(Reuters) – Two drones crashed early on Sunday in Russia’s Kaluga region, the governor of the region, Vladislav Shapsha, said on the Telegram messaging app. One drone crashed near the village of Strelkovka, another in the woods in the Medynsky municipal district. According to preliminary information, there were no casualties and only minimal damage, Shapsha …
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(Fixes typo “1978 to 1995” in paragraph 4) By Alistair Bell (Reuters) – Ted Kaczynski, former math professor and “twisted genius” who came to be known as the Unabomber when he carried out a 17-year spree of mysterious bombings that killed three people and baffled the FBI, died on Saturday at the age of 81. …
By Rod Nickel and David Ljunggren WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) -Rain is likely to help clear up smoky air in eastern Canada starting Sunday but may not reach the forest fires raging in the province of Quebec until days later, a government meteorologist said on Saturday. There were 426 fires across Canada on Saturday morning, 144 …
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By Tom Balmforth and Iryna Nazarchuk KYIV/ODESA, Ukraine (Reuters) -Russia fired missiles and drones at targets across Ukraine in the early hours of Saturday, killing three civilians in the Black Sea city of Odesa and striking a military air field in the central Poltava region, Kyiv authorities said. The attacks, in which a 29-year-old was …
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PARIS (Reuters) -French President Emmanuel Macron warned Iranian counterpart Ebrahim Raisi on Saturday about the consequences of delivering drones to Russia, Macron’s office said on Saturday. In a phone call, Macron urged Iran to “immediately cease” the support it is giving Russia in the war against Ukraine. Macron also expressed concerns about the trajectory of the …
PARIS (Reuters) – The suspect in a knife attack that wounded four toddlers and two pensioners in the southeastern French town of Annecy was taken from the police station where he was in custody to be presented before a judge on Saturday, BFM television reports. BFM images showed the suspect being carried on a stretcher …
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By Sarah N. Lynch and Jonathan Stempel WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. prosecutors unsealed a 37-count indictment against Donald Trump on Friday, accusing the former president of risking some of the country’s most sensitive security secrets after leaving the White House in 2021. Trump mishandled classified documents that included information about the secretive U.S. nuclear program and …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – The southern reach of the Dnipro river is likely to return to its banks by June 16 following a vast flood unleashed by the breach of Ukraine’s Kakhovka dam this week, a Russian-installed official said on Saturday. The flood has inundated towns and villages below the dam, trapping residents and sweeping away …
ROME (Reuters) – A Turkish cargo vessel that Italian special forces boarded after the crew detected a group of unidentified people on board is now sitting off the southern city of Naples, website MarineTraffic showed, while police continue to investigate the situation. “Everything ended well,” Italian minister Guido Crosetto wrote on Twitter. “My congratulations to …
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LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s government on Saturday described mixed progress for Ukrainian and Russian forces fighting in southern and eastern Ukraine over the past 48 hours. “In some areas, Ukrainian forces have likely made good progress and penetrated the first line of Russian defences. In others, Ukrainian progress has been slower,” Britain’s Ministry of Defence said …
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