By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A fresh analysis of radar images obtained more than three decades ago has yielded new evidence indicating Venus, Earth’s planetary next-door neighbor, is currently volcanically active – a dynamic world with eruptions and lava flows. Researchers said on Wednesday radar images taken by NASA’s Magellan spacecraft showed that a …
By Idrees Ali and Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A U.S. surveillance drone brought down over the Black Sea after a Russian military intercept probably broke apart and would be difficult to recover given the depth of the water in the area, the top U.S. general said on Wednesday. In the first direct U.S.-Russian incident since …
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By Phil Stewart, Idrees Ali and Olena Harmash WASHINGTON/KYIV (Reuters) -Washington’s top general said on Wednesday the crash of a U.S. surveillance drone over the Black Sea after being intercepted by Russian jets was part of Moscow’s increasingly aggressive behaviour as the two countries traded blame over the incident. Russia, in turn, told Washington to …
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COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Denmark’s government said on Wednesday it will establish a fund of 7 billion Danish crowns ($1.01 billion) for military, civilian and business aid to Ukraine this year. The fund, which was agreed with a broad majority of parties in parliament, will direct 5.4 billion crowns towards military aid, 1.2 billion towards civilian …
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(Reuters) – World number one Iga Swiatek has called for more support to be offered to Ukrainian players on the women’s tour after Lesia Tsurenko said she withdrew from her match against Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka at Indian Wells due to a panic attack. Tsurenko said the attack was triggered by a chat she had with …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia and the United States have offered different accounts of the downing of a U.S. intelligence drone in the Black Sea. Below are the two accounts: WHAT THE UNITED STATES SAID: The United States announced on Tuesday that one of its MQ-9 “Reaper” intelligence and surveillance drones had been struck by a …
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By Mike Collett-White NEAR KREMINNA (Reuters) – From a small, non-descript house in a badly bombed village in eastern Ukraine, Andrii “Tuman”, who goes by his call sign meaning “fog”, commands his battalion around the clock to hold intensifying Russian attacks at bay. What Ukrainian forces have long described in the city of Bakhmut is …
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By Amina Ismail ERBIL (Reuters) – The United States promised its 2003 invasion would herald a new era of democracy for Iraq but, 20 years on, Iraqis across the country’s sectarian, ethnic and political divides say they have yet to see the dividends. Here are some personal accounts from the past two decades: A SHI’ITE …
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BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Here are some notable quotes from before, during and after the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in March 2003 that toppled Saddam Hussein. * Jan. 29, 2002 – “States like these, and their terrorist allies, constitute an axis of evil, arming to threaten the peace of the world.” – U.S. President George W. …
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(Reuters) – Proposed amendments to Russia’s citizenship law would allow for the stripping of acquired citizenship for treason and discrediting the military operation in Ukraine, Russian media reported on Wednesday. Soon after sending its army into Ukraine just over a year ago Russia introduced sweeping wartime laws to silence dissenting voices. It has been extending …
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