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By Anthony Boadle and Lisandra Paraguassu BRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s 580-day stretch behind bars imbued him with a renewed sense of social justice, the leftist’s allies and confidants said, convincing him of the need to prioritize ending poverty over boosting profits. Lula was sworn in on Sunday for an unprecedented …

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By Gleb Garanich and Valentyn Ogirenko KYIV (Reuters) -Russia continued intense attacks on Kyiv and other parts of Ukraine early on New Year’s Day, following a barrage of missiles fired on Saturday, with air raid sirens wailing for hours overnight. Ukraine’s Air Force command said that they had destroyed 45 Iranian-made Shahed drones — 32 …

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By Lidia Kelly (Reuters) – The leaders of Ukraine and Russia both vowed to push for victory in New Year speeches, but while Volodymyr Zelenskiy spoke of gratitude and pain, Vladimir Putin urged duty to Russia, casting the war as a near-existential fight. Zelenskiy, recalling some of the most dramatic moments and victories of the …

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By Sergiy Karazy and Nick Starkov KYIV (Reuters) -President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Saturday that his only wish for all Ukrainians for 2023 was victory and resolved to stay the course while the country fights for it. “I want to wish all of us one thing – victory. And that’s the main thing. One wish …

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JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday said a United Nations General Assembly vote asking the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to provide an opinion on Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian territories was “despicable.” “The Jewish people are not occupiers on their own land nor occupiers in our eternal capital Jerusalem and …

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By Jake Cordell (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin devoted his annual New Year’s address on Saturday to rallying the Russian people behind his troops fighting in Ukraine and pledging victory over Ukrainian “neo-Nazis” and a West supposedly intent on “destroying Russia”. In a stern and combative recorded video message, broadcast on national television, Putin cast …

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(Fixes typo in headline) By Dan Peleschuk and Olena Harmash KYIV (Reuters) – Russia fired more than 20 cruise missiles at targets in Ukraine on Saturday, killing at least one person in Kyiv, in attacks President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said showed Moscow was in league with the devil. The second barrage of major Russian missile attacks …

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MOSCOW (Reuters) – People in the centre of Moscow prepared late on Saturday to mark a somewhat muted New Year’s Eve without the usual fireworks and celebrations on Red Square, with many saying they wanted peace in 2023. Authorities closed off the famous cobbled square in the heart of Moscow, citing restrictions to fight COVID-19, …

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(Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Saturday predicted victory in the war against Russia next year, saying it would come through hard work rather than miracles, as well as aid from foreign partners. “Today there is only one wish. And it will come true not by a miracle but through our work, our struggle, …

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PARIS (Reuters) – The coming year will be one of much-delayed pension reform, President Emmanuel Macron told the French in a New Year’s Eve speech on Saturday. Reforming France’s costly and complicated pension system was a key plank of Macron’s election platform when he came to power in 2017. But his initial proposals provoked weeks …

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