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By Vladyslav Smilianets ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine (Reuters) – A Russian missile attack killed two people and blew out apartment windows in the southern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia on Saturday, Anatoliy Kurtiev, secretary of the city council, said. “An enemy missile hit an open area,” Kurtiev said on Telegram. “Unfortunately a man and a woman died. Another …

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By Graham Keeley BARCELONA (Reuters) -Spain’s Socialists have emerged with one seat fewer after counts of votes from abroad in last week’s election, making it harder for them to be able to form a left-wing coalition as they would need the support of hardline Catalan separatists rather than just their abstention, analysts told Reuters on …

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AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The fire which has been burning on a car carrier off the Dutch coast has lessened in intensity and salvagers have been able to board the ship to secure stronger tow lines, authorities said on Friday. The fire on the Panamanian-registered Fremantle Highway, which was carrying new cars, resulted in the death …

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By Ruma Paul DHAKA (Reuters) – Bangladesh police fired rubber bullets and tear gas at stone-throwing opposition party supporters blocking major roads in the capital Dhaka on Saturday to demand the prime minister’s resignation. The main opposition party, in disarray since its leader Khaleda Zia was jailed in 2018 on graft charges, has held bigger …

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By Joe Cash BEIJING (Reuters) – China hopes France can “stabilise the tone” of EU-China relations, vice-premier He Lifeng told his French counterpart in Beijing on Saturday, as European leaders debate how balance “de-risking” and cooperating with the world’s second-largest economy. He also told French Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire that China is willing to …

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SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s Foreign Minister Penny Wong said on Saturday the long-running case of imprisoned Wikileaks founder Julian Assange had gone on too long and needs to be completed. Assange, an Australian citizen being held in Britain, is battling extradition to the United States, where he is wanted on 18 charges over the release …

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ROME (Reuters) – The wreck of an ancient Roman cargo ship from more than 2,000 years ago has been found off the coast near Rome, the arts squad of Italy’s Carabinieri police said on Friday. The ship was located off the port of Civitavecchia, about 80 kilometres (50 miles) north-west of the Italian capital, on …

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(Reuters) -A Russian missile strike hit a residential complex and a building of Ukraine’s security service in the central city of Dnipro on Thursday, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said. Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said five people were injured and emergency services had completed an apartment-by apartment search of the area. “Dnipro. Friday evening. Multi-storey apartment building …

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