BERLIN (Reuters) -German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock resumed a trip to Australia on Monday after mechanical issues with her plane forced a temporarily halt, according to a ministry spokesperson. Earlier in the day, the government plane was forced to return to Abu Dhabi for safety reasons after a technical malfunction with the wing flaps, said …
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By Jonathan Saul LONDON (Reuters) – Merchant ships remained backed up in lanes around the Black Sea on Monday as ports struggled to clear backlogs amid growing unease among insurers and shipping companies a day after a Russian warship fired warning shots at a cargo vessel. Russia said its Vasily Bykov patrol ship on Sunday …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States said on Monday it will send Ukraine new security assistance valued at $200 million, including air defense munitions, artillery rounds, and additional mine-clearing equipment. The assistance will also include anti-armor capabilities, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement. Two U.S. officials told Reuters last Monday that Washington …
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CHISINAU (Reuters) -Twenty-two Russian diplomats flew out of the Moldovan capital of Chisinau on Monday, leaving behind a skeleton staff as relations between the two countries deteriorated after Moldova last month ordered Moscow withdraw most of its delegation. Moldovan officials have said the reduction of staff at the Russian embassy to 25 from 80 will …
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CATANIA, Sicily (Reuters) -Flights serving the eastern Sicilian city of Catania were halted on Monday after an eruption from nearby Mount Etna, local authorities said, bringing fresh travel woe to the crisis-plagued Italian airport. The 3,330 metre (10,925 ft) high volcano burst into action overnight, firing lava and ash high over the Mediterranean island. The …
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By Dan Williams JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has offered Israeli military reservists protesting against his judicial overhaul plan a nominal olive branch, cooling his earlier censure of them as concerns for the country’s war-readiness mount. Protest leaders say thousands of reservists have stopped reporting for duty. Among them are hundreds of air …
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(Reuters) – Russia is in the process of equipping its new nuclear submarines with hypersonic Zircon missiles, the head of Russia’s largest shipbuilder told the RIA state news agency in an interview published on Monday. “Multi-purpose nuclear submarines of the Yasen-M project will … be equipped with the Zircon missile system on a regular basis,” …
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(Reuters) – At least three people were wounded in two-waves of Russian drone and missile attacks overnight on the port city of Odesa, an official and the military in the Ukrainian region on the Black Sea said early on Monday. “As a result of the enemy attack in Odesa, several fires broke out from falling …
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By Juan Medina COLMENAR VIEJO, Spain (Reuters) -Benita Navacerrada is a 91-year-old Spanish woman with a yearning to know where her father was buried more than 80 years ago. She hopes the answer will lie in an exhumation outside Madrid of the remains of more than 100 people who were executed by forces of late …
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By Guy Faulconbridge MOSCOW (Reuters) -A Russian warship on Sunday fired warning shots at a cargo ship in the southwestern Black Sea as it made its way northwards, the first time Russia has fired on merchant shipping beyond Ukraine since exiting a landmark UN-brokered grain deal last month. In July, Russia halted participation in the …
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