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ROME (Reuters) – An open-air installation of “Venus of the Rags”, one of the most famous works by top Italian contemporary artist Michelangelo Pistoletto, has been destroyed by an overnight fire in Naples, local authorities said on Wednesday. The sculpture, of which several versions exist in museums around the world, had been inaugurated just two …

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By John Irish and Steve Holland BRUSSELS (Reuters) -G7 countries will announce on Wednesday an international framework that would pave the way for long-term security assurances for Ukraine to boost its defences against Russia and deter Moscow from future aggression, officials said. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy was meeting leaders of the 31-member alliance at the …

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KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine on Wednesday reported some success in fighting near the Russian-occupied eastern city of Bakhmut as its troops press on with a counteroffensive against Moscow’s forces. Heavy fighting and Russian drone strikes on Ukrainian cities have continued while President Volodymyr Zelenskiy is in Vilnius for meetings with NATO leaders who are holding a …

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BELGRADE (Reuters) -The United States on Tuesday sanctioned Aleksandar Vulin, a pro-Russian head of the Serbian Security and Information Agency (BIA), accusing him of using his position to help Moscow with “malign” activities, and with having links to an arms dealer and a drug trafficking ring. As a result, the U.S. Treasury Department said all …

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By Steve Holland and Justyna Pawlak VILNIUS (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration will move ahead with the transfer of F-16 fighter jets to Turkey in consultation with Congress, national security adviser Jake Sullivan said on Tuesday, a day after Ankara gave the green light for Sweden to join NATO. Turkey, which had been the …

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By Andrius Sytas VILNIUS (Reuters) -President Volodymyr Zelenskiy voiced disappointment that Ukraine was not invited to join NATO on Tuesday, telling supporters in the Lithuanian capital: “Is this too big of a wish?” “NATO will make Ukraine safer, Ukraine will make NATO stronger,” he told the thousands of people, many waving Ukrainian flags, who gathered …

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By Huseyin Hayatsever, Can Sezer and Burcu Karakas ANKARA/ISTANBUL (Reuters) – After pivoting Turkey away from Western allies, President Tayyip Erdogan has changed tack with moves that have pleased the U.S. and upset Russia, a turnaround seen aimed partly at reversing his country’s economic downturn and boosting foreign investment. The foreign policy rethink is part …

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By Mark Trevelyan (Reuters) -A Russian military officer who had commanded a submarine in the Black Sea and appeared on a Ukrainian blacklist of alleged war criminals has been shot dead by an unknown assassin while on his morning run. Stanislav Rzhitsky, 42, was gunned down early on Monday in the southern Russian city of …

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