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Turkey’s opposition bloc renews commitment to principles after split

4 Mar 2023

ISTANBUL (Reuters) -The five remaining leaders of Turkey’s opposition alliance renewed their commitment to its original principles on Saturday after one of the group’s main members quit in disagreement over the candidate for presidential elections in May. “The alliance is determined to continue its work in the same direction, in line with its foundation principles …

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Eni agrees deal with UAE’s ADNOC as Italy rebuilds relationship

4 Mar 2023

MILAN (Reuters) -Italian oil and gas group Eni said it would cooperate with Abu Dhabi National Oil Co (ADNOC) on energy transition projects, as Rome’s new government works to rebuild ties with the United Arab Emirates. After a meeting with UAE President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said that now …

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Russia’s Wagner boss publishes video showing coffins of dead Ukrainian troops being shipped home

4 Mar 2023

(Reuters) – Yevgeny Prigozhin, founder of Russia’s Wagner Group mercenary force, published a video on Saturday showing what he said were coffins containing bodies of Ukrainian soldiers being repatriated to territory held by Kyiv. In the video, Prigozhin, clad in full military gear, said: “We are sending another shipment of Ukrainian army fighters home. They …

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Before fatal collapse, Turkish building had skirted code thanks to Erdogan policy

4 Mar 2023

By David Gauthier-Villars and Natalie Thomas MALATYA, Turkey (Reuters) – The Trend Garden Residence, an upscale serviced apartment building in the Turkish city of Malatya, boasted a gym, freshly-furnished rooms and a roof-top cafeteria. But when a powerful earthquake jolted the city in the early hours of Feb. 6, the seven-floored building disintegrated, killing 29 …

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Death toll in strike on Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia rises to 11 – officials

4 Mar 2023

KYIV (Reuters) -The death toll from a Russian missile strike that hit an apartment block in the southern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia rose to 11 on Saturday after a woman’s body was found in the debris, the state emergency service said. One child was among those killed in Thursday’s early-morning strike on the five-storey residential …

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Italy to hold cabinet meeting in migrant shipwreck area

4 Mar 2023

MILAN (Reuters) – Italy’s government will hold a cabinet meeting near the southern seaside town where dozens of bodies washed ashore after a migrant ship broke up on rocks last month, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Saturday. Speaking to reporters in Abu Dhabi after meeting United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan …

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Russian defence minister pays rare visit to troops in Ukraine

4 Mar 2023

(Reuters) -Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu has paid a rare visit to Russia’s forces deployed in Ukraine, awarding medals to military personnel and meeting senior commanders during the trip, a statement and videos issued by his ministry showed on Saturday. Russia’s top military chiefs have visited front lines in Ukraine only sparingly since Moscow sent …

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IAEA’s Grossi holds second day of talks in Iran on nuclear cooperation

4 Mar 2023

(Reuters) – The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Grossi held talks for a second day in Iran on Saturday aimed at pushing the country to cooperate with a probe into uranium traces found at undeclared sites. Grossi, who arrived in Tehran on a two-day visit on Friday, met for the second …

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Biden, Scholz discuss Ukraine support, possible Chinese weapons to Russia

3 Mar 2023

By Andrea Shalal, Steve Holland and David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz held talks on Friday focused on the war in Ukraine and shared concerns that China may provide weapons to Russia as its invasion of Ukraine grinds into a second year. Sitting next to Scholz in the …

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Archaeologists find well-preserved 500-year-old spices on Baltic shipwreck

3 Mar 2023

By Tom Little LUND, Sweden (Reuters) – Archaeologists say they have uncovered a “unique” cache of well-preserved spices, from strands of saffron to peppercorns and ginger, on the wreck of a royal ship that sunk off Sweden’s Baltic coast more than 500 years ago. The wreck of the Gribshund, owned by King Hans of Denmark …

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