(Reuters) – Shelling in Ukraine’s southern city of Mykolaiv has killed 10 people, including a child, and injured 46, the head of the regional administration said. Oleksandr Senkevich said the toll included nine killed in shelling in the evening. “Over today, a total of 10 people have been killed during the shelling and 46 injured,” …
By Diego Oré and Alvaro Murillo SAN JOSE (Reuters) -Incoming Costa Rican president Rodrigo Chaves on Monday vowed to rework a $1.78 billion financial support package from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), arguing the current agreement was “not ambitious enough.” Chaves, a former World Bank economist who upset decades of political consensus in the Central …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden will consult allies to ensure Russia and President Vladimir Putin pay the price for war crimes being committed in Ukraine, national security adviser Jake Sullivan said on Monday. Speaking to reporters at the White House, Sullivan said he had yet to see evidence that Russian atrocities had risen …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States is supporting an international team of prosecutors and experts to help collect and analyze evidence of atrocities following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and hold those responsible accountable, a spokesperson said on Monday. International outrage has spread over killings of civilians in northern Ukraine, where a mass grave and bodies …
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DUBLIN (Reuters) -Ingredients giant Kerry and insulation maker Kingspan on Monday said they had ceased operations in Russia, completing the departure of most major Irish companies from the country as the result of its invasion of Ukraine. Kerry Group said in a statement that it had been monitoring the situation in Ukraine and was horrified …
PARIS (Reuters) – France is expelling 35 Russian diplomats over the war in Ukraine, a French diplomatic source said on Monday. Earlier, the French Foreign Ministry said a decision to expel a number of Russian diplomatic staff had been taken as part of a wider European initiative. (Reporting by John Irish; Editing by Richard Lough …
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By Lisa Richwine LAS VEGAS (Reuters) -Multi-genre artist Jon Batiste won album of the year and R&B duo Silk Sonic took two of the top honors on Sunday at a Grammy awards ceremony that featured a surprise appeal for support from wartime President Volodymyr Zelenskiy of Ukraine. Batiste, who leads the band on “The Late …
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By Uditha Jayasinghe and Devjyot Ghoshal COLOMBO (Reuters) -Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa dropped his brother as finance minister on Monday after calling for a unity government as protests against an economic crisis persisted and cracks emerged in the ruling coalition. The debt-laden country, run by Rajapaksa and his brothers in top positions, is struggling …
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DUBAI (Reuters) – The United States is responsible for the pause in talks between Tehran and world powers in Vienna aimed at reviving their 2015 nuclear deal, an Iranian foreign ministry spokesperson said on Monday. “America is responsible for the halt of these talks … a deal is very much within reach,” Saeed Khatibzadeh told …
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PARIS (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday that a new round of sanctions targetting Russia were needed and that there were clear indications Russian forces were responsible for the killings of civilians in the Ukrainian town of Bucha. “There are very clear clues pointing to war crimes. It is more or less …
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