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By Lisandra Paraguassu BRASILIA (Reuters) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Monday thanked Brazil for its efforts to resolve the conflict in Ukraine ahead of a visit with Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, whose comments on the war have unnerved Washington. Lavrov and Brazilian Foreign Relations Minister Mauro Vieira addressed journalists after …

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By Michel Rose PARIS (Reuters) -French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday gave himself 100 days to heal the country after weeks of protests and anger at his unpopular plans to raise the retirement age, asking his government to open talks with unions on a wide range of issues. In a televised speech two days after …

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LONDON (Reuters) – The British government on Monday summoned the Russian ambassador to make clear its condemnation of what it described as the “politically motivated” conviction and sentencing of outspoken Kremlin critic Vladimir Kara-Murza, a British dual national. Kara-Murza has spent years speaking out against President Vladimir Putin and lobbied Western governments to impose sanctions …

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BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union member countries’ envoys in Brussels will discuss this week a move by Poland and Hungary to ban grain and other food imports from Ukraine, a senior EU official said on Monday. The senior EU official, speaking under condition of anonymity, said low global prices and demand meant the grain was …

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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Kremlin critic Vladimir Kara-Murza, on being sentenced to 25 years in prison on charges including treason, said “Russia will be free”, a Russian opposition slogan. (Reporting by Reuters; Editing by Kevin Liffey)

By Pavel Polityuk and Pawel Florkiewicz KYIV (Reuters) -Kyiv will aim to secure the re-opening of food and grain transit via Poland as “a first step” at talks in Warsaw on Monday, Ukraine’s agriculture minister said, after Poland and Hungary announced bans on some imports from Ukraine. Some Black Sea ports were blocked after Russia’s …

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JERUSALEM (Reuters) -The exiled son of the Iranian Shah toppled in the 1979 Islamic revolution will visit Israel this week, Israel’s government said on Sunday, calling him the “most senior Iranian personality” to ever pay a public visit to Israel. Israel and Iran enjoyed warmer ties under the U.S-backed Shah, though they have become enemies …

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