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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron will discuss Russia’s demands for security guarantees from the West during Macron’s visit to Moscow on Monday, the Kremlin said on Friday. Russia considers the planned visit important, and Putin will tell Macron how he understands Washington’s initial response to Russia’s demands, …

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BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s President Xi Jinping said that a meeting he held on Friday with Russia’s President Vladimir Putin will inject more vitality into China-Russia relations, according to a report from Chinese state media. The two leaders discussed bilateral relations and a series of major issues concerning international strategic security and stability, according to …

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BERLIN (Reuters) – The European Union has prepared a “robust and comprehensive” package of sanctions to unleash on Russia if it continues its aggression towards Ukraine, EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen told the Handeslblatt and Les Echos newspapers. Russia, which seized Crimea from Ukraine in 2014 and backs separatists in the east of …

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SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia could use its defence forces to help manage a COVID-19 outbreak in the aged-care sector that has stretched staffing and forced many homes into lockdowns, the prime minister said on Friday as national infection numbers remained on a downtrend. The government has come under pressure over the spread of the Omicron …

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By Simon Jessop and Kate Abnett BRUSSELS/LONDON (Reuters) – Climate campaigners have started the process of a legal challenge against the European Union over the labelling of investments in bioenergy and plastics as green in its flagship sustainable finance rulebook. The challenges concern the EU’s sustainable finance taxonomy, a system that restricts which investments can …

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PARIS (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron held separate talks with the Russian and Ukrainian leaders on Thursday to try to make progress on the status of the Donbass region as part of efforts to defuse tensions, the French presidency said in a statement. The statement said Macron had underscored to Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr …

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LONDON (Reuters) – U.S. intelligence about Russian plans to fabricate a pretext for an invasion of Ukraine show shocking evidence of Moscow’s aggression, British foreign minister Liz Truss said on Thursday. “This is clear and shocking evidence of Russia’s unprovoked aggression and underhand activity to destabilise Ukraine,” she said on Twitter. “This bellicose intent towards …

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By Ian Graham BELFAST (Reuters) – Northern Ireland’s first minister resigned in protest at post-Brexit trade rules on Thursday, a day after another minister tried to halt some checks on agri-food goods coming from the rest of the United Kingdom, drawing European Union anger. Paul Givan’s decision may complicate talks between the EU and Britain …

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