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ROME (Reuters) – Environmental groups Greenpeace and ReCommon said on Tuesday they had launched a lawsuit against Italian energy group Eni for contributing to climate change with its fossil fuel businesses. Greenpeace said it had served notices about the lawsuit to Eni as well as the Italian Economy Ministry and Italian state lender Cassa Depositi …

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By Andrew Osborn (Reuters) – The head of Russia’s Wagner mercenary force fighting in eastern Ukraine said on Tuesday he had been told he and his men would be regarded as traitors if they abandoned their positions in the city of Bakhmut. But Yevgeny Prigozhin said for the second time in a matter of days …

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BERLIN (Reuters) – The situation at Europe’s largest nuclear power plant, Zaporizhzhia in Ukraine, is deteriorating, Funke Media Group reported. According to Ukraine’s state-owned operating company Energoatom, Russia is bringing more troops and military vehicles to the site of the nuclear power plant. “The situation of equipment and personnel is deteriorating,” Energoatom president Petro Kotin …

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(Reuters) -A senior Russian official accused the United States on Tuesday of exerting “pressure and threats” on Moscow over the case of detained Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, state-owned news agencies reported. TASS quoted Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov as saying Moscow would ignore such tactics. He did not say what form the alleged …

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By Guy Faulconbridge MOSCOW (Reuters) -President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that Russians were united in a “sacred” fight with the West over Ukraine that would end in victory, and accused the United States and its allies of forgetting the Soviet triumph over the Nazis in World War Two. Putin has repeatedly likened the war …

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BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Tuesday that the European Union was continuously working to improve its sanctions regime against Russia. Responding to a question about whether he was in favour of a proposed expansion of sanctions to include Chinese companies, Scholz said the goal was to improve existing sanctions and that …

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BERLIN (Reuters) – The European Union should reduce risks in its relations with China as Beijing is becoming increasingly assertive in competing with the 27-nation bloc, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Tuesday. “Rivalry and competition on China’s part have increased without a doubt,” Scholz told lawmakers in a speech at the European Parliament in …

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BERLIN (Reuters) – The European Union must not be intimidated by Moscow’s show-casing of military power but continue to support Ukraine for as long as it takes, Germany Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Tuesday as Russia marked Victory Day with a parade. “2,200 kilometres northeast from here, (Russian President Vladimir) Putin is parading his soldiers, …

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