and …

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Swedish budget sets out tax cuts as defence spending ramped up

20 Sep 2023 20 Sep 2023

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -Sweden’s government promised 39 billion crowns ($3.5 billion) in tax cuts and more money for welfare, defence and the criminal justice system in its 2024 budget on Wednesday, but said spending had to be limited to help keep a lid on inflation. Since taking power last year, the right-of-centre coalition has faced multiple …

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Pope appeals for an end to the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh

20 Sep 2023 20 Sep 2023

ROME (Reuters) – Pope Francis on Wednesday called for an end to the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh, an ethnic Armenian breakaway region in Azerbaijan that has come under attack by Azeri forces over the last 24 hours. “I once again appeal to all the parties involved and to the international community to silence their weapons and …

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Karabakh’s Vardanyan: Close to 100 killed, hundreds injured by Azerbaijan’s ‘war’

20 Sep 2023 20 Sep 2023

MOSCOW (Reuters) -A former top official in Nagorno-Karabakh’s ethnic Armenian administration said on Wednesday that close to 100 people had been killed and hundreds more injured in the breakaway region after Azerbaijan started what he called a “big war”. “This is a big war – Azerbaijan has started a full operation,” Ruben Vardanyan, former head …

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US officials warn government shutdown could slow weapons to Ukraine, Taiwan

19 Sep 2023 19 Sep 2023

By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. State and Defense Department officials warned on Tuesday that a possible government shutdown could affect international weapons shipments by the United States, including to Ukraine and Taiwan. Mira Resnick, deputy assistant Secretary of State for Regional Security, testified in Congress that she could not say what would happen, …

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At UN, Zelenskiy tells Russia to stop war so world can fight climate, other crises

19 Sep 2023 19 Sep 2023

By Michelle Nichols and Gabriela Baczynska UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy implored world leaders gathered at the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday to stand united against Russia’s invasion and said Moscow had to be pushed back so the world could turn to solving pressing global challenges. Zelenskiy drew applause as he took …

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