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By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States on Thursday released a de-classified video showing Russia’s intercept of a U.S. military surveillance drone downed over the Black Sea two days ago, images that the White House said exposed how Moscow was lying about what happened. The downing of the U.S. MQ-9 …

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By Mike Collett-White and Phil Stewart NEAR BAKHMUT, Ukraine/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Pentagon released a de-classified video on Thursday showing a Russian military jet intercepting a U.S. drone downed over the Black Sea two days ago, rare footage that highlights the risks of a direct clash between the world’s leading nuclear powers. The United States has …

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By Renee Maltezou and Alkis Konstantinidis ATHENS (Reuters) -Flights to and from Greece were grounded and ships remained docked at ports on Thursday, as Greek workers walked off the job to protest over the country’s deadliest train crash on record which killed 57 people on Feb. 28. The walkout, called by Greece’s largest private and …

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By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Commission will outline plans on Thursday for a hydrogen subsidy scheme that would make clean versions of the fuel more competitive with fossil fuel-based hydrogen, a draft document showed. EU industries use about 8 million tonnes of hydrogen, but the vast majority of that is produced using …

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By Susana Vera ISKENDERUN, Turkey (Reuters) – Tasked with burying hundreds of victims of Turkey’s massive earthquakes, undertaker Ali Dogru brought his wife and four sons to live in an old bus by the cemetery where he works in the city of Iskenderun, so he could know they were safe. Last month’s devastating earthquakes killed …

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(Reuters) – The situation for Russian forces trying to capture the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut is “difficult”, because there are no signs Kyiv is ready to order a withdrawal of its troops, the Russian-installed leader of Ukraine’s Donetsk region said on Thursday. Russian forces – led by the private Wagner militia – have been trying …

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By Michael Georgy DUBAI (Reuters) – A year after President George W. Bush launched the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, four U.S. civilian security contractors in SUVs took an ill-fated turn into the Iraqi city of Falluja. Their assignment was to protect a convoy of catering trucks. It would be their last, and what happened …

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