(Reuters) – A U.S. grand jury on Saturday indicted a man for terrorism and other charges stemming from an April 12 gunfire and smoke bomb attack that injured 23 people on the New York City subway. The indictment in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York charged Frank James, 62, with a …
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(Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Saturday he was speechless after Russian shelling destroyed a museum dedicated to the 18th century philosopher and poet Hryhoriy Skovoroda. The overnight attack in the village of Skovorodynivka in eastern Ukraine hit the roof of the museum, setting the building ablaze and injuring a 35-year-old custodian. The most …
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By Riham Alkousaa and Kinda Makieh BERLIN/DAMASCUS (Reuters) – For ten years, Rojin Derki hoped her brother Mohammad was still alive and would one day be released from a Syrian government prison after his arrest in 2012. Yet when a presidential decree last week gave a general amnesty for prisoners, she had mixed feelings. “It’s …
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By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The U.N. Security Council, including Russia, on Friday expressed “deep concern regarding the maintenance of peace and security of Ukraine” and backed efforts by the U.N. chief to find a peaceful solution in the body’s first statement since Moscow’s invasion. Security Council statements are agreed by consensus. The …
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By Lucy Craymer and Kirsty Needham WELLINGTON (Reuters) – A Fiji court has ruled that the $300 million yacht allegedly owned by Russian oligarch Suleiman Kerimov and seized by the United States must remain in Fiji for now. The Fiji Court of Appeal has ruled that the luxury yacht Amadea can not be moved out …
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MADRID (Reuters) -Teenager Carlos Alcaraz prevailed 6-2 1-6 6-3 over Rafa Nadal in a Spanish clash of the generations at the Madrid Open on Friday, claiming his first victory over his idol and setting up a semi-final showdown with world number one Novak Djokovic. In a topsy-turvy contest at the Manolo Santana Stadium, Alcaraz weathered …
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By Alessandra Prentice and Joseph Campbell NOVOTAVRYCHESKE, Ukraine (Reuters) – Viktor Golovachuk returned from a night shift at his local steel plant in southeastern Ukraine on Friday to find a munition attack had blown the roof off his house, destroyed its outbuildings and buried his dog Malysh under rubble. The strike landed just after dawn, …
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SLIAC, Slovakia (Reuters) – Germany will deliver seven self-propelled howitzers to Ukraine, Defence Minister Christine Lambrecht said on Friday, in a further reversal of a longtime policy not to send heavy weapons to war zones due to the country’s Nazi past. The howitzer delivery, on top of five such artillery systems the Netherlands had already …
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By Sudip Kar-Gupta and Elizabeth Pineau PARIS (Reuters) -The de facto leader of a rare pact between France’s left wing parties said on Friday he was targeting a 50% share of seats in June’s parliamentary elections, as he seeks to derail recently re-elected President Emmanuel Macron’s reform programme. Hard-left leader Jean-Luc Melenchon also said in …
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By Idrees Ali, Patricia Zengerle and Mike Stone WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Joe Biden is expected to sign a new weapons package worth at least $100 million for Ukraine as soon as later on Friday, four U.S. officials told Reuters, the latest in a series of transfers to help Kyiv repel Russia’s invasion. The United …
