KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine signalled on Friday that the main push in its counteroffensive against Russian forces was still to come, with some troops not yet deployed and the operation so far intended to “set up the battlefield.” And one of its top generals reported “tangible successes” in advances in the south – one of two …
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ROME (Reuters) – Italy may grant an “amnesty” to people who had children through surrogacy following the passage of a law extending criminal penalties to those who seek surrogates abroad, Family Minister Eugenia Roccella said in a interview due to be aired on Friday. Surrogacy has been banned in Italy since 2004, but Prime Minister …
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KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s armed forces have halted a Russian offensive towards the cities of Kupiansk and Lyman in the east of the country, and are advancing in the south, a senior Ukrainian defence official said on Friday. “We had very fierce battles in the Kupiansk and Lyman directions, but our soldiers stopped the enemy …
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By John Irish and Leigh Thomas PARIS (Reuters) – Wealthy nations have finalised an overdue $100-billion climate finance pledge to developing countries and created a fund for biodiversity and the protection of forests, France’s president said on Friday. President Emmanuel Macron was speaking at a final panel of a summit in Paris where some 40 …
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By Bart Biesemans and Charlotte Van Campenhout UTRECHT (Reuters) -Katja and Ilia bought their French bulldog puppy Abby after being charmed by her scrunched-up good looks. Two years on, the overbreeding that created those characteristics had also led to breathing problems that required surgery. A new law under consideration in the Netherlands would outlaw possessing …
(Reuters) – Russia has formed special groups to collect and hide bodies of people killed in the aftermath of the breach this month of the Kakhovka dam in southern Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday. “The Russian evil has formed special groups there to remove and, obviously, hide the victims’ bodies,” Zelenskiy said in …
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) – EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell proposed steps to end weeks of violence in predominantly Serb areas of northern Kosovo to the leaders of Kosovo and Serbia on Thursday, but there were no signs of an immediate breakthrough. Violence flared in four northern Kosovo municipalities late last month after ethnic Albanian mayors …
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(Reuters) – The five people aboard a submersible visiting the wreck of the Titanic died after a catastrophic loss of the pressure chamber, U.S. Coast Guard officials said on Thursday. A “debris field” matching the submersible was discovered by a robotic deep-sea vessel. Here is a timeline of events since the start of the trip, …
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(This June 13 story has been corrected to clarify that Trump and Nauta were ordered not to talk with potential witnesses about the case in paragraphs 4 and 5) By Jack Queen and Jacqueline Thomsen MIAMI (Reuters) – Former U.S. President Donald Trump pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to federal criminal charges that he unlawfully …
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(Reuters) – The owner of the submersible that went missing during a tourist expedition to the Titanic’s wreckage said on Thursday it believed that the crew on board have “sadly been lost” after debris matching the missing sub was found on the ocean floor. Here are some facts about the unusual vessel, which lost contact …
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