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Amnesty accuses Ukraine of basing troops in residential areas, angering Kyiv

4 Aug 2022 4 Aug 2022

KYIV (Reuters) -Human rights group Amnesty International accused Ukraine on Thursday of endangering civilians by basing troops in residential areas during Russia’s invasion in a report that Kyiv likened to Russian propaganda and disinformation. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy led fierce Ukrainian denunciations of Amnesty’s allegations, accusing the group of abetting what he called Russia’s unprovoked attacks …

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Ukraine under pressure in east as NATO chief says Russia must not win

4 Aug 2022 4 Aug 2022

By Pavel Polityuk and Natalia Zinets KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine said on Thursday it had been forced to cede some territory in the east of the country in the face of a Russian offensive, and the head of the NATO military alliance said Moscow must not be allowed to win the war. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy …

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Russia sentences Griner to 9 years in prison, White House calls for her release

4 Aug 2022 4 Aug 2022

KHIMKI, Russia (Reuters) -A Russian court sentenced U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner to nine years in prison on Thursday after finding her guilty of deliberately bringing cannabis-infused vape cartridges into Russia, a ruling that U.S. President Joe Biden called “unacceptable.” Griner was escorted out of the courtroom in handcuffs by police after the ruling, turning …

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U.S. declares monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency

4 Aug 2022 4 Aug 2022

(Reuters) -The United States has declared monkeypox a public health emergency, the health secretary said on Thursday, a move expected to free up additional funding and tools to fight the disease. The U.S. tally topped 6,600 on Wednesday, almost all of the cases among men who have sex with men. “We’re prepared to take our …

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Iran nuclear talks resume with both sides playing down prospects

4 Aug 2022 4 Aug 2022

By Parisa Hafezi DUBAI (Reuters) -Indirect talks between Tehran and Washington resumed in Vienna with a meeting between Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator and the EU’s Enrique Mora, who coordinates the talks aimed at salvaging a 2015 nuclear deal, Iranian state media reported on Thursday. Both Tehran and Washington have played down the prospect of a …

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Russia may launch southern offensive to try to regain momentum – Ukraine general

4 Aug 2022 4 Aug 2022

KYIV (Reuters) -Russia may launch an offensive in the southern Ukrainian region of Kherson to try to wrest back momentum from Kyiv and has been visibly building up forces, Ukrainian General Oleksiy Hromov said on Thursday. Russia holds swathes of Ukraine’s south that it captured in the early phases of its Feb. 24 invasion, but …

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Italy finalises justice reform to help unlock EU funding

4 Aug 2022 4 Aug 2022

MILAN (Reuters) – Italy’s outgoing government approved on Thursday a decree to reform the country’s notoriously slow criminal justice system, according to government officials, paving the way for the finalisation of a broader reform needed to keep European Union funds flowing. Delays in court cases are seen as deterring foreign investment, undermining confidence in the …

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Heatwaves and high energy prices leave Spain on thin ice

4 Aug 2022 4 Aug 2022

By Marco Trujillo and Silvio Castellanos MADRID (Reuters) – Ice is a hot commodity in Spain, with supermarkets limiting how much people can buy and bars running low on cubes for sangrias and cocktails due to scorching heatwaves and high energy prices. At the start of the year, ice makers held back from producing their …

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Parts of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef show highest coral cover in 36 years

4 Aug 2022 4 Aug 2022

By Sonali Paul and James Redmayne MELBOURNE/SYDNEY (Reuters) – Two-thirds of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef showed the largest amount of coral cover in 36 years, but the reef remains vulnerable to increasingly frequent mass bleaching, an official long-term monitoring programme reported on Thursday. The recovery in the central and northern stretches of the UNESCO world …

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NATO chief says Russia must not win in Ukraine

4 Aug 2022 4 Aug 2022

UTOEYA, Norway (Reuters) – Russia should not be allowed to win the war in Ukraine, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Thursday. “It’s in our interest that this type of aggressive policy does not succeed,” Stoltenberg said in a speech in his native Norway. (Reporting by Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen and Nerijus Adomaitis; Writing by Terje Solsvik; …

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