By Gleb Garanich KYIV (Reuters) -Russia launched missile and drone strikes on southern and eastern Ukraine overnight that damaged infrastructure in the Black Sea port of Odesa, Ukrainian officials said on Tuesday. The attack on Odesa, one of Ukraine’s main ports for exporting grain, followed a pledge of retaliation by Russia after a blast on …
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KYIV (Reuters) -The Black Sea grain shipment deal must continue and could operate without Russian participation after Moscow’s withdrawal on Monday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said. Ukraine, Zelenskiy said in his nightly video address, was a food source for 400 million people. “Africa has the right to stability. Asia has the right to stability,” he …
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LONDON (Reuters) – The United Nations Security Council will hold its first formal discussion on artificial intelligence (AI) this week in New York, with Britain to call for an international dialogue about its impact on global peace and security. Governments around the world are considering how to mitigate the dangers of emerging AI technology, which …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States will continue to work with other countries to ensure movement of grain out of Ukraine after Russia halted participation on Monday in the year-old U.N.-brokered deal that allows its neighbor to export grain through the Black Sea, White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said on Monday. The …
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KYIV (Reuters) -Russia halted participation on Monday in the year-old U.N.-brokered deal that lets Ukraine export grain through the Black Sea, spreading fear in poorer countries that price rises will put food out of reach. Hours earlier, a blast knocked out Russia’s bridge to Crimea in what Moscow called a strike by Ukrainian sea drones, …
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By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Italian Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, assigned by Pope Francis to help bring peace to Ukraine, was heading to Washington on Monday to meet U.S. President Joe Biden and officials as a follow up to his talks in Kyiv and Moscow. The three-day visit is aimed at promoting peace in …
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PARIS (Reuters) -French President Emmanuel Macron has decided to keep Elisabeth Borne in her role as prime minister, an official at the president’s office said on Monday, rejecting pressure to give a new direction to his government after a tumultuous few months. Months of unrest and strikes over Macron’s pension reform in the spring as …
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(Reuters) – Large contingents of Russian forces are on the offensive in northeastern Ukraine’s Kupiansk sector and engaged in heavy fighting, Ukrainian officials said on Monday. Deputy Defence Minister Hanna Maliar, writing on Telegram, said: “For two days running, the enemy has been actively on the offensive in the Kupiansk sector in Kharkiv region. We …
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By Stelios Misinas and Lefteris Papadimas KOUVARAS, Greece (Reuters) -Two wildfires, fanned by strong winds, raged uncontrolled through coastal towns near Athens on Monday forcing residents to flee their homes and prompting the evacuation of hundreds of children from a summer camp. The blaze that broke out in the village of Kouvaras, about 27 km …
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(In paragraph 22, fixes quote attribution to ‘she said’.) By Belén Carreño and Pietro Lombardi MADRID/VALLADOLID (Reuters) -Aiming to highlight the city of Valladolid’s green credentials, Spain’s Environment Minister Teresa Ribera arrived by bicycle at a European Union climate meeting there last week. But even as she pedalled to the event along a recently-built bike …
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