(Refiles to add dropped title and name of Russian president, paragraph 11) By Guy Faulconbridge and Pavel Polityuk MOSCOW/KYIV (Reuters) -Ukrainian drones struck wealthy districts of Moscow on Tuesday, Russia said in what one politician called the most dangerous attack on the capital since World War Two, while Kyiv was also hit from the air …
Ukraine war comes to Moscow as drones strike both capitals Read More »
By Philip Blenkinsop, Humeyra Pamuk and Simon Lewis LULEA, Sweden/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday urged Turkey to immediately finalize Sweden’s accession to NATO, saying the Nordic country had already taken significant steps to address Ankara’s objections to its membership. Blinken also rejected the suggestion that the Biden administration was linking …
Blinken urges Turkey to immediately approve Sweden’s NATO accession Read More »
By Akash Sriram and Samrhitha A (Reuters) – Nvidia Corp briefly joined an elite club of U.S. companies sporting a $1 trillion market value on Tuesday, as investors piled into the chipmaker that has quickly become one of the biggest winners of the AI boom. The stock’s value has tripled in less than eight months, …
By Daphne Psaledakis and Arshad Mohammed WASHINGTON (Reuters) -International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Rafael Grossi on Tuesday asked Ukraine and Russia to respect five principles to safeguard Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, suggesting he had not secured their agreement to protect the facility. Grossi, who spoke at the U.N. Security Council, has tried for …
No apparent agreement on protecting Russian-held Ukrainian nuclear plant Read More »
By Lisandra Paraguassu and Anthony Boadle BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Tuesday called on South American countries to unite for regional development at a summit of presidents, although divergent views on Venezuela quickly rose to the surface. Lula urged the South America’s 12 countries to overcome ideological differences that …
Lula’s call for South American unity faces opposing views on Venezuela Read More »
By Fatos Bytyci ZVECAN, Kosovo (Reuters) -NATO is to send 700 extra troops to Kosovo and put another battalion on high alert to go in as unrest in the region has intensified since ethnic Albanian mayors took office in the country’s northern Serb-majority area after votes last month. In the town of Zvecan on Tuesday, …
NATO to deploy more troops to Kosovo to curb violence Read More »
By Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen and Johannes Birkebaek COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Denmark plans to invest 143 billion Danish crowns ($21 billion) in defence over the next 10 years, which combined with increased military aid to Ukraine will help it achieve NATO’s spending target this year, its government said. A founding member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, …
Denmark plans defence spend of $21 billion over next decade Read More »
By Julien Pretot and Shrivathsa Sridhar PARIS (Reuters) -Serbian world No. 3 Novak Djokovic risked stirring up a political controversy at the French Open on Monday, after writing a message about Kosovo on a camera lens following his first-round victory. “Kosovo is the heart of Serbia. Stop the violence,” 22-time Grand Slam champion Djokovic wrote …
Tennis-‘Kosovo is the heart of Serbia’, Djokovic writes at French Open Read More »
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Ukraine launched a major drone attack on Moscow on Tuesday though all of them were destroyed by air defence systems, Russia’s defence ministry said. The attack came just weeks after the Kremlin was hit in a drone strike that Russia blamed on Ukraine, and simultaneously with the latest wave of Russian airstrikes …
Factbox-What do we know about the drone attacks on Moscow? Read More »
MOSCOW (Reuters) – A senior Russian politician said three drones shot down over Moscow on Tuesday had been downed over the Russian capital’s exclusive Rublyovka suburb, where President Vladimir Putin has an official residence. The Russian defence ministry earlier said air defences had destroyed all eight of the drones used in the attack, which it …
Russian MP says three drones downed over exclusive Moscow suburb Read More »
