MOSCOW (Reuters) -The Kremlin said on Wednesday it had no information about a ship France suspected of belonging to the so-called “shadow fleet” involved in the Russian oil trade, but said that many countries were taking what it called “provocative actions”. The French Navy said on Tuesday that authorities were investigating a possible infraction by …
By Guy Faulconbridge and Anastasia Lyrchikova MOSCOW (Reuters) -External power must be restored to the vast Soviet-built Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine which is being cooled by emergency diesel generators after an external line was severed during fighting, Russia said on Wednesday. Fighting and intense drone and artillery war around several vast Soviet-era …
WARSAW (Reuters) -Poland will extend controls on its borders with Germany and Lithuania introduced this summer until April 4, 2026, the interior ministry said on Wednesday. Poland introduced temporary controls along borders with Germany and Lithuania in July, echoing moves by several other European Union countries in reimposing frontier checks to stem illegal migration. Poland …
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By Nidal al-Mughrabi, Andrew MacAskill and Kate Holton CAIRO/LONDON (Reuters) -When Tony Blair was first tasked with forging a lasting peace between Israel and the Palestinians in 2007, the White House cautioned that the former British prime minister was not “superman” and “he doesn’t have a cape”. After failing to achieve much of note in …
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DUBAI (Reuters) -The range of Iran’s missiles will be increased to any point deemed necessary, a senior Revolutionary Guards commander told the semi-official Fars news agency on Wednesday, in response to what he said were Western demands to curb Tehran’s missiles. Demands by the U.S. and some European countries to impose restrictions on Iran’s missile …
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By Cecile Mantovani and Denis Balibouse OBERGOMS, Switzerland (Reuters) -Switzerland’s glaciers melted considerably over the past 12 months to log their fourth-largest reduction in ice volume on record, monitoring body GLAMOS said on Wednesday. A winter with little snow, especially in the northeastern part of the Swiss Alps, followed by heat waves in June, caused …
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PARIS (Reuters) -Romania has reported an outbreak of bluetongue disease in cattle in the southwest of the country, the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) said on Wednesday, as the virus affecting ruminants continues to spread across Europe. The serotype 3 of the disease was detected in 10 animals across four farm and backyard locations …
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By Mike Collett-White and Thomas Peter KRAMATORSK, Ukraine (Reuters) -In his new clothes store in the heart of Ukraine’s frontline city of Kramatorsk, Maksym Lysenko suddenly stops talking and listens. “There,” he says, leaning towards the window looking onto the street. “It’s going to dive. It’s going to drop.” Lysenko had heard the high-pitched whine …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian firefighters have brought under control a fire at a major oil refinery in the Yaroslavl region northeast of Moscow, the local emergencies ministry said on Wednesday. The fire at what is one of Russia’s largest refineries broke out earlier on Wednesday, Mikhail Yevrayev, the regional governor said. He said the blaze had …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) -Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev mocked U.S. President Donald Trump, saying that the United States had not sent nuclear submarines to Russian shores as Trump had promised. Trump on Tuesday cast Medvedev as “a stupid person” and said that he had moved a “submarine or two” to the coast of Russia. He said …
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