By Maha El Dahan DUBAI (Reuters) – Senior officials from some 40 countries including the U.S., China and India held talks in Saudi Arabia on Saturday that Kyiv and its allies hope will lead to agreement on key principles for a peaceful end to Russia’s war in Ukraine. The two-day meeting is part of a …
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By Gloria Dickie and Jake Spring LOS AMIGOS BIOLOGICAL STATION, Peru (Reuters) – In a camping tent in the Peruvian jungle, four scientists crowded around a tiny patient: An Amazonian rodent that could fit in the palm of a human hand. The researchers placed the small-eared pygmy rice rat into a plastic chamber and piped …
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By Catarina Demony and Miguel Pereira LISBON (Reuters) -Under a burning sun, hundreds of thousands of Catholics battled on Saturday to keep cool with water sprays, fans and improvised tents at a massive shadeless outdoor venue in Lisbon where Pope Francis will hold an evening vigil. Francis arrived in Lisbon on Wednesday for a week-long …
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ROME (Reuters) – The Italian Civil Aviation Authority (ENAC) on Saturday gave its green light to reopen the main terminal at Sicily’s Catania airport, a statement said, nearly three weeks after it was shut down due to a fire. “ENAC’s order … allows the airport to return immediately, as of this evening, to normal conditions,” …
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By Olena Harmash KYIV (Reuters) -A Ukrainian sea drone full of explosives struck a Russian fuel tanker overnight near a bridge linking Russia to annexed Crimea, the second such attack in 24 hours, both sides said on Saturday. No one was hurt, but the Crimean Bridge and ferry transport were suspended for several hours, according …
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WARSAW (Reuters) – One miner died and five were injured after an underground tremor in a mine at Bielszowice in southern Poland on Saturday, the PAP news agency said. A spokesman for the Polish Mining Group, quoted by PAP, said that five miners were brought to the surface, injured but still conscious, and were taken …
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By Tatiana Gomozova and Andrew Osborn MELEKHOVO, Russia (Reuters) -Jailed Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny had an extra 19 years in a maximum security penal colony added to his jail term on Friday in a criminal case that he said was designed to cow the Russian people into political submission. Navalny, President Vladimir Putin’s fiercest …
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By Jack Queen and Doina Chiacu (Reuters) -Former President Donald Trump pleaded not guilty on Friday to three new charges related to his handling of U.S. classified documents after he left the White House in 2021 – raising the total brought by Special Counsel Jack Smith in the case to 40. Trump, the front-runner for …
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By Vladyslav Smilianets ZAPORIZHZHIA REGION, Ukraine (Reuters) – When they found the bodies of Russian troops at an abandoned position, something about the corpses looked wrong. “There were three or four of their dead. Two guys were lying on each other, which made us suspicious, because if there had been an explosion they would have …
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By Philip Pullella and Patricia Vicente Rua LISBON (Reuters) – Hundreds of thousands of young people reflected on their anxieties, enslavement to the “tyranny” of social media and yearning to save the planet at a huge outdoor rally with Pope Francis on Friday. It took nearly an hour for the open vehicle carrying the 86-year-old …
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