TURIN/SYDNEY (Reuters) – Novak Djokovic will be able to bid for a record-extending 10th men’s singles title at next year’s Australian Open after the Australian government granted the Serbian a visa to travel to the tournament. The 35-year-old was deported on the eve of this year’s tournament in Melbourne after he arrived in the country …
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By Idrees Ali and Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The top U.S. general on Wednesday said Ukraine’s chances of any near-term, outright military victory were not high, cautioning that Russia still had significant combat power inside Ukraine despite suffering battlefield setbacks since its invasion in February. Ukraine has vowed to keep the pressure on Russian forces …
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By Antony Paone PARIS (Reuters) – Two pieces of furniture formerly owned by France’s Queen Marie Antoinette are set to go to auction on November 22 in Paris. The 250-year-old chest of drawers and chair are estimated to be worth 800,000 to 1.2 million euros ($832,000-1.25 million) and 100,000 to 200,000 euros ($104,000-208,000) respectively. “These …
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(Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Wednesday said he had held a Tuesday meeting with U.S. Central Intelligence Agency Director William Burns, who is in the region to discuss the war in Ukraine. On Monday, Burns met President Vladimir Putin’s spy chief in Turkey for the first known high-level, face-to-face U.S.-Russian contact since the …
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By Gloria Dickie and Mai ShamsElDin SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (Reuters) -Eleven-year-old Indian climate activist Licypriya Kangujam’s dogged questioning of Britain’s climate minister Zac Goldsmith about the fate of climate activists detained in his country was one of the most striking moments in the COP27 global warming talks so far. “We need to hold lawmakers accountable …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S.-provided NASAMS air defense systems have had a 100% success rate in Ukraine intercepting Russian missiles, U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Wednesday, as NATO said an errant Ukrainian air defense interceptor was likely the cause of an explosion in Poland on Tuesday. Austin, speaking at the start of a routine …
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(Reuters) – Russia’s defence ministry said on Wednesday that its strikes on Ukraine on Nov. 15 were no closer than 35 km (22 miles) from the Polish border, RIA news agency reported. NATO member Poland’s president said earlier that Poland had no concrete evidence showing who fired a missile that struck a Polish grain facility …
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By Guy Faulconbridge and Lidia Kelly LONDON/MELBOURNE (Reuters) – A missile blast in NATO-member Poland that Ukraine blamed on Russia raised fears of a deeper confrontation between the U.S.-led military alliance and Russia amid the deadliest war in Europe since World War Two. U.S. President Joe Biden said the missile, which killed two people, was …
By Sabine Siebold BRUSSELS (Reuters) -NATO ambassadors will hold an emergency meeting at 1000 CET (0900 GMT) on Wednesday to discuss a missile strike in eastern Poland close to the Ukrainian border that killed two people on Tuesday, two NATO officials and a European diplomat said. The Brussels gathering will be chaired by Secretary-General Jens …
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BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Wednesday a missile strike in eastern Poland near the Ukrainian border, in which two people were killed, should be fully investigated before conclusions are drawn. In his closing statement following the G20 summit in Bali, Scholz called it a positive sign that the United States had …
