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By Stephane Mahe SOULAC-SUR-MER, France (Reuters) – When it was built at the end of the 1960s on one of France’s most glorious Atlantic coastlines, the beach was over 200 metres (656 ft) away. Today, the hulk of the 80-flat Le Signal apartment block perches precariously on a dune just metres from the water and …

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BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Ukrainian Defence Minister Oleksii Reznikov, whose political future has been the subject of intense speculation, said on Wednesday President Volodymyr Zelenskiy had asked him to remain in his current post. Asked in a Reuters interview whether he expected to continue as defence minister in the months to come, he replied: “Yes, it …

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KYIV (Reuters) -Russian troops are mounting constant attacks on Ukraine’s positions in the east and pouring troops into the region, although forces loyal to Kyiv are holding on, senior Ukrainian officials said on Wednesday. Russia said earlier in the day that its troops had broken through two fortified lines of Ukrainian defences on the eastern …

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By Gabriela Baczynska BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Representatives of the 27 European Union countries meet in Brussels on Wednesday to discuss a new batch of sanctions against Russia, which the head of the bloc’s executive said could cost 11 billion euros ($11.8 bln) in lost trade. The bloc is expected to agree new sanctions to mark the …

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By Pavel Polityuk KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine appealed on Wednesday to the United Nations and Turkey to press Russia to immediately stop hindering Ukrainian grain shipments that supply millions of people and not to use the food as a weapon. After an almost six-month blockade caused by the Russian invasion, three Ukrainian Black Sea ports …

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By Sabine Siebold and Bart H. Meijer BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Germany’s defence minister said he was in favour of raising NATO’s military spending target, as allies gathered in Brussels on Wednesday for talks on whether defence expenditures of 2% of GDP are sufficient with a war raging in Ukraine. At their Wales summit in 2014, …

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BERLIN (Reuters) -Strikes planned at seven German airports for Friday will lead to “massive disruptions”, the operator of the country’s largest airport, in Frankfurt, warned on Wednesday, setting the stage for another day of travel disruption caused by wage disputes. German trade union Verdi on Wednesday called on workers at Frankfurt, Munich, Stuttgart, Hamburg, Dortmund, …

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(Reuters) – Multiple Russian military aircraft including fighter jets and strategic bombers were intercepted by North American air defence forces as they flew over international airspace near Alaska, U.S. military said. The aircraft, which were identified on Feb. 13, did not enter United States or Canadian airspace and did not pose a threat, the North …

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