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By Daphne Psaledakis WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Hundreds of people were detained or went missing in Ukraine’s Kherson region while it was under Russian control this year, and dozens may have been tortured, Yale University researchers have concluded in a report backed by the U.S. State Department. “Russia must halt these operations and withdraw its forces …

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By Steve Holland and Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Joe Biden has been adamant that the United States will back Ukraine in its nine-month fight to repel a Russian invasion. But he has insisted, “we will not fight the Third World War in Ukraine.” So when a missile struck a village in Poland near …

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(Reuters) – Russia is ready for high-level meetings with the United States regarding strategic stability if Washington is ready, Moscow’s deputy foreign minister Sergei Ryabkov was quoted in state media as saying on Friday. He also said Russia does not rule out new contacts with the United States after upcoming talks in Cairo on the …

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By Kate Abnett SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (Reuters) -Climate negotiators on Friday were mulling a late-night European Union proposal aimed at resolving a stubborn impasse over financing for countries hit by climate-fuelled disasters and pushing this year’s U.N. climate summit in Egypt closer to a final deal. The EU proposal would be to set up a …

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SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (Reuters) -The United Nations climate agency on Friday published a draft negotiating text of the deal that delegates at the COP27 summit in Sharm el-Sheikh are hoping to agree in the coming days. The text, which builds on earlier, less formal iterations, did not set out the proposed solution to one of …

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PARIS (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron held talks with Thailand’s Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha at the APEC summit, during which the two leaders pledged more co-operation and commerce, Macron’s Elysee office said on Friday. France is trying to reinforce its presence in Asia after losing out on a multibillion nuclear submarines deal with Australia …

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By Anna Voitenko KYIV (Reuters) – The last batch of bracelets made from metal produced by the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol, a symbol of Ukrainian resistance to Russia’s invasion, have gone on sale across Ukraine. Proceeds from the bracelets, which are on sale for around $40, will go to an organisation helping finance the …

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By John McCrank NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. exchanges and Wall Street’s top cop on Thursday warned about a heightened threat of fraud mostly involving the initial public offerings of small companies, driven in part by a social media-driven pump-and-dump scheme called “pig butchering.” In a rare move, Nasdaq Inc, Intercontinental Exchange Inc’s New York …

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