BRUSSELS (Reuters) -NATO does not have any indication that drone debris found on Romanian territory was caused by a deliberate Russian attack on Romania, its chief said on Thursday. Ukraine had said on Monday that drones detonated in Romania during an overnight Russian air strike on a Ukrainian port across the Danube River. Attacks have …
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By Jan Strupczewski BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union is close to agreeing provisions in revamped fiscal rules to enable extra military spending in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, officials close to the talks said. EU fiscal rules underpin the euro currency used in 20 nations by limiting government borrowing. They set a …
By Crispian Balmer VENICE (Reuters) – After the media was denied access to migrants desperately trying to cross the Polish-Belarus border, director Agnieszka Holland decided to step in and make a wrenching movie about their plight. “Green Border”, which premieres at the Venice Film Festival on Tuesday, tells the story of refugees, charity workers, activists …
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CRANS MONTANA, Switzerland (Reuters) – Fields of white snow and ice are giving way to grey rocky outcrops in the Swiss Alps as glaciers melt after another hot summer. Swiss glaciers last year recorded their worst melt rate since records began more than a century ago, losing 6% of that volume during the course of …
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By Ivan Lyubysh-Kirdey KYIV, Sept 6 (Reuters) – Ukraine has made important progress in its counteroffensive against Russia’s invasion, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday during a visit overshadowed by a Russian attack that killed at least 17 people. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy condemned the attack, which hit a crowded market in the …
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KYIV (Reuters) – Over large fries and a cherry pie, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba on Wednesday credited his American counterpart Antony Blinken with helping get the U.S. fast-food restaurant McDonald’s to reopen in Ukraine after Russia’s invasion. The two top diplomats grabbed a quick bite at a McDonald’s in Kyiv before a joint news …
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By Andrew Osborn (Reuters) – Russia has set up a centre to prepare veterans of the war in Ukraine to teach schoolchildren a new security and defence course, the education minister said on Wednesday, the latest sign of rising military influence in Russian society. Moscow has been overhauling its school curriculum since launching what it …
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By Luiza Ilie and Jason Hovet (Reuters) -Parts of what could be a Russian drone fell on Romanian territory, Defence Minister Angel Tilvar said on Wednesday, two days after Ukraine said Russian drones had detonated on the NATO member’s land. Romanian officials had earlier denied reports of drones crashing on Romanian soil and said Russian …
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(Reuters) -The Pentagon on Wednesday announced a new security assistance package worth up to $175 million for Ukraine, including depleted uranium ammunition for Abrams tanks, the first time the U.S. is sending the controversial armor-piercing munitions to Kyiv. Reuters was first to report last week that the rounds, which could help destroy Russian tanks, would …
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BERLIN (Reuters) – Climate change is having a measurable impact on air quality and therefore human health, meaning the two must be tackled together and not in isolation, a report released by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) on Wednesday showed. “Heatwaves worsen air quality, with knock-on effects on human health, ecosystems, agriculture and indeed our …
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