By Lucy Craymer WELLINGTON (Reuters) -New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Thursday made a shock announcement she had “no more in the tank” to continue leading the country and would step down no later than early February and not seek re-election. Ardern, holding back tears, said that it had been a tough five and …
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(Reuters) – Germany will send German-made tanks to Ukraine so long as the United States agrees to do likewise, a government source in Berlin told Reuters, as NATO partners remained out of step over how best to arm Ukraine in its war against Russia. DIPLOMACY * U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will press Germany’s Defence …
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BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany will allow German-made tanks to be sent to Ukraine to help its defense against Russia if the United States agrees to send its own tanks, a German government source told Reuters. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has stressed the stipulation several times in recent days behind closed doors, the person said, speaking …
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By Max Hunder and Tom Balmforth BROVARY, Ukraine (Reuters) -Ukraine’s interior minister and a child were among at least 14 people killed on Wednesday when a helicopter crashed into a nursery and set it ablaze in a suburb of the capital Kyiv. Separately, Ukraine said its forces again blunted Russian attempts to advance on the …
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KYIV (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy told the World Economic Forum on Wednesday that Western supplies of tanks and air defence units should come more quickly and be delivered faster than Russia was able to carry out its own attacks. Zelenskiy spoke by video link before Western allies meet at the Ramstein air base …
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By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United Nations on Wednesday called out inefficiencies in the operation of a deal allowing Ukraine Black Sea grain exports, but did not lay blame for a backlog of more than 100 ships in Turkish waters waiting on travel approval and inspections. Under the deal agreed by Russia, …
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By Idrees Ali BERLIN (Reuters) -When dozens of defense ministers meet at an airbase in Germany on Friday, all eyes will be set on what Berlin is – and is not – willing to provide Ukraine. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization and defense leaders from roughly 50 countries will confer at Ramstein Air Base, …
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MOSCOW/TBILISI (Reuters) -Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Russia was ready to deploy troops to the Armenia-Azerbaijan border to quell tensions between the two countries, but Yerevan’s hardline position had so far prevented it. Tensions have spiralled between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the blockade of the only road giving direct access to the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh …
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By Suleiman Al-Khalidi AMMAN (Reuters) – Jihadist rebel fighters raided several Syrian army posts on Wednesday, rebels and army officials said, in a flare-up of hit-and-run attacks this year in the last opposition-held bastion in northwestern Syria. More than three million people live in the area, which has become a refuge for many of the …
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By Antonio Bronic and Daria Sito-Sucic ZAGREB (Reuters) – The Croatian government and businesses are at loggerheads as traders dismiss measures aimed at battling price hikes after the introduction of the euro by blaming inflation. Costs rose as soon as Croatia replaced its kuna currency with the euro on Jan. 1, as traders rounded up …
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