By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters on Wednesday addressed the U.N. Security Council at Russia’s invitation, condemning Moscow’s invasion of its neighbor as illegal – though adding he believed it was provoked – and calling for a ceasefire. “He is lucky to be in New York, in a free …
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(Reuters) – Russia accused the United States on Wednesday of failing to issue visas to Russian delegates to the United Nations and of restricting the movements of its diplomats and said it would pursue arbitration proceedings. In an interview with the RIA news agency, Russian foreign ministry official Pyotr Ilyichev said the United States had …
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PARIS (Reuters) – French farmers drove hundreds of tractors into Paris early on Wednesday to protest against pesticide restrictions and other environmental regulations they say are threatening farm production in the European Union’s largest agricultural power. The action follows an EU court ruling last month that overturned a French policy allowing sugar beet growers to …
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(Reuters) – UK’s blue-chip index hit a record high on Wednesday, following sharp gains on Wall Street a day earlier after U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s comments renewed hopes for less aggressive monetary policy. The exporter-heavy FTSE 100 rose 0.8% to an all-time high of 7,925.02, surpassing it previous peak of 7,906.58 hit just …
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By Ece Toksabay and Huseyin Hayatsever ANTAKYA, Turkey (Reuters) -The death toll of a devastating earthquake in southern Turkey and Syria jumped to more than 7,800 people on Tuesday as rescuers worked against time in harsh winter conditions to dig survivors out of the rubble of collapsed buildings. As the scale of the disaster became …
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BERLIN (Reuters) -Denmark, Germany and the Netherlands will pool funds to restore at least 100 old Leopard 1 tanks from industry stocks and supply them to Ukraine, according to a joint statement published on Tuesday. The countries said Ukraine would receive within the coming months at least 100 Leopard 1 A5 tanks as well as …
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By Mike Stone and Rhea Binoy (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department has approved the potential sale of long-range missiles, rockets and launchers to Poland in a deal valued at up to $10 billion, the Pentagon said on Tuesday. Poland has been on a spending spree to modernize its military while simultaneously donating older weapons …
By Andrew Osborn (Reuters) -Russia has demanded that the U.S. embassy in Moscow stop spreading what Moscow regards as fake news regarding its military operation in Ukraine and has threatened to expel U.S. diplomats, the TASS news agency reported on Tuesday. The warning included a harsh message to Lynne Tracy, the new U.S. ambassador to …
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KYIV (Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy thanked parliament on Tuesday for approving his proposed candidates for Cabinet jobs and called for an end to “rumours or any other pseudo-information” that could undermine unity in the war against Russia. His remarks on rumours, in an address to parliament, appeared intended to end public speculation over whether …
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By Dan Peleschuk and Max Hunder KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s national security chief said on Tuesday Kyiv expects Russia to include the northeastern Kharkiv or southern Zaporizhzhia regions as targets of an anticipated offensive aimed at reclaiming the initiative in its year-old invasion. Oleksiy Danilov, head of the National Security and Defence Council, said Russian …
