(Reuters) – Russia is not preparing to attack civilian ships in the Black Sea despite assertions by the United States, Russia’s ambassador to Washington said on Thursday, in comments posted by his embassy. On Wednesday, Moscow said it would deem all ships travelling to Ukrainian ports to be potential carriers of military cargo and their …
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AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Frans Timmermans will leave the European Commission to run for the leadership of the combined Labour and Green Left Party in Dutch national elections in November, newspaper De Volksrkant reported on Thursday. The paper said that Timmermans, a member of the Dutch Labour party, has informed the commission of his decision. Labour …
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By Guy Faulconbridge and Felix Light MOSCOW (Reuters) -Mercenaries from Russia’s Wagner Group have started to train Belarusian special forces at a military range just a few miles from the border with NATO-member Poland, the Belarusian defence ministry said on Thursday. Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin was shown in a video on Wednesday welcoming his fighters …
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By Viktoria Lakezina MYKOLAIV, Ukraine (Reuters) – Russia attacked Odesa and Mykolaiv on Thursday in a third successive night of air strikes on southern Ukrainian port cities, killing one person and wounding at least 27, Ukrainian officials said. One person was also killed in Russian shelling in the northeastern region of Kharkiv, regional authorities said. …
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MADRID (Reuters) – A Spanish court said on Thursday it has started a new investigation against Colombian singer Shakira linked to alleged fraud on income and wealth tax in 2018. The court in the northeastern town of Esplugues de Llobregat, near Barcelona, did not provide further details in its statement. The “Hips Don’t Lie” singer, …
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(Reuters) – Germany is working with allies to ensure that Ukrainian grain is not left to rot in silos after Russia pulled out of an export deal, and will intensify work on getting the grain out by rail, Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said on Thursday. Speaking on the sidelines of a meeting of European Union …
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BELGRADE (Reuters) – Dozens of people were injured during a severe thunderstorm in Serbia and one woman died in Bosnia late on Wednesday, hours after the storm ripped through neighboring Slovenia and Croatia. In Sremska Mitrovica, in Serbia’s northern province of Vojvodina, two people were seriously injured and around 40 others were also wounded by …
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By Andrew Gray BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union foreign ministers are expected to discuss a proposal on Thursday to spend up to 20 billion euros ($22.4 billion) on weapons, ammunition and other military aid for Ukraine over four years. The proposal, by EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell, is part of an effort to put …
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By Luc Cohen MADRID/NEW YORK (Reuters) -The former head of Venezuela’s military intelligence, Hugo Carvajal, arrived in the United States on Wednesday to face drug trafficking charge after being extradited from Spain, his lawyer said. Carvajal is expected to make an initial appearance in Manhattan federal court on Thursday morning, said his lawyer, Zachary Margulis-Ohnuma. …
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(Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday accused Western countries of perverting the expired Black Sea grain deal for their own ends, but said Russia would immediately return to the agreement if all its conditions were met. On Monday, Moscow had quit the deal, under which it had allowed Ukraine a year ago to export …
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