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By Humeyra Pamuk and Daphne Psaledakis WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States is extensively engaged on the case of a U.S. journalist who disappeared a decade ago, including with Syria and other countries, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday. Austin Tice, a former U.S. Marine and a freelance journalist, was kidnapped in …

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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Yevgeny Prigozhin, leader of Russia’s Wagner Group mercenary force, said on Wednesday that he believed a promised counter-offensive by Ukrainian troops had already begun and that his forces were observing heightened activity along the front. In an audio message published by his press service on social media, Prigozhin said that the “active …

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By Olena Harmash KYIV (Reuters) -Oil depots were ablaze in both Russia and Ukraine on Wednesday as both sides escalated a drone war targeting infrastructure ahead of Kyiv’s planned spring counter-offensive to try to end Moscow’s all-out invasion. Scores of firefighters battled a huge fire that Russian authorities blamed on a Ukrainian drone crashing into …

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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Wednesday that talks between Russia and the United Nations on the Black Sea grain deal will be held in Moscow on May 5. She said the U.N. would be represented by top trade official Rebeca Grynspan. (Reporting by Reuters)

HELSINKI (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy arrived in Finland on Wednesday for meetings with Nordic leaders to discuss the war with Russia and European relations, the governments of several countries in the region said. “The theme of the summit is Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, the Nordic countries’ continued support for Ukraine, Ukraine’s …

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By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Maayan Lubell GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) – A truce along the Israel-Gaza border appeared to be holding on Wednesday morning following a brief bout of fighting triggered by the death of a jailed Palestinian hunger striker. After Palestinian militants fired rockets at Israel through the night and Israeli jets struck in Gaza, a …

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MADRID (Reuters) – Spain’s main opposition People’s Party (PP) is poised to win a parliamentary election expected by the end of the year but will need an alliance with the far-right Vox to achieve a working majority, according to an opinion poll released on Wednesday. The survey carried out by private pollster 40dB for El …

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