KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine is checking unverified information that Russia may have used chemical weapons while besieging the southern Ukrainian port city of Mariupol, Ukraine’s Deputy Defence Minister Hanna Malyar said on Tuesday. “There is a theory that these could be phosphorous munitions,” Malyar said in televised comments, adding: “Official information will come later.” Russia’s …
By Bogdan Kobuchey and Ronald Popeski (Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday that Russia could use chemical weapons in Ukraine and called on the West to impose strong sanctions on Moscow that would deter even talk of the use of such weapons. There were unconfirmed reports on Monday suggesting that chemical weapons were …
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PARIS (Reuters) -Emmanuel Macron’s offer to soften planned pension reforms is a “manoeuvre” to lure voters ahead of the second round of France’s presidential election, but he would still execute the original plans if re-elected, far-right candidate Marine Le Pen said. “It’s a manoeuvre by Emmanuel Macron to try to win over, or at least …
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United Nations is increasingly hearing accounts of rape and sexual violence in Ukraine, a senior U.N. official told the Security Council on Monday, as a Ukrainian human rights group accused Russian troops of using rape as a weapon of war. Kateryna Cherepakha, president of La Strada-Ukraine, said her organization’s …
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By Anthony Boadle and Lisandra Paraguassu BRASILIA (Reuters) – An illegal gold mining boom on Brazil’s largest indigenous reservation has brought disease, violence and grave human rights violations on the Yanomami people, according to research and allegations included in a new report on Monday, blaming high gold prices and tacit government support. The report by …
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By Pavel Polityuk KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine on Monday said tens of thousands of people have likely been killed in Russia’s assault on the southeastern city of Mariupol while the country’s rights ombudswoman accused Russian forces in the region of torture and executions. Reuters has confirmed widespread destruction in Mariupol but could not verify the …
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KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Crowds of Sudanese protesters gathered in parts of the capital and other Sudanese cities on Monday, the third anniversary of Omar al-Bashir’s ouster to protest the prospect of renewed military rule. Bashir was ousted after three decades in power by a group of his top generals, who later entered into a power-sharing …
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PARIS (Reuters) – France’s foreign ministry on Monday declared six Russian agents posing as diplomats as “persona non grata” after an investigation by the domestic intelligence services concluded they were working against French national interests. “Following a very long investigation, the General Directorate of Internal Security (DGSI) revealed on Sunday April 10 a clandestine operation …
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SANTIAGO (Reuters) – As a punishing, record-breaking drought enters its 13th year, Chile on Monday announced an unprecedented plan to ration water for the capital of Santiago, a city of nearly 6 million. “A city can’t live without water,” Claudio Orrego, the governor of the Santiago metropolitan region, said in a press conference. “And we’re …
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By Michel Rose, Layli Foroudi and John Irish DENAIN, France (Reuters) -Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen traded blows at a distance on Monday over who would best protect French voters’ purchasing power, kicking off a tense fight to win the presidential election runoff on April 24. Macron, a pro-European centrist who became president in …
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