(Reuters) – Ukraine’s military said on Friday that its troops have captured a village near Bakhmut, the eastern city that fell into Russian hands in May after being besieged for many months. The Russian side had suffered significant casualties and loss of equipment, while Ukrainian troops were able to fortify some areas, the General Staff …
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STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Winners of this year’s Nobel Prizes will get an extra 1 million crowns, taking the total financial reward to 11 million Swedish crowns ($986,000), the Nobel Foundation, which administers the awards, said on Friday. The prize money has been adjusted up and down in recent years and the award-givers said it was …
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By Tom Balmforth and Yuliia Dysa KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine said on Thursday it attacked two Russian patrol ships and destroyed a sophisticated air defence system in the west of occupied Crimea, ramping up its strikes to challenge Moscow’s dominance in the Black Sea region. The attacks come a day after Kyiv said it seriously damaged …
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By Ahmed Elumami, Ayman al-Warfali and Essam Alfetori DERNA, Libya (Reuters) – Libyan authorities demanded an investigation on Thursday into whether human failings were to blame for thousands of deaths in the worst natural disaster in the country’s modern history, as survivors searched for loved ones washed away by floods. A torrent unleashed by a …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden is expected to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy at the White House next week after the U.N. General Assembly meeting in New York, a U.S. official said on Thursday. (Reporting by Steve Holland; Writing by Eric Beech; editing by Costas Pitas)
By Alexander Marrow and Mark Trevelyan LONDON (Reuters) -Russia said on Thursday it was expelling two U.S. diplomats whom it accused of working with a Russian national charged with collaborating with a foreign state. The Foreign Ministry said in a statement it had summoned U.S. envoy Lynne Tracy and told her that embassy First Secretary …
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By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Companies being investigated for anti-competitive practices or billion-euro deals will continue to face rigorous EU scrutiny despite the temporary absence of antitrust supremo Margrethe Vestager, officials and industry executives said on Thursday. Vestager took unpaid leave last week in a bid to become the first woman president of …
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MADRID (Reuters) -Spanish police arrested on Thursday three Real Madrid youth players for allegedly distributing a sexual video featuring a minor, with the arrests heightening the furore about sexism and macho behaviour in Spanish soccer. The players, who are not minors, were later released following a court decision and after the data on their mobile …
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By Lucy Craymer WELLINGTON (Reuters) -Thirty days out from New Zealand’s general election, recent polls show the opposition party National cementing its lead, as both parties are on the campaign trail trying to win over voters with proposed tax cuts and funding for infrastructure. A 1News Verian poll released late on Wednesday saw support for …
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KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine said on Thursday it downed 17 out of 22 Russian drones attacking its territory overnight, and that a child was killed in the country’s south by artillery shelling. Ukraine’s Prosecutor General’s office said a six-year-old boy was killed and four other people, including his 13-year-old brother, were wounded by Russian shelling …
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