By Max Hunder and Stefaniia Bern KYIV (Reuters) – Despite the missile strikes and power cuts that have become a regular occurrence in Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv’s 190,000 remaining school children are still expected to attend classes, whether online or in person. “If there is no light, it’s sometimes hard to see when you are writing,” …
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BERLIN (Reuters) -Germany is preparing to deliver seven Gepard tanks to Ukraine, adding to the 30 air-defence tanks that are already being used to fight against the Russian army, according to a German government website. According to Spiegel magazine, which first reported the number of additional tanks, the seven Gepards, which were initially destined for …
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MILAN (Reuters) – The International Atomic Energy Agency hopes to reach an agreement with Russia and Ukraine to create a protection zone at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant by the end of the year, the head of the U.N. atomic watchdog was quoted as saying. The nuclear plant, Europe’s biggest, provided about a fifth of …
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By Richa Naidu LONDON (Reuters) – The near year-long infant formula shortage in the United States that prompted the intervention of the White House is likely to “persist” until spring, according to Reckitt Benckiser, the maker of what is now the biggest brand in the market, Enfamil. Panicked parents had earlier this year emptied the …
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BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Hungary remains opposed to a global minimum corporate tax rate, Prime Minister Viktor Orban told public radio on Friday, citing concern over jobs in the central European country, which has used its low-tax regime to attract investment. The minimum tax is the second of a two-pillar deal reached last year among nearly …
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By Karolos Grohmann AL KHOR, Qatar (Reuters) – Four-time champions Germany sensationally crashed out of the World Cup despite a 4-2 victory over Costa Rica in their last Group E match on Thursday, tumbling out at the first hurdle for the second consecutive time. Germany finished third in the standings, behind Spain on goal difference, …
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ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s cabinet on Thursday adopted a decree allowing it to keep supplying Ukraine with weapons for the whole of next year without seeking formal approval from parliament for each new shipment, government sources said after a cabinet meeting. The move follows assurances by new Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni that her administration would …
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(Reuters) – Ukraine’s armed forces have lost somewhere between 10,000 and 13,000 soldiers so far in the war against Russia, presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak told a Ukrainian television network on Thursday. The remarks appeared to be the first estimate of dead since late August, when the head of the armed forces said nearly 9,000 military …
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(Reuters) – A former Slovak ruling coalition partner initiated on Thursday a no-confidence vote against Prime Minister Eduard Heger’s minority government, calling it “harmful” for the country. The libertarian SaS party left Heger’s government in September after months of clashes between its chairman, former Economy Minister Richard Sulik, and the coalition’s main party chief Igor …
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(Reuters) -The Kremlin on Thursday condemned a call by a top European Union official to create a special court to prosecute possible war crimes by top Russian officials in Ukraine, saying any such body would be illegitimate and unacceptable to Moscow. European Commision President Ursula von der Leyen said on Wednesday that such a tribunal …
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