By Alexandros Avramidis, Stelios Misinas KATERINI, Greece/ATHENS (Reuters) -Families and friends, dressed in black, clung to each other, in tears, as the coffin of a 34-year-old mother killed in Greece’s deadliest train crash was lifted up the stairs of a church on Friday. The first known funeral after Tuesday night’s accident, which killed at least …
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By Leonardo Bennasatto and Lisi Niesner CHASIV YAR, Ukraine (Reuters) – Russian troops and mercenaries rained artillery on the last access routes to the besieged Ukrainian city of Bakhmut on Friday, bringing Moscow closer to its first major victory in half a year after the bloodiest fighting of the war. The head of Russia’s Wagner …
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By Andrew Osborn LONDON (Reuters) -Nobel Peace Prize winner and human rights activist Ales Bialiatski was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Friday by a court in his native Belarus which found him guilty of financing protests in a trial condemned by the United States and the European Union as a “sham”. Bialiatski, 60, …
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By Mike Stone WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States announced a new military aid package for Ukraine on Friday worth $400 million primarily comprised of ammunition, but for the first time will include tactical bridges to move tanks and armored vehicles. The bridges could be used by Ukrainian troops who have been training in “combined …
By John Revill ZURICH (Reuters) -Germany has asked Switzerland to sell it some of its mothballed Leopard 2 tanks, the Swiss government said on Friday, in a deal that could allow Germany and other countries to increase military aid to Ukraine. Germany wants Switzerland to sell some of the tanks back to manufacturer Rheinmetall, which …
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ROME (Reuters) – Rosalia Messina Denaro, the sister of Italy’s recently jailed top mafioso, was arrested on Friday on charges of associating with a mafia organisation, Italian police said. Matteo Messina Denaro was Italy’s most wanted man until his arrest on Jan. 16, after 30 years on the run. He was sentenced to multiple life …
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By Steve Gorman (Reuters) -A SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule arrived safely at the International Space Station (ISS) after a brief delay early on Friday, carrying two U.S. astronauts, a Russian cosmonaut and a United Arab Emirates astronaut on a six-month science mission. The autonomously flying spacecraft dubbed Endeavour docked with the space station shortly after …
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By Andrius Sytas KOHTLA-JARVE, Estonia (Reuters) -One of Europe’s most staunchly pro-Ukrainian governments faces a challenge in a national election in Estonia on Sunday from a far-right party that is seeking to capitalise on dissatisfaction with the rising cost of living. If, as opinion polls predict, Prime Minister Kaja Kallas’ liberal Reform party wins the …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s economy is showing slightly more momentum than expected and pay growth is proving a bit faster than the central bank forecast last month, Bank of England Chief Economist Huw Pill said on Thursday. Last month the BoE forecast that Britain was likely to see a shallow but fairly long recession, lasting …
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By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Two U.S. astronauts, a Russian cosmonaut and a United Arab Emirates astronaut were safely on their way to the International Space Station (ISS) on Thursday, as their SpaceX ship neared a planned rendezvous with the orbiting laboratory, NASA said. The autonomously flying SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule was due to …
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