MOSCOW (Reuters) – The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, which is trying to recruit more Russians as spies, has released a video targeting Moscow officials with an appeal to tell the truth about a system it said is riddled with lying sycophants. CIA Director William Burns said in July that disaffection among some Russians over the …
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By Tom Balmforth and Stefaniia Bern KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s human rights commissioner has called for more international pressure on Moscow to help Kyiv bring home thousands of Ukrainian children who Kyiv says have been illegally taken to Russia during the war. Dmytro Lubinets spoke to Reuters in Kyiv days after several minors were reunited …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Romanian Foreign Minister Luminita Odobescu on Thursday discussed Romania’s investigation into drone debris found in Romania close to its border with Ukraine, the U.S. State Department said. Parts of what could be a Russian drone fell on Romanian territory, Defence Minister Angel Tilvar said on …
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By Layli Foroudi and Alain Acco PARIS (Reuters) -Two French police officers were released from custody on Thursday as an investigation continues into a collision in a Paris suburb that left a 16-year old boy of Turkish descent brain-dead. A lawyer representing the boy’s family accused police of ramming a patrol car into his motocross …
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By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Joe Biden’s latest request for Ukraine assistance faced new hurdles in the U.S. Congress on Thursday as factions of Republicans argued over federal spending ahead of a possible October government shutdown. Last month, Biden asked Congress to approve $40 billion in additional spending, including $24 billion for Ukraine …
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VIENNA (Reuters) -Austria’s Foreign Ministry said on Thursday it was summoning the European Commission’s envoy to the country for reportedly criticising the slow pace at which Austria is weaning itself off Russian gas and saying it was paying “blood money” for the fuel. Martin Selmayr, a German EU official who was the powerful chief of …
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(Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday discussed ways in which Israel can support Kyiv in its conflict with Russia, the Ukrainian leader’s office said. Zelenskiy has previously urged Israel to provide more open support for Kyiv and criticised its attempts to maintain an even-handed approach in the …
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ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s government postponed on Thursday a plan by one of the country’s most polluted regions to ban old diesel vehicles from towns and cities during working hours, an initiative that had sparked protests by motorists. The announcement of the one-year delay to the plan in the northwestern Piedmont region is the latest …
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JERUSALEM (Reuters) – The United States and the European Union on Thursday criticised remarks about the World War Two persecution of Jews and antisemitism by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. In a statement, the EU’s diplomatic service said the 87-year-old Abbas’ remarks, made in late August to a meeting of his Fatah movement’s Revolutionary Council, were …
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By Angeliki Koutantou and Louisa Gouliamaki ATHENS (Reuters) -At least six people have died and more than six were still missing on Thursday after storm Daniel swept across central Greece, triggering landslides, destroying roads and bridges and carrying away dozens of cars. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis postponed an annual economic speech scheduled for this weekend …
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