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(Reuters) – Russia has opened a criminal case after a prominent female journalist and a lawyer were brutally attacked in Russian republic of Chechnya, Russian Investigative Committee reported on Wednesday. “Currently, the investigation team is conducting a set of investigative actions and search measures aimed at establishing individuals involved in this crime and all the …

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By Tom Balmforth KYIV (Reuters) – In a basement in downtown Kyiv late last month, away from prying eyes, hundreds of engineers and innovators met senior military officials to brainstorm ways to better neutralise the cheap Russian suicide drones that still devastate Ukrainian cities. It was a rare, close-up glimpse into Ukraine’s technology arms race …

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By Joan Faus BARCELONA (Reuters) – The European Union’s General Court on Wednesday stripped the leader of Catalonia’s failed bid for independence from the legal immunity he had as a member of the European Parliament (MEP) as he faces legal procedures in Spain. The decision is a blow for Carles Puigdemont, who lives in self-imposed …

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By Ali Sawafta JENIN, West Bank (Reuters) – Palestinians returned to the scarred streets of Jenin on Wednesday after Israel ended an unusually intense 48-hour raid, some of them preparing heroes’ funerals for the dead while others set about repairing the 75-year-old refugee camp. Paving had been churned up by armoured bulldozers, causing a water …

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KYIV (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s chief of staff said on Wednesday that China’s position in the face of a potential nuclear threat from Russia was “important”. Andriy Yermak posted a screenshot of an article from the Financial Times about Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s reported warning to Russian President Vladimir Putin against a nuclear …

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