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(Reuters) -Russia’s justice ministry said on Friday it had revoked the registration of 15 foreign organisations, including Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch (HRW). The Russian units of the organisations, which also included the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, “were excluded due to the discovery of violations of the current legislation of the Russian Federation,” …

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By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Hollywood’s film academy on Friday banned Will Smith from attending the Oscars for 10 years after the best actor winner slapped presenter Chris Rock on stage at the Academy Awards ceremony 12 days ago. The board of governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences took the …

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BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union will resume its diplomatic presence in Ukrainian capital Kyiv, after temporarily moving it to Poland after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the bloc said on Friday. Matti Maasikas, head of the EU delegation in Ukraine, joined top EU officials visiting the country on Friday and will remain in Kyiv to …

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(Reuters) – The head of Yemen’s new presidential council said on Friday he would end the seven-year-long war via a peace process, in his first speech since power was delegated to the body by the Saudi-backed president this week. “The leadership council promises the people to end the war and achieve peace through a comprehensive …

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VLADIKAVKAZ, Russia (Reuters) – Russian families buried relatives killed in Ukraine with automatic gun salutes and military brass bands on Friday, a day after the Kremlin admitted for the first time that it had lost significant numbers of troops. Russia sent tens of thousands of soldiers into Ukraine on Feb. 24 on what it calls …

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By James Mackenzie and Silvia Aloisi YAHIDNE, Ukraine (Reuters) – The names of the dead are scrawled on the peeling wall of a school basement where residents say more than 300 people were trapped for weeks by Russian occupiers in Yahidne, a village north of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv. Halyna Tolochina, a member of the …

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By Daphne Psaledakis BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The prospect of Finland and Sweden joining NATO was part of the discussion between foreign ministers from the military alliance in Brussels this week, a senior U.S. State Department official said on Thursday. “Obviously this is going to be those countries’ choices to make,” said the official, briefing reporters on …

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By Makini Brice PERPIGNAN, France (Reuters) – Marine Le Pen sought on Thursday to cast her possible election in historic terms as she made her final major push to become France’s first female president before the country votes in the first round. The far-right leader made her case before a group of 3,000 in a …

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