TENERIFE, Canary Islands, Spain (Reuters) – A wildfire that broke out in a national park on the Spanish island of Tenerife has spread to 300 hectares, prompting authorities to order the evacuation of five villages and to cut off access to the forest surrounding the Mount Teide volcano. The fire, which started on Tuesday night, …
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By Humeyra Pamuk and Daphne Psaledakis WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States on Wednesday condemned Russia’s continued attacks on Ukraine’s grain infrastructure and said it was working with partners to identify alternative options to ensure Ukrainian grain exports. “The United States … calls for Russia to immediately return to the Black Sea Grain Initiative,” State …
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(Reuters) – An American alternative-rock band, the Killers, has apologised for bringing a Russian drummer on stage during a show in Georgia and for describing fans as “brothers and sisters,” which prompted boos from the audience. Georgia has a long history of tension with its northern neighbour, exacerbated by Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine in February …
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By Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA (Reuters) – With car tyres, rocks and mounds of sand as seats, Palestinians of all ages have been enjoying a rare trip to the movies at a big-screen event on the Gaza beachfront. The open-air show – with a playlist including the animated children’s comedy “Ferdinand” – was for many viewers …
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By Pavel Polityuk KYIV (Reuters) – A container ship set off from Ukraine’s Black Sea port of Odesa on Wednesday in a test of Russia’s threat to attack shipping after it abandoned a deal last month allowing Ukraine to export grain. The departure of the Hong-Kong-flagged Joseph Schulte, which had been in the port since …
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By Pavel Polityuk KYIV (Reuters) – Russian drone strikes damaged grain silos and warehouses at the Ukrainian river port of Reni on the Danube, a vital wartime route for Ukrainian food exports, senior officials said on Wednesday. Russian strikes on port infrastructure on the Danube in recent weeks have piled pressure on Ukrainian food exports …
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By Jorge Garcia and Sandra Stojanovic LAHAINA, Hawaii (Reuters) -A week after wildfire ravaged the resort town of Lahaina, traumatized Maui residents have grown weary from living off relief supplies while many are kept from inspecting their homes and still left awaiting news about their missing loved one. The inferno killed at least 106 people …
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By Vladyslav Smilianets VELYKOMYKHAILIVKA, Ukraine (Reuters) – Less than 30 km (19 miles) from Ukraine’s southeastern front line, rural farmers whose businesses have survived Russian rockets now fear another hammer blow to their livelihoods: rock-bottom prices for their harvest. Mykola, a 63-year-old farmer in Dnipropetrovsk region, told Reuters on Tuesday he had to keep his …
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(Reuters) -Russia on Tuesday fined social media site Reddit for the first time for not deleting “banned content” that it said contained “fake” information about Russia’s military campaign in Ukraine, RIA reported on Tuesday, citing a Moscow court. Reddit joins a list of sites under scrutiny in Russia for failing to remove content that Moscow …
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By Humeyra Pamuk and Arshad Mohammed WASHINGTON (Reuters) -US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Tuesday he could not confirm a report that Iran slowed its pace of amassing near-weapons-grade enriched uranium but would welcome any Iranian steps to de-escalate its “growing nuclear threat.” Blinken also told reporters that Iran moving U.S. detainees into …
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