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(Reuters) – Russia’s Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu inspected remote Arctic garrisons of the Northern Fleet, the ministry said on Saturday, as a detachment of warships was sent to the Arctic Ocean to perform tasks. Shoigu inspected the military infrastructure as well as “readiness for actions to protect and defend critical facilities”, the ministry said on …

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WARSAW (Reuters) – Polish police arrested five people suspected of being responsible for running a web platform that has been used to launch cyberattacks around the world, European policing agency Europol said on Friday. Europol said LolekHosted.net, a bulletproof hosting service – meaning an opaque infrastructure registration site that helps cyber criminals to anonymously conduct …

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PARIS (Reuters) – Russia’s latest missile strikes targeting civilian infrastructure in western Ukraine and killing one child constitute “war crimes and must not go unpunished,” France’s foreign ministry said in a statement late on Friday. The Quai d’Orsay added France would reinforce its military support to Ukraine, notably in strengthening air defense capacities, in close …

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By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A federal judge on Friday granted former U.S. President Donald Trump leeway to publicly share some non-sensitive evidence that will be used in his trial on charges of plotting to overturn the 2020 election, but she warned him to tread carefully before making inflammatory public statements about the case. …

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ROME (Reuters) -Tesla boss Elon Musk said on Friday his planned cage fight with billionaire rival Mark Zuckerberg would be held at an “epic location” with an ancient Roman theme, as Italy indicated it was ready to stage the scrap. Italy’s Culture Minister Gennaro Sangiuliano said in a statement that he had spoken to Musk …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House on Friday said it was open to training Ukrainian pilots to fly F-16 fighter jets in the United States if capacity for such training is reached in Europe. White House spokesperson John Kirby, speaking to reporters, said Washington is eager to move forward with the training. (Reporting by Andrea …

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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian air defences on Friday downed a Ukrainian drone as it flew towards an unspecified target in Moscow, the defence ministry said, the latest in a flurry of drone attacks on the Russian capital. Earlier, Moscow’s Vnukovo airport and Kaluga airport, some 150 km (95 miles) southwest of the capital, were temporarily …

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