By Lisa Richwine (Reuters) -Actor Will Smith has resigned from Hollywood’s Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, saying on Friday that his slapping of presenter Chris Rock on stage at this year’s Oscars ceremony was “shocking, painful and inexcusable.” “I betrayed the trust of the Academy. I deprived other nominees and winners of their …
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By Luc Cohen and Sarah N. Lynch NEW YORK (Reuters) -U.S. prosecutors have found evidence that Russian oligarchs are trying to evade sanctions put in place to pressure Moscow to stop its invasion of Ukraine, the head of a new Justice Department task force said on Friday. Andrew Adams, a veteran prosecutor tapped to lead …
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By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. military has canceled a test of its Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile that it had initially aimed only to delay in a bid to lower nuclear tensions with Russia during the war in Ukraine, the Air Force told Reuters on Friday. The Pentagon first …
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(Reuters) – Ukraine and Russia carried out a prisoner exchange on Friday, leading to the release of 86 Ukrainian servicemen and women, the deputy head of Ukraine’s presidential administration Kyrylo Tymoshenko said. He did not say how many Russian soldiers were swapped, but said the deal was a result of ongoing peace negotiations. He made …
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By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States is providing Ukraine with supplies and equipment in case Russia deploys chemical or biological weapons in its invasion of Ukraine, the White House said on Friday. White House press secretary Jen Psaki said the supplies were being provided to the government of Ukraine in light of warnings …
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(Reuters) -Ukraine’s military said on Friday that its anti-air defences had foiled an attempted Russian missile attack on critical infrastructure in the major Black Sea port of Odesa. Governor Maksym Marchenko earlier said three missiles had hit a residential area, adding there were casualties. “The enemy tried in an insidious way to hit critical infrastructure …
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(Reuters) – Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov on Friday said Russian President Vladimir Putin had ordered the military to strengthen the country’s western borders so that no one would ever think of launching an attack. Peskov told the main television network in neighbouring Belarus that unnamed nations were strengthening their military potential near Russia’s western borders. …
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CAIRO (Reuters) – The Saudi-led coalition, which intervened in March 2015 against the Houthis, welcomed on Friday the U.N.-brokered truce in Yemen saying it supports the U.N. efforts and arrangements to keep the truce, Saudi state TV reported. The warring sides in Yemen’s seven-year conflict have for the first time in years agreed on a …
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SOFIA (Reuters) -Bulgaria’s foreign ministry said on Friday it has declared one Russian diplomat “persona non grata” and given him 72 hours to leave the Balkan country over accusations of spying. The expulsion comes amid strained relations between Russia and Bulgaria, Moscow’s closest ally during the Cold War but now a European Union and NATO …
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By Natalia Zinets and Max Hunder (Reuters) – Ukraine pushed back Russian forces around Kyiv on Friday, retaking control of some areas near the capital amid fierce battles, Ukrainian officials said. Russia said during negotiations on Tuesday that it would scale down operations in the Kyiv and Chernihiv regions, both of which are in northern …
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