WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy recently made a direct appeal to U.S. President Joe Biden for the United States to designate Russia a “state sponsor of terrorism,” the Washington Post reported on Friday, citing people familiar with their conversation. Biden did not commit to specific actions during that call, the newspaper reported. The …
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis presided at a solemn Good Friday service recalling the last hours in the life of Jesus, with the shadow of the war in Ukraine hanging over the most sombre day in the Christian calendar. Francis, 85, who has been suffering from a recent flare-up of pain …
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LINDELANI, South Africa (Reuters) – Bonakele Mtshali was away at a funeral when flash floods on South Africa’s east coast swept her iron-roof shack off the hillside in Lindelani township, taking two of her girls with it. She had been searching with a growing sense of foreboding since Monday’s disaster. Then her elder son, Zamani, …
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(Reuters) – Russia on Friday expelled 18 European Union diplomats in retaliation for Brussels’ decision to declare 19 Russians personae non gratae earlier this month. The EU on April 5 said the 19 Russian diplomats had been “engaging in activities contrary to their diplomatic status” and ordered them to leave Belgium. Russia’s foreign ministry said …
LONDON (Reuters) – Russia has blocked access to the websites of Radio France Internationale and the Russian-language service of The Moscow Times, the communications regulator said, in the latest restrictions on media since Russia invaded Ukraine. The Moscow Times, whose English-language website was unaffected, said in a statement the move was due to a story …
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By Mariano Valladolid SEVILLE (Reuters) – For the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began, crowds thronged the streets of Seville as one of Spain’s most iconic Easter processions wound its way through the city from midnight free of social distancing curbs. Known as La Madrugá, or The Dawn, the procession features penitents who wear …
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By Zohra Bensemra and Joseph Campbell BORODYANKA, Ukraine (Reuters) – After surviving World War Two and the fall of the Soviet Union, among other seismic events, Zinaida Makishaiva now has her chickens to thank for getting through her most recent ordeal – the brief but brutal occupation of her town by Russian troops. The 82-year-old …
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(Reuters) -Russia’s defence ministry said on Friday it had struck a military target on the edge of Kyiv overnight with cruise missiles and promised more strikes against the Ukrainian capital in response to Ukrainian attacks on Russian targets. The ministry said its forces had also taken full control of the Ilyich Steel Plant in the …
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(Reuters) – The governor of Ukraine’s Luhansk region, Serhiy Gaidai, on Friday urged residents of six towns to evacuate, adding that one person had been killed and five wounded in Russian shelling of the town of Kreminna. Gaidai wrote on the Telegram messaging app: “Don’t hesitate and leave while that possibility remains. … Choose life, …
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(Reuters) -The missile cruiser Moskva, the flagship of Russia’s Black Sea fleet, has sunk in stormy seas following a major fire onboard, Russian news agencies cited the defence ministry as saying on Thursday. The defence ministry had said earlier that the Soviet-era warship had been badly damaged by the fire. Ukraine, however, said the shipboard …
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