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Eutelsat: suspending programmes in Russia and Iran will hit financial results

PARIS (Reuters) -Eutelsat will take a bottom-line hit of around 10 to 15 million euros ($16 million) to its full-year revenues following the suspension of several television programmes in Russia and Iran, the company said. The moves to stop carrying three Russian programmes as well as ending all broadcasting activities in Iran, will cost the …

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Two Bankman-Fried associates plead guilty to fraud as FTX founder heads to U.S

By Luc Cohen, Jared Higgs and Jack Queen NEW YORK/NASSAU (Reuters) -FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried left the Bahamas on Wednesday on a U.S.-bound flight to face fraud charges as federal prosecutors announced that two of his former associates had pleaded guilty to similar charges and were now cooperating with the government. Manhattan U.S. Attorney Damian …

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Ukraine’s Zelenskiy appeals for bipartisan support in speech to U.S. Congress

By Patricia Zengerle and Moira Warburton WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy told the U.S. Congress on Wednesday that the tens of billions of dollars of aid it had approved to help it fight a Russian invasion was not charity, but an investment in global security. In his first visit out of his country since …

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Biden hits Russia’s Wagner group with tough new export curbs

By Alexandra Alper and David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Biden administration on Wednesday unveiled new curbs on technology exports to Russia’s Wagner military group, in a bid to further choke off supplies to the contractor over its role in the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The Wagner group, which was added to a trade blacklist in …

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U.S. Capitol riot committee delays releasing final report on assault by Trump backers

By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The congressional panel probing the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol said on Wednesday it would delay by at least one day the release of its final report outlining the case that former President Donald Trump should face criminal charges of inciting the deadly riot. The House of …

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Russia jails nine Jehovah’s Witnesses adherents in two-day period – group

(Reuters) – A court in Russia’s far east on Wednesday sentenced five Jehovah’s Witnesses to more than six years in prison, just two days after four other believers were also sent to jail, the religious group said. The five received terms of between six years and three months to six and a half years in …

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Explainer-What is the Patriot missile defense system?

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Ahead of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s visit to Washington on Wednesday, the Biden administration said it would provide another $1.85 billion in military aid to Ukraine, including the Patriot air defense system that the Ukrainian leader has said his country urgently needs to fend off Russian attacks. Here’s what you need to …

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Biden and Zelenskiy show solidarity at White House in first wartime visit

By Steve Holland and Pavel Polityuk WASHINGTON/KYIV (Reuters) -Presidents Volodymyr Zelenskiy and Joe Biden showed solidarity at the White House on Wednesday in the first foreign trip of the war for the Ukrainian leader, as the United States announced new military aid including Patriot missiles. Zelenskiy plans to seek more support during the trip. The …

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