VORZEL, Ukraine (Reuters) – Ukrainian investigators exhumed seven bodies from makeshift graves in a forest near Kyiv on Monday and police said they were civilians who had been killed by Russian forces during their occupation of the area. The bodies were found outside the village of Vorzel, less than 10 kilometres from the town of …
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By David Shepardson and Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Monday approved a final environmental assessment of the proposed SpaceX Starship spacecraft and Super Heavy rocket program in Boca Chica, Texas after requiring more than 75 conditions. The FAA published a finding of “No Significant Impact” but is placing some …
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BERLIN (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy asked Olaf Scholz to show full-throated support for Kyiv, charging the German Chancellor with being too concerned about the repercussions that would have for Berlin’s ties with Moscow. Zelenskiy’s comments, made in an interview with German public broadcaster ZDF, come amid speculation that Scholz could make his first …
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By Max Hunder KYIV (Reuters) -Russian forces have destroyed the last bridge to Ukraine’s eastern frontline city of Sievierodonetsk, trapping any remaining civilians there and making it impossible to get in humanitarian supplies, the region’s governor said on Monday. Governor Serhiy Gaidai said some limited military access remained however to the devastasted city that has …
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By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -In a potential breakthrough toward the first significant new U.S. gun law in decades, a bipartisan group of senators on Sunday announced an agreement on a framework for a firearms safety bill with enough Republican support to advance in the narrowly divided Senate. The plan, lauded by President Joe Biden, …
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By Michel Rose and Tassilo Hummel PARIS (Reuters) -President Emmanuel Macron faces a tough fight to win an absolute majority in parliament that would allow him to govern with a free hand after a strong showing by a new left-wing alliance in Sunday’s first-round election. Initial estimates by Elabe put the hard-left veteran Jean-Luc Melenchon’s …
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KYIV (Reuters) -European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen told President Volodymyr Zelenskiy during a visit to Kyiv that the EU executive’s opinion on Ukraine’s request to join the European Union would be ready by the end of next week. In a joint news conference in Kyiv, von der Leyen said Saturday’s discussions with Zelenskiy …
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By Mariano Valladolid and Marcelo Del Pozo SEVILLE, Spain (Reuters) – Fan-sellers were doing good business in the southern city of Seville on Saturday as Spain sizzled in the hottest pre-summer heatwave for at least 20 years. Carriage drivers dampened down horses who take tourists around the historic sights of Seville such as the Real …
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KYIV (Reuters) – The bodies of scores of Ukrainian fighters killed during the siege of the Azovstal steelworks in the southern city of Mariupol are still awaiting retrieval, the former commander of Ukraine’s Azov National Guard regiment said on Sunday. Maksym Zhorin said that under the terms of a recent exchange, around 220 bodies of …
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PARIS (Reuters) – An early heat wave is expected to hit France this week, the state forecaster Meteo France said on Sunday, with temperatures reaching up to 38 Celsius (100 Fahrenheit) in the south. The heat wave will affect the southern part of the country first, although how far it will spread to the north …
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