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Poland, Hungary ban grain and food imports from Ukraine; Kyiv unhappy

15 Apr 2023

WARSAW/BUDAPEST (Reuters) -Poland and Hungary have decided to ban imports of grain and other food from neighbouring Ukraine to protect the local agricultural sector, the two governments said on Saturday, after a flood of supply depressed prices across the region. Ukraine expressed regret about the Polish decision, saying that “resolving various issues by unilateral drastic …

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Iran vows crack down on people who promote removing the veil

15 Apr 2023

(Reuters) – People who encourage women to remove the hijab will be prosecuted in criminal courts and will have no right of appeal against any conviction, Iran’s deputy attorney general was quoted as saying on Saturday. His comments come as an increasing number of women have been defying Iran’s compulsory dress code, appearing unveiled in …

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Ukraine reports unprecedentedly bloody fighting in Bakhmut

15 Apr 2023

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Ukrainian and Russian armed forces are fighting extraordinarily bloody battles in the smashed eastern city of Bakhmut, but pro-Kyiv forces are still holding on, Ukraine’s military said on Saturday. Russia’s defence ministry said earlier in the day that fighters from the Wagner mercenary group had captured two more areas of Bakhmut, the main …

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Ukraine’s Marchenko says G7 support crucial for ‘longer’ war with Russia

15 Apr 2023

By Andrea Shalal and Jorgelina do Rosario WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A new international economic support package of $115 billion gives Ukraine more confidence that it can prevail in battling Russia’s invasion, amid growing recognition that the war could continue for longer than expected, Ukrainian Finance Minister Serhiy Marchenko said on Saturday. Marchenko said Group of …

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Airman suspected of leaking secret US documents hit with federal charges

15 Apr 2023

By Tim McLaughlin and Sarah N. Lynch BOSTON (Reuters) -A 21-year-old member of the U.S. Air National Guard accused of leaking top secret military intelligence records online was charged on Friday with unlawfully copying and transmitting classified material. Jack Douglas Teixeira of North Dighton, Massachusetts, who was arrested by heavily armed FBI agents at his …

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Eleven killed in Russian strike, Ukraine rescue teams sift through wreckage

15 Apr 2023

By Kai Pfaffenbach SLOVIANSK, Ukraine (Reuters) – Russian missiles hit residential buildings in the eastern Ukrainian city of Sloviansk on Friday, killing 11 people, wounding 21 and reducing parts of apartment blocks to a tangled mess of metal and concrete. Eleven people were killed and 21 wounded, Ukrainian public braodcaster Suspilne reported on Saturday, citing …

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Ukrainian pianist seeks victory on cultural front at contest in Switzerland

15 Apr 2023

By Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber GENEVA (Reuters) – Before arriving in Geneva for a renowned piano competition, Ukrainian pianist Roman Lopatynskyi rehearsed in the dark and played concerts by candlelight as air raid sirens resounded across his native Kyiv. The 29-year-old is participating in the International Competition for Young Pianists in Memory of Vladimir Horowitz, which is …

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France’s Macron signs contested pension bill into law

15 Apr 2023

PARIS (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron has signed into law a bill to raise the state pension age that sparked mass protests, the government’s official journal showed on Saturday. The proclamation of the law came after France’s Constitutional Council on Friday approved the main pension-age increase and follows months of demonstrations against the plan, …

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Eight dead in Sloviansk strike as Ukrainians said to pull back in Bakhmut

15 Apr 2023

By Kai Pfaffenbach and Manuel Ausloos NEAR BAKHMUT, Ukraine (Reuters) -A Russian missile strike killed eight people in eastern Ukraine on Friday as a British assessment said Ukrainian troops had been forced to withdraw from parts of the city of Bakhmut, the focus of Moscow’s slow advance through the region. Ukrainian troops have been doggedly …

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Macron cleared to raise French retirement age, protesters vow to fight on

14 Apr 2023

By Elizabeth Pineau, Noemie Olive and Ingrid Melander PARIS (Reuters) -French President Emmanuel Macron’s flagship pension reform will enter into force swiftly, officials said on Friday after it received the Constitutional Council’s approval despite months of street protests and strikes. The legislation, which pushes up the age at which one can draw a pension to …

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