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HELSINKI (Reuters) -Finland is interested in the development of a European anti-aircraft defence system but would not take a very central role in it, Finnish Defence Minister Antti Kaikkonen told reporters on Wednesday, after meeting with NATO peers in Brussels. In September, German Defence Minister Christine Lambrecht said in a Reuters interview that Berlin aimed …

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AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Prosecutors on Wednesday visited the Dutch tax office in The Hague as part of an ongoing budget probe in several EU states, an official said. No details about the focus of the investigation were released by a spokesperson at the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO). The Luxembourg-based EPPO can investigate and bring …

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BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union should enforce tougher targets to save energy, in a bid to avoid shortages and curb prices this winter, the Netherlands’ energy minister said on Wednesday. “The Netherlands is in favor of more binding targets for all EU Member States,” Dutch energy minister Rob Jetten said on his arrival at …

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By Peter Graff LONDON (Reuters) -Russia’s biggest air strikes against Ukraine since the start of the war killed at least 19 people, drove thousands of Ukrainians back into air raid shelters and knocked out electricity in hundreds of towns and villages. The strikes – denounced in the West for deliberately hitting civilian targets – have …

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By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Francis on Wednesday condemned Russia’s “relentless bombings” of Ukrainian cities, saying the attacks had unleashed a “hurricane of violence” on residents. Speaking to thousands of people at his weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square, he also appealed to “those who have the fate of the war in …

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(Reuters) – Ukraine’s state nuclear energy company Energoatom on Wednesday accused Russia of not allowing the company’s convoy of vehicles carrying diesel fuel to access the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant after it lost power. The recently restored power has been cut again, forcing the plant to switch to emergency diesel generators, the U.N. atomic watchdog chief …

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DUBAI (Reuters) -Clashes between protesters and security forces persisted across Iran on Tuesday, with social media videos showing tanks being transported to Kurdish areas, which have been a focal point of the crackdown on protests over Mahsa Amini’s death in custody. Protests calling for the fall of the clerical establishment have swept Iran since Amini, …

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By Zohra Bensemra and Abdelaziz Boumzar LYMAN, Ukraine (Reuters) – Ukrainian authorities said on Tuesday they exhumed the bodies of dozens of people, including civilians and a one-year-old baby, to determine the cause of death following the retreat of Russian troops from two recently-liberated towns in the eastern Donetsk region. “These are local civilians and …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Washington does not see Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov’s comment that Moscow is open to talks with the West over the war in Ukraine as a “constructive, legitimate offer” to engage in dialogue, State Department spokesperson Ned Price said on Tuesday. Lavrov said earlier on Tuesday that Moscow was open to talks …

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