By Jonathan Landay FRONT LINES NORTH OF KHERSON, Ukraine (Reuters) – The Ukrainian mortarmen, hands cupping their ears, turned away from the green tube angled towards their Russian foes entrenched less than a kilometre away as one of their comrades hauled on the firing cord. The crew had expected the flaming blast of a 120 …
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KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said he received a phone call from his Iranian counterpart Hossein Amirabdollahian on Friday and that he demanded Tehran stop sending weapons to Russia. Ukraine and its Western allies have accused Iran of sending “kamikaze” drones to Russia which have then been used to devastating effect by Russian …
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By Vincent West SOPELA, Spain (Reuters) – Dozens of wildfires raged in northern Spain on Friday after unusually high temperatures hitting 30 Celsius (86F) in some areas a day earlier turned vegetation into dry fuel, adding to mounting concerns about changing weather patterns in Europe. In the Basque Country, Asturias and Cantabria about 40 blazes …
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DUBAI (Reuters) -Iranians kept up protests calling for the toppling of the Islamic Republic on Friday, as activists posted videos of crowds demanding the death of the supreme leader and the widely feared Basij militia he unleashed against them. Iran has been gripped by protests since the death of 22-year-old Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini in …
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By Toby Sterling and Charlotte Van Campenhout AMSTERDAM (Reuters) -A climate activist glued his head to glass covering the world-famous “Girl with a Pearl Earring” painting at a museum in The Hague on Thursday, though the artwork was not damaged, gallery staff said. A second activist glued their hand to the wall next to the …
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By Can Sezer ISTANBUL (Reuters) -Turkish defence company Baykar is planning to complete the construction of its manufacturing plant in Ukraine in two years, its chief executive said on Thursday, after the company became highly renowned for their drones’ success in thwarting Russian forces. The aerial drones supplied to Ukraine by Baykar were instrumental in …
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By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The European Union struck a deal on Thursday on a law to effectively ban the sale of new petrol and diesel cars from 2035, aiming to speed up the switch to electric vehicles and combat climate change. Negotiators from the EU countries and the European Parliament, who must both approve …
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By Nikolaj Skydsgaard BORNHOLM, Denmark (Reuters) -After decades of living in a comfortable welfare bubble and topping the world’s happiness index, Danes’ sense of safety has been shaken by geopolitical strife and economic uncertainty, a theme likely to impact how Danes vote next week. The prospect of energy shortages, rampant inflation and the war in …
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(Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin showed no regrets on Thursday for his war in Ukraine, insisting that the “special military operation” was still achieving its goals and the West’s dominance over world affairs was coming to an end. Inveighing against the West for more than three-and-a-half hours in a question-and-answer session at an annual …
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By Dina Kartit and Elizabeth Howcroft LONDON (Reuters) – Global police agency Interpol said it was preparing for the risk that online immersive environments – the “metaverse” – could create new kinds of cybercrime and allow existing crime to take place on a larger scale. Interpol’s member countries have raised concerns about how to prepare …
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