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Macron, Scholz plaster over differences with smiles and a handshake

By Michel Rose PARIS (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz met in Paris with smiles and a handshake on Wednesday, but ignored questions on their faltering relationship as they headed into the Elysee Palace. Scholz flew into the French capital for a hastily scheduled working lunch to find common ground …

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Putin blasts West, says world faces most dangerous decade since WW2

By Guy Faulconbridge LONDON (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that the world faced the most dangerous decade since World War Two as Western elites scrambled to prevent the inevitable crumbling of the global dominance of the United States and its allies. In one of his longest public appearances since he sent troops …

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New UK PM Sunak, Canada’s Trudeau agree on continued support for Ukraine

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s new Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and his Canadian counterpart Justin Trudeau agreed to continue working together to provide support for Ukraine in its conflict with Russia, Sunak’s office said on Thursday. “They discussed Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and agreed to continue working together to provide unequivocal support for Ukraine and ensure …

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Kyiv, other regions set for longer-than-planned blackouts after Russia strikes

KYIV (Reuters) -The Ukrainian capital Kyiv and four regions may have to cut electricity supplies for longer than planned after Russian strikes overnight targeting energy infrastructure, a senior official said on Thursday. Kyrylo Tymoshenko, deputy head of President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s office, said energy supplies would be significantly limited in Kyiv itself and the central regions …

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Russia’s parliament passes law banning ‘LGBT propaganda’ between adults

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s parliament passed a law on Thursday expanding an existing ban on promoting “LGBT propaganda” to children by banning it among people of all ages. Under the new law, passed in its first reading by the State Duma, any event or act regarded as an attempt to promote homosexuality – online, in …

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Russian media figure Ksenia Sobchak is in Lithuania after house search – state security

VILNIUS (Reuters) – Russian media figure Ksenia Sobchak is in Lithuania after entering the country on her Israeli passport, the head of Lithuania’s counter-intelligence service said on Thursday, a day after Russian police searched one of her houses. Sobchak is famous inside Russia where she has taken on various journalistic, celebrity and political roles over …

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Biden and Israel’s Herzog discuss Iran’s nuclear program

By Trevor Hunnicutt and Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Joe Biden and Israeli President Isaac Herzog held talks on Wednesday focused heavily on Iran, with the two leaders discussing Tehran’s nuclear program and what Washington says is the supply of Iranian weapons to Russia. Speaking to reporters as they sat down in the Oval …

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