By Brendan O’Brien (Reuters) – David McCullough, best-selling author and renowned historian who won Pulitzer Prizes for his biographies of presidents John Adams and Harry Truman, has died at the age of 89, his publisher said on Monday. McCullough died on Sunday at his home in Hingham, Massachusetts, surrounded by his five children, according to …
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(This content was produced in Russia, where the law restricts coverage of Russian military operations in Ukraine) MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian airlines, including state-controlled Aeroflot, are stripping jetliners to secure spare parts they can no longer buy abroad because of Western sanctions, four industry sources told Reuters. The steps are in line with advice Russia’s …
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LONDON (Reuters) – The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine has been shelled in recent days, opening up the possibility of a grave accident just 500 km (around 300 miles) from the site of the world’s worst nuclear accident, the 1986 Chernobyl disaster. WHAT IS IT? The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant has six Soviet-designed …
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KYIV (Reuters) – The head of Ukraine’s state nuclear power company Energoatom called on Monday for the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant to be made a military-free zone and said there should be a team of peacekeepers present at the site. He made the comments on television after Ukraine and Russia accused each of shelling the …
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By Yann Tessier LE POULIGUEN, France (Reuters) – Through blistering heatwaves and drought that have parched the French countryside in recent weeks, one group has emerged a reluctant winner: salt farmers in the northwestern region of Guerande. Guerande’s snow-white Fleur de Sel (‘flower of salt’), which crystallizes on the water’s surface, is one of the …
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(Reuters) – The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station, hit by shelling over the weekend, is operating “in normal mode,” the Interfax news agency quoted the Russian-installed head of the local administration as saying on Monday. “We have information from the military and representatives of Russia’s Rosatom, who are here, just watching the situation. We have information …
KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine conducted long-range strikes on Russian troop bases and two key bridges across the Dnipro river overnight, Ukrainian officials said on Monday. The strikes hit the only two crossings Russia has to the pocket of southern Ukrainian territory it has occupied on the western bank of the vast Dnipro river, said Natalia …
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MADRID (Reuters) -Spanish state-owned railway operator Renfe suspended the bullet train service between Madrid and Barcelona on Monday morning after cables were stolen, the company said in a statement. A 19-year-old man was detained after he was found close to train tracks near Santa Oliva in Catalonia, local police said on Twitter. Police have not …
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By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Maayan Lubell GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israel and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad militant group declared a truce late on Sunday, raising hopes of an end to the most serious flare-up on the Gaza frontier in more than a year. Israeli forces pounded Palestinian targets through the weekend, triggering rocket attacks against its cities, …
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By Richard Cowan, David Morgan and Rose Horowitch WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate on Sunday passed a sweeping $430 billion bill intended to fight climate change, lower drug prices and raise some corporate taxes, a major victory for President Joe Biden that Democrats hope will aid their chances of keeping control of Congress in this …
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