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Ukraine’s Zelenskiy brings home Azovstal commanders from Turkey on war’s 500th day

9 Jul 2023

KYIV (Reuters) -President Volodymyr Zelenskiy brought home from Turkey on Saturday five former commanders of Ukraine’s garrison in Mariupol, a highly symbolic achievement that Russia said violated a prisoner exchange deal engineered last year. Russia immediately denounced the release. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Ankara had promised under the exchange agreement to keep the men …

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Russian federation council speaker to visit China -Xinhua

9 Jul 2023

BEIJING (Reuters) – Russian Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matviyenko will lead a delegation to China from Sunday through Wednesday, state-run Xinhua news agency said on Sunday. The speaker will attend the eighth meeting of the China-Russia committee for parliamentary cooperation, the report said. (Reporting by Beijing Newsroom; Editing by William Mallard)

Ukraine vows it won’t use cluster bombs in Russia

8 Jul 2023

KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine’s Defence Minister Oleksii Reznikov welcomed a U.S. decision to send cluster bombs to Kyiv, saying it would help to liberate Ukrainian territory but promised the munitions would not be used in Russia. The U.S. announced on Friday it would supply Ukraine with widely banned cluster munitions for its counteroffensive against occupying Russian …

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Yemen’s Houthi authorities ban Swedish imports over Koran burning

8 Jul 2023

CAIRO (Reuters) -Yemen’s Houthi movement, which controls the country’s north, has banned Swedish imports in protest against the burning of the Koran in Stockholm, the Houthi-run Al Masirah TV said. “Yemen is the first Islamic country to ban imports of Swedish goods after its violations and desecration of Muslims’ holiest,” Al Masirah quoted the Houthi …

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Russian artillery shelling kills 8 civilians in Ukraine’s Lyman – military

8 Jul 2023

KYIV (Reuters) – Russian artillery shelling killed at least eight civilians and wounded 13 in Lyman in Ukraine’s Donetsk region on Saturday, the military said, The general staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, in its evening report, also said Russian forces had made unsuccessful attempts to advance in the Lyman sector. At least 10 towns …

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Poland moves troops to eastern border amid Wagner fears

8 Jul 2023

WARSAW (Reuters) – Poland began moving over 1,000 troops to the east of the country on Saturday, the defence minister said, amid rising concern in the NATO-member that the presence of Wagner Group fighters in Belarus could lead to increased tension on its border. Russian President Vladimir Putin’s decision to offer mercenary fighters of Yevgeny …

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Greek parliament gives backing to new government’s four-year plan

8 Jul 2023

ATHENS (Reuters) – Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s new government won a key vote in parliament on Saturday after promising to rebuild the country’s credit rating, create jobs, raise wages and cut taxes. Mitsotakis, 55, has announced a 9 billion euro ($10 billion) program that includes one-off handouts to pensioners, pay rises to the public …

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Asian Games-OCA paves way for Russian, Belarusian athletes to compete at Asian Games

8 Jul 2023

BANGKOK (Reuters) – Athletes from Russia and Belarus will be permitted to compete at the Hangzhou Asian Games to help them earn points to qualify for the 2024 Paris Olympics. The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) voted on Saturday that as many as 500 athletes from the two countries could compete under a neutral flag, …

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Turkey’s Erdogan to host Putin, hopes for Black Sea grain deal extension

8 Jul 2023

By Can Sezer ISTANBUL (Reuters) -Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday that he was pressing Russia to extend a Black Sea grain deal by at least three months and announced a visit by President Vladimir Putin in August. He was speaking at a joint news conference with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy after the two …

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