By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -There are a “number of ideas being floated” to help get Ukrainian and Russian grain and fertilizer to global markets after Moscow quit a deal allowing the safe Black Sea export of Ukraine grain, the United Nations said on Tuesday. The Black Sea deal was brokered by the U.N. …
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KYIV (Reuters) -Russia and Ukraine presented vastly different accounts of fighting in northeastern Ukraine on Tuesday, with Moscow reporting advances by its troops and Kyiv saying it had seized the initiative in the region. Both sides reported no letup in the fighting. Ukraine has reported a measure of progress in a counteroffensive launched early last …
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By Arshad Mohammed WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A European official on Tuesday said he expected no difficulty persuading EU nations to maintain ballistic missile sanctions on Iran that are due to expire in October. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, also said he sees a window of opportunity by the end of 2023 to try …
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By Idrees Ali and Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Ukraine’s counter-offensive against Russia is far from a failure, but the fight ahead will be long and bloody, the top U.S. general said on Tuesday, even as casualties on both sides mount and the front lines have moved only incrementally. The United States and other allies …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) -Road traffic was re-opened on one lane of the Crimean Bridge late on Monday following what Russia called a Ukrainian “terrorist attack” that damaged the structure, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Marat Khusnullin said. Khusnullin said the lane was being used for vehicles going from the town of Taman in southern Russia to Kerch …
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By Denis Balibouse BITSCH, Switzerland (Reuters) – Swiss firefighters on Tuesday battled a forest fire that forced more than 200 people to evacuate and authorities warned the blaze could spread further if winds pick up and take days or weeks to extinguish fully. Fire broke out on Monday on the forested flank of a mountain …
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GENEVA (Reuters) – Swiss police ordered the evacuation of several mountain villages late on Monday as a forest fire spread, while it was not immediately clear how many people were affected. About 200 firefighters, army, police and other partners worked alongside helicopters to douse the flames in the canton of Valais throughout the afternoon but …
WARSAW (Reuters) – Russia is using grain as ammunition, Poland’s Agriculture Minister Robert Telus told Reuters, commenting on the collapse of the year-old U.N.-brokered deal that allowed Ukraine export grain through the Black Sea. Telus urged EU to help improve grain logistics as more Ukraine grain will start flowing through borders after the harvest. (Reporting …
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(This July 16 story has been corrected to state that China is CELAC’s second-largest trading partner, not its largest, in paragraph 5) By Philip Blenkinsop and Andrew Gray BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union pledged more investment for Latin America and the Caribbean at a summit on Monday as part of a revamp of its …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s FSB security service said on Tuesday it had arrested a Russian woman it suspected of collecting information on a “critical infrastructure facility” at the order of Ukraine’s intelligence services. It did not name the facility, but a surveillance video which Russian media said was taken by the FSB showed the suspect …
