By Fatos Bytyci ZUPCE, Kosovo (Reuters) -NATO-led peacekeepers backed by helicopters on Monday oversaw the removal of roadblocks protesters had set up in Kosovo, where political tensions have flared more than two decades since a NATO campaign of airstrikes drove out Serbian forces. Kosovo police said the removal of the barricades in the north of …
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By Jennifer Rigby and Julie Steenhuysen LONDON/CHICAGO (Reuters) – As the third winter of the coronavirus pandemic looms in the northern hemisphere, scientists are warning weary governments and populations alike to brace for more waves of COVID-19. In the United States alone, there could be up to a million infections a day this winter, Chris …
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By Angelo Amante and Giuseppe Fonte ROME (Reuters) – The Brothers of Italy party, in pole position for next month’s elections, sees room to revamp parts of an European Union-funded investment programme to help the economy tackle an energy crisis and soaring costs, a party official said on Monday. Prime Minister Mario Draghi’s resignation has …
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By Jonathan Saul LONDON (Reuters) -Key arrangements including procedures for ships still need to be worked out before empty vessels can come in and pick up cargoes from Ukraine using the new grains corridor, a senior London marine insurance market official said on Monday. Turkey and the United Nations brokered a grain-and-fertiliser export agreement between …
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ADEN (Reuters) – Yemen’s internationally recognised government swore in new governors for Hadhramout and Socotra, state media said on Monday, in a move political sources said was aimed at bolstering unity among an anti-Houthi alliance led by Saudi Arabia. Mabkhoot bin Mubarak bin Madhi was named governor of the oil-producing Hadhramout region in the south, …
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LONDON (Reuters) -Anatoly Chubais, the former privatisation tsar of post-Soviet Russia who quit his post as a Kremlin special envoy due to the war in Ukraine, is in intensive care in Europe with a rare immune disorder, two sources close to Chubais told Reuters. Chubais, 67, believes he is suffering from Guillain–Barre syndrome, a disease …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Anatoly Chubais, who quit his post as a Kremlin special envoy due to the war in Ukraine, is being treated in intensive care in Europe for a rare immune disorder that attacks the nervous system, two sources close to Chubais told Reuters. Chubais, 67, thinks he is suffering from Guillain–Barre syndrome, a …
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(Reuters) – Britain said on Monday that Russia had continued to attempt tactical assaults on the Bakhmut axis in eastern Ukraine over the last four days, but had only managed to make slow progress. “As briefed by the Ukrainian authorities last week, Russia is likely reallocating a significant number of its forces from the northern …
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ISTANBUL (Reuters) – The first ship carrying grain to leave Ukraine under a safe passage agreement will anchor off the coast of Istanbul around 1200 GMT on Tuesday for a joint inspection, Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Akar said on Monday. Akar was speaking in an interview with Turkey’s state-owned Anadolu news agency after the Sierra …
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By Jarrett Renshaw and Pete Schroeder WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden tested positive for COVID-19 again on Saturday in what the White House doctor described as a “rebound” case seen in a small percentage of patients who take the antiviral drug Paxlovid. Biden, 79, who emerged from COVID isolation on Wednesday after testing positive …
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