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Ukraine’s Zelenskiy asks Sweden for Gripen jets in first visit since Russian invasion

19 Aug 2023

By Dan Peleschuk and Supantha Mukherjee KYIV/STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Ukraine has begun discussing with Sweden the possibility of receiving Gripen jets to boost its air defences, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Saturday after meeting Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson. Zelenskiy’s visit is his first to Sweden since Russia’s invasion in February 2022 and the …

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Russia launches overnight drone strikes on Ukraine regions

19 Aug 2023

KYIV (Reuters) – Russia launched drone attacks against parts of northern, central and western Ukraine early on Saturday, damaging civilian infrastructure in at least two regions, Ukrainian authorities said. Kyiv’s air force said the military shot down 15 of the 17 Iranian-made Shahed drones that had been launched, part of Moscow’s campaign of regular air …

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Anguish, anger as Tenerife evacuees can’t see homes beyond smoke

19 Aug 2023

By Borja Suarez TENERIFE, Canary Islands, Spain (Reuters) – Residents of the Spanish island of Tenerife watched in desperation on Friday as fire and smoke enveloped the verdant mountains a day after authorities ordered thousands of villagers to evacuate. Vanesa Hernandez, 42, was forced to abandon her land in the village of Aguamansa and move …

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Russia launches overnight drone attack on Ukraine – Ukraine’s Air Force

19 Aug 2023

(Reuters) – Russia launched 17 drones overnight attempting to strike Ukraine’s northern, central and western regions, Ukraine’s Air Force said on Saturday. The Air Force said that 15 of the Russia-launched Iranian-made Shahed drones were shot down. It was not immediately clear what happened to the two drones that were not downed. Reuters could not …

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Putin meets top generals in charge of Russia’s war efforts in Ukraine

19 Aug 2023

(Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin visited the commander of Russia’s operation in Ukraine and other top military brass, the Kremlin said on Saturday, a meeting that came after Ukraine claimed counteroffensive gains on the southeastern front. “Vladimir Putin held a meeting at the headquarters of the special military operation group in Rostov-on-Don,” the Kremlin said …

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Bolsonaro’s legal woes mount as Brazil police probe his finances

18 Aug 2023

By Ricardo Brito and Anthony Boadle BRASILIA (Reuters) -Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro faced mounting legal pressure on Friday, as police probed his personal finances and communications while a jailed former aide mulled testifying about his role in a Rolex-peddling scheme allegedly masterminded by the ex-president. Bolsonaro, a far-right former army captain, narrowly missed re-election …

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One dead after Russia shells village near Ukrainian Kherson – prosecutor’s office

18 Aug 2023

KYIV (Reuters) -One person was killed and two were injured as a result of Russian shelling of a village near the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson on Friday, the prosecutor general’s office said. The prosecutors did not provide details of the incident and did not name the village, but said some private houses were damaged. …

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Troop deaths, injuries in Ukraine war nearing 500,000 – NYT citing US officials

18 Aug 2023

(Reuters) -The number of Ukrainian and Russian troops killed or wounded since the war in Ukraine began in February 2022 is nearing 500,000, the New York Times reported on Friday, citing unnamed U.S. officials. The officials cautioned that casualty figures remained difficult to estimate because Moscow is believed to routinely undercount its war dead and …

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Norwegian mass killer Breivik sues the state for “extreme” isolation -lawyer

18 Aug 2023

OSLO (Reuters) -Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik is suing the state for allegedly violating his human rights due to his being held in “extreme” isolation, and has filed another application for parole, his lawyer said on Friday. The right-wing militant killed 77 people, most of them teenagers, in shootings and a bombing in Norway’s …

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Analysis-No clear winner in U.S., China contest in the Pacific

18 Aug 2023

By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) – The United States opened international aid offices in the Pacific Islands this week, bolstering support for the strategic region and pitting it more forcefully against China, which has been providing infrastructure loans to the area for years. The vast ocean region, pivotal in World War Two, is in the …

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