(Reuters) – Ukrainian forces destroyed a “significant” ammunition depot near the Russian-occupied port city of Henichesk in the southern region of Kherson, Serhiy Bratchuk, spokesperson for the Odesa military administration, said on Sunday. “Our armed forces dealt a good blow in the morning – and a very loud one – in the village of Rykove, …
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By Ivana Sekularac and Branko Filipovic BELGRADE (Reuters) – Serbians paraded life-size figures of leading government figures in prison jumpsuits on Saturday during a seventh week of protests since two mass shootings triggered nationwide protests. In the capital Belgrade, tens of thousands of demonstrators blocked a major highway and demanded that government heads roll for …
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PARIS (Reuters) -Twelve police were wounded on Saturday in clashes with demonstrators in France’s Savoie department where a protest against a high speed rail project in the Alps turned violent, authorities said. Some 2,000 protesters, including a roughly 300-strong dark-clad hardcore, were in the Maurienne Valley objecting to construction of a rail link including a …
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By Maayan Lubell JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel could find acceptable an understanding between its arch-foe Iran and the United States if it includes rigorous supervision of Tehran’s nuclear programme, a senior lawmaker said in comments aired on Saturday. According to Iranian and Western officials, Israel’s main ally Washington is holding talks with Iran to sketch …
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WARSAW (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of Poles are expected to march through the streets of Warsaw on Saturday to demand equality for LGBTQ people, as the community eyes elections in October or November in which gay rights could play a prominent role. Poland’s ruling nationalist Law and Justice (PiS) party has focused on opposing …
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LA PAZ (Reuters) – Bolivia’s largest agricultural region, Santa Cruz, is bracing this week against a surprise wave of snow and ice, causing lasting damage to crops and killing cattle in other parts of the country. Vast parts of the region, known for producing sorghum, soybeans and wheat, among other foods, have been covered in …
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By David Ljunggren OTTAWA (Reuters) -Flags flew lowered in the Canadian province of Manitoba on Friday following a deadly crash between a bus carrying mostly elderly passengers and a truck, as investigators identified the injured and reviewed video footage from a camera mounted on the truck. Fifteen people were killed and another 11 people were …
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By Andrew Osborn (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that his deployment of tactical nuclear weapons to Belarus, something he confirmed for the first time had already happened, was a reminder to the West that it could not inflict a strategic defeat on Russia. Speaking at Russia’s flagship economic forum in St Petersburg, …
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KYIV (Reuters) -Ukrainian forces are advancing in southern sectors of their counter-offensive against Russian occupation troops, Ukrainian military officials said on Friday. The latest report on the counter-offensive, as well as an account of “desperate resistance” by Russian troops in the east, was issued as President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said movement in the counter-offensive was “the …
By Steve Holland and Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Jens Stoltenberg is expected to be asked to remain as NATO secretary general for another year, according to a source familiar with the discussions and a U.S. official, after the alliance has struggled to decide on a replacement ahead of a mid-July summit in Lithuania. Stoltenberg, …
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