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By Antonia Cimini PARIS (Reuters) – The city of Paris plans to expand an urban cooling system that draws on water from the Seine river as it seeks to meet rising demand for air conditioning while curbing carbon emissions, its secretary general Raphaelle Nayral said. Europe’s largest cooling network serves sites across the city, including …

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KYIV (Reuters) -A Russian drone strike on a Ukrainian grain exporting port damaged warehouses and set buildings on fire on Monday, Kyiv said, hours before scheduled talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish leader Tayyip Erdogan. The attack on the Danube River port of Izmail in Ukraine’s southern Odesa region hit warehouses and production …

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KYIV (Reuters) -President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has proposed Rustem Umerov, head of Ukraine’s main privatisation agency, to serve as the country’s wartime defence minister. Umerov’s candidacy must be approved by parliament before he is appointed. Here are some facts about Umerov, who would replace Oleksii Reznikov as defence minister: * Umerov, 41, is a Crimean Tatar, …

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THE HAGUE (Reuters) – Dutch Interior Minister Hanke Bruins Slot is set to become the new foreign minister in a caretaker government after her predecessor stepped down to become a European Union commissioner, the minister and her party announced Monday. The cabinet reshuffle just months before a November election was needed after Dutch EU Commissioner …

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KYIV (Reuters) – Ukrainian Defence Minister Oleksii Reznikov said on Monday he had submitted his resignation letter to the chairman of parliament, in the biggest shakeup of the defence establishment since Russia invaded in February 2022. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy announced late on Sunday he had decided to replace his wartime defence minister and proposed Rustem …

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By Tom Balmforth KYIV (Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday he had decided to replace his defence minister, setting the stage for the biggest shake-up of Ukraine’s defence establishment since Russia launched its full-scale invasion in February 2022. In his nightly video address to the nation, Zelenskiy said he would dismiss Defence Minister …

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SULAIMANIYA, Iraq (Reuters) -Iraqi security forces deployed in the northern Iraqi oil city of Kirkuk on Sunday to prevent further violence as the death toll in clashes between ethnic groups the previous day rose to four, police and security sources said. Four protesters were shot dead on Saturday in clashes between ethnic groups in Kirkuk …

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(Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said he had struck a “very important agreement on training our pilots in France” in conversation with President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday. “Our coalition of modern fighters is becoming stronger,” he said in his nightly video address. He did not elaborate on what training would be undertaken. France does …

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