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Greece steps up measures to fight hooliganism after killing of soccer fan

8 Feb 2022 8 Feb 2022

ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece will tighten rules to combat violence at sports events following the killing of a 19-year-old soccer fan in what was believed to be an attack by rival supporters. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis chaired a meeting on sports violence on Monday and government spokesman Giannis Oikonomou said afterwards the government would submit …

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Kremlin denies Putin told Macron there will be no new manoeuvres near Ukraine

8 Feb 2022 8 Feb 2022

MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Kremlin on Tuesday said that French assertions that President Vladimir Putin had promised Emmanuel Macron that Moscow would not carry out new military initiatives around Ukraine for now were “not right”. A French official said Putin had made the pledge during long talks in Moscow on Monday evening with Macron. Kremlin …

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Russian forces begin three-week nighttime tactical drills in southern Russia

8 Feb 2022 8 Feb 2022

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian news agencies reported the start of military drills in southern Russia on Tuesday, hours after Paris said Vladimir Putin had promised not to stage new manoeuvres near the border with Ukraine for the time being. The three weeks of nighttime tactical drills would involve missile systems, tanks and armoured vehicles, Russian …

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Paris says Putin agreed to start no new manoeuvres near Ukraine for now

8 Feb 2022 8 Feb 2022

KYIV (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin promised not to carry out new military initiatives near Ukraine for the time being as a precursor to possible de-escalation, a French official said after Putin had talks with France’s Emmanuel Macron. The Russian leader, according to the French official, also agreed that troops taking part in a …

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‘Where can we go?’ Fear and self-defence near Ukraine’s eastern frontiers

8 Feb 2022 8 Feb 2022

DONETSK/KHARKIV, Ukraine (Reuters) – Viktor, a pensioner, goes to sleep in breakaway eastern Ukraine, listening out for shelling in case he needs to take cover. In the city of Kharkiv, Viktoria Makarova, a building firm manager, is learning to fire a rifle in case of an invasion. Far from the rarefied rounds of diplomacy aimed …

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Olympics-Peng Shuai makes Games appearance as Gu wins Big Air gold

8 Feb 2022 8 Feb 2022

By Julien Pretot and Tony Munroe BEIJING (Reuters) -Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai was on hand on Tuesday to watch China’s Eileen Gu as she won gold https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sports/freestyle-skiing-chinas-gu-wins-gold-medal-womens-big-air-2022-02-08 in the Big Air competition in Beijing to put the host nation at the top of the medals table. Peng, who could be seen in the stands …

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U.S. Republican senators vow to thwart any Iran deal if Biden skips congressional review

8 Feb 2022 8 Feb 2022

By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A group of 33 Republican senators warned U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday that they would work to thwart implementation of any new Iran nuclear agreement if his government did not allow Congress to review and vote on its terms. Led by Senator Ted Cruz, a long-time opponent of …

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Macron tells Putin he seeks to avoid war and build trust

7 Feb 2022 7 Feb 2022

By Michel Rose and Dmitry Antonov MOSCOW (Reuters) -French President Emmanuel Macron, the top Western leader to visit Moscow since Russia began massing troops on the border with Ukraine, told Vladimir Putin at the start of talks in the Kremlin on Monday that he aimed to avoid war and build trust. Macron, who is expected …

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Two potential successors to Palestinian president named to top posts

7 Feb 2022 7 Feb 2022

RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) – Two potential successors to 86-year-old Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas were named on Monday to top posts in the Palestine Liberation Organization at a meeting boycotted by his Islamist rivals. Official Palestinian news agency WAFA said the PLO’s 141-member Central Council appointed Hussein Al-Sheikh, 61, an Abbas confidant who serves as …

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NATO mulls longer-term military posture in eastern Europe, Stoltenberg says

7 Feb 2022 7 Feb 2022

BRUSSELS (Reuters) -NATO is considering a longer-term military posture in eastern Europe to strengthen its defences, Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Monday, as tensions remained high over Russia’s military build-up near Ukraine. “We are considering more longer-term adjustments to our posture, our presence in the eastern part of the alliance. No final decision has been …

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