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ECHR rules in favour of rights for same-sex couples in Ukraine

PARIS (Reuters) – Ukraine discriminated against a same-sex couple and failed to protect their rights, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled on Thursday. The plaintiffs, Andrii Maimulakhin and Andrii Markiv, had brought the case to the Court in 2014 after they tried unsuccessfully to get married in seven different registry offices. “Their sexual …

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Stoltenberg to travel to Turkey to discuss Sweden’s NATO membership

By Gwladys Fouche and Sabine Siebold OSLO (Reuters) -NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Thursday he would soon travel to Turkey to discuss Sweden’s NATO membership, in a bid to close a process that has been delayed due to objections from member countries Turkey and Hungary. Speaking during a two-day meeting of NATO foreign ministers …

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UN tries to save Black Sea grain deal with ‘mutually beneficial’ proposal -source

By Pavel Polityuk KYIV (Reuters) – The U.N. has proposed that Kyiv, Moscow and Ankara start preparatory work for the transit of Russian ammonia through Ukraine as it tries to salvage a deal allowing safe Black Sea grain exports, a source close to the talks said on Wednesday. As the preparatory work starts, the U.N. …

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Russia reports attacks on oil refineries and town near border with Ukraine

MOSCOW/KYIV (Reuters) – Russia said Ukrainian artillery hit a Russian town for a third time this week and drones struck two oil refineries in an uptick in attacks on Russian territory as Ukraine prepares a Western-backed push to end Moscow’s invasion. Inside Ukraine, Russian-installed officials said five people had been killed in Ukrainian army shelling …

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Tennis-Kosovo Olympic Committee seeks IOC disciplinary proceedings against Djokovic

PARIS (Reuters) – Kosovo Olympic authorities have asked the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to open disciplinary proceedings against Novak Djokovic, accusing the Serbian of stirring up political tension by saying “Kosovo is the heart of Serbia” at the French Open. Djokovic wrote the message on a camera lens following his first-round win on Monday, the …

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Home prices may slump in euro zone as rates rise, ECB says

FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Home prices in the euro zone may be headed for a “disorderly” decline as high mortgage rates make purchases unaffordable for households and unattractive for investors, the European Central Bank (ECB) said on Wednesday. It was one of several risks flagged in the ECB’s Financial Stability Review (FSR, along with higher borrowing …

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Private astronaut crew, including first Arab woman in orbit, returns from space station

By Steve Gorman (Reuters) -An all-private astronaut team of two Americans and two Saudis, including the first Arab woman sent into orbit, splashed down safely off Florida on Tuesday night, capping an eight-day research mission aboard the International Space Station (ISS). The SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule carrying them parachuted into the Gulf of Mexico off …

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Seven arrested as part of IS financing probe in Germany

BERLIN (Reuters) – German authorities have arrested seven suspected supporters of the Islamic State terrorist group as part of an investigation into terrorist financing, prosecutors said on Wednesday. At the same time, authorities conducted 19 raids in Baden-Wuerttemberg, Bremen, Hamburg, Hesse, North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate, as well as in one property in the Netherlands, the …

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