BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva sent his top foreign policy adviser to speak to Russian leader Vladimir Putin about potential peace talks to end the war in Ukraine, CNN Brasil reported on Monday. “It would be an exaggeration to say the doors are open (to peace talks), but it’s not …
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KYIV (Reuters) – Former U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visited Ukraine on Monday to underscore his support for Kyiv and said he would work towards Washington supplying F-16 fighter jets and long-range missiles for the country’s war against Russia. Asked whether he would back providing Ukraine with F-16 fighter jets and long-range missiles Pompeo …
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By Ivana Sekularac THE HAGUE (Reuters) – Former Kosovo President Hashim Thaci on Monday pleaded not guilty to charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity at a trial in a special court in The Hague, where protesters rallied outside in support of the leader formerly feted by the West. The 10 charges of persecution, …
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By Andrew Osborn (Reuters) – Russia said on Monday it had arrested a woman suspected of blowing up a prominent war blogger in a St Petersburg cafe the previous day as nationalist politicians and commentators accused Ukraine of the crime and called for retribution. Maxim Fomin, a well-known Russian military blogger and cheerleader for Russia’s …
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By Jonathan Allen and Karen Freifeld NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York City police have thrown up metal barriers around Trump Tower and blocked roads near Manhattan Criminal Courthouse as they brace for potential protests ahead of Donald Trump’s expected surrender to prosecutors on Tuesday. The former president is due to be arraigned at the …
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By Nick Starkov KYIV (Reuters) – The head of the Wagner mercenary force said his troops had raised the Russian flag over the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut’s administrative building, but Ukraine’s military said its defenders were still fighting in the ruined streets. Bakhmut has been the scene of one of the bloodiest battles of the …
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PARIS (Reuters) – Paris will ban electric scooters from September 1, the French capital’s mayor said, after the public voted to remove them from the streets, however e-scooter operators said on Monday they hoped to stop the plan. The e-scooter ban won 89% of the votes according to the city hall Twitter account in what …
(Reuters) – Russian military blogger Vladlen Tatarsky was killed in a bomb attack in a St Petersburg cafe on Sunday in which some 30 other people were wounded. Here’s what we know so far. WHO WAS TATARSKY? Tatarsky – real name Maxim Fomin – was among the best-known members of an influential group of military …
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By Stoyan Nenov SOFIA (Reuters) – Bulgaria looked set on Monday for lengthy and difficult coalition talks after a parliamentary election, the fifth in two years, again failed to produce a clear winner. A bloc led by the centre-right GERB party of former prime minister Boyko Borissov won 26.5% of votes in Sunday’s election, while …
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By Dan Williams JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel authorised on Sunday a national guard sought by far-right security chief Itamar Ben-Gvir to focus on Arab unrest, but held off on giving him direct command after political rivals voiced concern the force could become a sectarian “militia.” The previous government began setting up an auxiliary police force …
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