By Tom Sims FRANKFURT (Reuters) -Frank-Walter Steinmeier was elected to a second term as Germany’s president on Sunday as a special assembly voted the veteran politician, seen as a symbol of consensus and continuity, back in to the prominent yet largely ceremonial post. Steinmeier’s election by secret ballot by a majority of the assembly for …
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By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, canceled a planned visit to Liberia this week to focus instead on U.N. diplomacy on Russia’s troop build-up near Ukraine as Washington warns Moscow could invade at any time. Tensions over the Ukraine crisis spilled into the U.N. Security Council …
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By Andreas Rinke and Sarah Marsh BERLIN (Reuters) -German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Sunday warned Russia of immediate sanctions and “hard reactions” if it attacks Ukraine, maintaining a tough tone ahead of a meeting this week with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Scholz travels to Kyiv on Monday to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and to …
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By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, canceled a planned visit to Liberia this week to focus instead on U.N. diplomacy over Russia’s troop build-up near Ukraine, the U.S mission to the United Nations said. The White House decided to keep Thomas-Greenfield in New York after President …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Pentagon spokesperson John Kirby on Sunday said he cannot confirm reports that Russia plans to invade Ukraine on Wednesday. “I’m not in a position to confirm those reports,” Kirby said during an interview on “Fox News Sunday”, adding that the United States believes that a “major military action could happen any day …
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KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and U.S. President Joe Biden will speak on Sunday, the spokesman for Ukrainian leader’s said. Sergii Nykyforov said on Facebook the two leaders “would discuss the security situation and ongoing diplomatic de-escalation efforts”. (Reporting by Pavel Polityuk; Editing by Andrew Heavens)
By Dan Williams JERUSALEM (Reuters) – A high-level Israeli inquiry into alleged warrantless wiretaps by police is examining a database provided by NSO Group, the manufacturer of the powerful hacking tool Pegasus, the Justice Ministry said on Sunday. NSO, which has denied wrongdoing amid months of spiralling reports in Israel and abroad of privacy violations …
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PARIS (Reuters) – French far right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen was dealt a fresh blow on Sunday as her party’s only senator became the latest member to throw his support behind rival Eric Zemmour ahead of April’s election. Polls currently show Le Pen reaching a second round run-off against President Emmanuel Macron, who is …
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BERLIN (Reuters) – Lufthansa is considering suspending air traffic in Ukraine but has not yet made a decision, a spokesperson for the company said on Sunday. “Lufthansa is monitoring the situation in Ukraine very closely,” the spokesperson said in response to a query from Reuters. (Reporting by Reinhard Becker; Writing by Tom Sims; Editing by …
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VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis on Sunday led crowds in St. Peter’s Square in silent prayer for Ukraine, appealing to the consciences of politicians to seek peace. “The news from Ukraine is very worrying,” said Francis, who has made many appeals for peace in Ukraine and last month led an international day of prayer …
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