By Vincent West SANTANDER (Reuters) – Six Leopard 2A4 tanks destined for Ukraine left Spain by ship on Friday, according to a naval monitoring website, part of Western military aid for Kyiv’s fight against Russia’s invasion. The German-made Leopard tanks and armoured personnel carriers were driven onto a cargo vessel, Reuters witnesses said. The ship …
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(Reuters) – A Moscow court on Friday ordered the arrest in absentia of Bulgarian investigative journalist Christo Grozev, whose reporting for the Bellingcat news outlet has angered Russia, RIA news agency said. The court said Grozev had illegally crossed the Russian border. RIA cited a law enforcement source as saying that Grozev was accused of …
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RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany (Reuters) -The United States said it will soon start training Ukrainian troops to use its Abrams tank and Germany announced a deal to establish a Polish hub to repair tanks as the U.S. hosted a meeting of allies on Friday. The meeting at Ramstein Air Base, the latest in a series …
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By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia will outline its defence plans next week, and its leaders are previewing a more assertive posture – in which it can strike farther, faster – while working with mid-size allies to reduce tensions as the United States and China square off. The Labor government of Anthony Albanese is …
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By Yuvraj Malik (Reuters) – Twitter on Thursday began removing legacy blue checkmarks from user profiles, with famous people including pop icon Beyonce and Pope Francis losing their verified statuses. Some personalities such as basketball star LeBron James and author Stephen King still had their checkmarks. “The Shining” author King, who has previously called Musk …
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BERLIN (Reuters) – Rail workers went on strike across Germany on Friday, bringing national operator Deutsche Bahn’s services largely to a halt, in the latest of a series of stoppages over pay in Europe’s largest economy. The walkout, organised by the EVG union, was due to run from 3 a.m. (0100 GMT) to 11 a.m, …
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PARIS (Reuters) – French police is allowed from Friday to use drones equipped with cameras for a wide range of tasks including crowd monitoring and border control, following the publication of a decree in the Official Journal on Thursday. This comes just over a year before the Paris 2024 Olympics and at a time when …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) -A Russian Sukhoi-34 supersonic warplane accidentally fired a weapon into the city of Belgorod near Ukraine late on Thursday, causing an explosion and injuring three people. Video footage from the site showed piles of concrete on the street, several damaged cars and a building with broken windows. One shot showed what appeared to …
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BERLIN (Reuters) – German business activity expanded for a third month running in April, boosted by a services sector revival that more than offset a manufacturing decline in Europe’s largest economy, a preliminary survey showed on Friday. The HCOB German Flash Composite Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI), compiled by S&P Global, rose to a 12-month high …
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PARIS (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron spoke with his U.S. counterpart Joe Biden on Thursday, but statements the two leaders released differed over Taiwan just 10 days after Macron had drawn criticism with allies over the issue. In an interview with French daily Les Echos and news portal Politico, Macron called for the European …
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