(This August 5 story adds dropped word in paragraph 9) By Idrees Ali and Mike Stone WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Biden administration’s next security assistance package for Ukraine is expected to be $1 billion, one of the largest so far, and include munitions for long-range weapons and armored medical transport vehicles, three sources briefed on …
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By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Maayan Lubell GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israeli air strikes pounded Gaza while the militant Islamic Jihad group fired hundreds of rockets into Israel on Saturday as a cross-border clash continued into a second day, killing at least six people, including four children. Hamas, the Islamist group which controls the enclave, said the children …
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By David Ljunggren (Reuters) -A foreign-flagged ship arrived in Ukraine on Saturday for the first time since the war started in February, and will be loaded with grain, Ukrainian Infrastructure Minister Oleksandr Kubrakov said. Ukraine is starting to resume grain exports in an effort overseen by a Joint Coordination Centre in Istanbul where Russian, Ukrainian, …
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By Angelo Amante ROME (Reuters) -The Italian Green leftist federation on Saturday agreed to join an electoral alliance led by the Democratic Party (PD), in a move seen as strengthening the centre-left ahead of an election next month. The ballot is set for Sept. 25 and polls show a conservative alliance is on course for …
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ZURICH (Reuters) -The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) raised grave concerns on Saturday about the shelling the previous day at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine, saying the action showed the risk of a nuclear disaster. Both sides accused each other on Saturday of engaging in “nuclear terrorism”. Ukraine’s state nuclear …
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By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Joe Biden has tested negative for COVID-19 after testing positive with a breakthrough case for days, the White House physician said on Saturday. The Democratic president, “in an abundance of caution,” will remain in isolation until he tests negative on a second test, Dr. Kevin O’Connor said in …
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By Alkis Konstantinidis and Horaci Garcia KRAMATORSK, Ukraine (Reuters) – When night falls in the Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk, just 20 km (12 miles) from the front line with Russia, police officers cruise through the dark and empty streets, looking for curfew violators, thieves and spies. The 65,000 people remaining in the eastern industrial city, …
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By Esther Verkaik AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Hundreds of thousands of partygoers flocked to Amsterdam on Saturday for the return of the city’s Pride canal parade after two years of cancellations due to pandemic-related restrictions. “I missed it, and I think everybody missed it,” said Chas, 42, as she watched the rainbow flotilla complete with celebrants …
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(Reuters) – Western governments are increasingly alarmed about deepening economic ties between Turkey and Russia, warning of the mounting risk that Turkey could be hit by punitive retaliation if it helps Russia avoid sanctions, the Financial Times reported on Saturday. On Friday, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan agreed to boost cooperation …
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KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s State Security Service (SBU) detained two men it accused of being Russian intelligence agents responsible for identifying targets for Russian missile strikes that wrecked shipbulding infrastructure in the southern port city of Mykolaiv, the agency said on Saturday. The two men “collected and transmitted intelligence to the enemy about important infrastructure …
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