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Russian missile hits restaurant in Ukraine’s Kramatorsk killing at least eight

28 Jun 2023

By Max Hunder KRAMATORSK, Ukraine (Reuters) – A Russian missile struck a restaurant in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk on Tuesday, killing at least eight people and wounding 56, emergency services said, as rescue crews combed the rubble in search of casualties. A second missile hit a village on the fringes of Kramatorsk, injuring …

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East Europe NATO allies say Wagner troops in Belarus spell trouble

28 Jun 2023

By Anthony Deutsch THE HAGUE (Reuters) – Eastern European NATO countries on Tuesday warned that a move of Wagner’s Russian mercenary troops to Belarus would create greater regional instability, but NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said the alliance is ready to defend itself against any threat. “If Wagner deploys its serial killers in Belarus, all neighbouring countries …

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Mercenary chief Prigozhin starts exile in Belarus, Putin praises Russian troops

27 Jun 2023

(Reuters) – Russian mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin flew into exile in Belarus on Tuesday under a deal that ended a brief mutiny by his fighters, as President Vladimir Putin praised his armed forces for averting a civil war. A plane linked to Prigozhin was shown on a flight tracking service taking off from the southern …

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EU must prevent medical devices for children from disappearing, say doctors groups

27 Jun 2023

By Maggie Fick LONDON (Reuters) – Brussels must act to prevent essential medical devices for children from disappearing in the European Union in the next year, by correcting a new law that is inadvertently causing the problem, the European Academy of Paediatrics warned on Tuesday. The academy and 22 other medical associations wrote that the …

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US to give Ukraine $500 million in additional military aid -Pentagon

27 Jun 2023

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States will provide Kyiv with a new military package worth up to $500 million, the Pentagon said on Tuesday, in a show of support for Ukraine’s fight against Russia as Moscow deals with the aftermath of a mutiny by mercenary fighters. The package will include ground vehicles including Bradley fighting vehicles …

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Italy to crack down on e-scooters after deaths and accidents

27 Jun 2023

ROME (Reuters) – The Italian government on Tuesday announced a crackdown on the use of electric scooters on city streets, looking to cut accidents, reduce injuries and prevent pavements from becoming cluttered obstacle courses. Updating Italy’s highway code, the government also announced it would suspend driving licences for people caught using a mobile phone while …

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German police search Archdiocese in church perjury abuse probe

27 Jun 2023

BERLIN (Reuters) -German prosecutors and police are searching properties belonging to the Archdiocese of Cologne as part of a perjury investigation against Cologne Archbishop Rainer Maria Woelki, the Archdiocese and lawyers representing him said on Tuesday. Prosecutors said last year they were investigating whether Woelki, one of the most senior clerics in Germany’s Catholic Church, …

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Russia conducts tactical fighter jet drills over Baltic Sea

27 Jun 2023

(Reuters) – Russia’s defence ministry said early on Tuesday that it was conducting tactical fighter jet exercises over the Baltic Sea with the main goal of testing readiness to perform combat and special tasks operations. “The crews of the Su-27 (fighter jets) of the Baltic Fleet fired from airborne weapons at cruise missiles and mock …

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Encrypted phone service ‘Encrochat’ shutdown leads to 6,500 arrests – Europol

27 Jun 2023

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – European policing agency Europol said on Tuesday that the takedown of Encrochat, an underground company that offered criminals supposedly secure encrypted communications, led to more than 6,500 arrests and 900 million euros ($980 million) in seized assets. The system had an estimated 60,000 users when it shut down abruptly in June 2020, …

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Russia has detained hundreds of civilians since Ukraine war began: UN

27 Jun 2023

GENEVA (Reuters) – A U.N. monitoring mission in Ukraine said on Tuesday that Russia has detained more than 800 civilians since the conflict began last February, of whom 77 were executed. The report showed that Ukraine had also violated international law by arbitrarily detaining civilians but on a considerably smaller scale. “(The U.N. rights office) …

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