PARIS (Reuters) -A French middle-school student who stabbed his music teacher in the face on Wednesday in northeastern France had a fascination with weapons and Nazi ideology, authorities said. The teacher survived the stabbing and her life is not in danger, but the 14-year old student is between life and death after he stabbed himself …
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TBILISI (Reuters) -The Georgian Foreign Ministry summoned the German ambassador on Wednesday, suggesting he was part of attempts to promote a “radical agenda” in the country ahead of closely watched municipal elections next month. In a statement Tbilisi warned the ambassador, Peter Fischer, not to interfere in Georgia’s internal affairs. “It was noted at the …
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By Elizabeth Piper, Ludwig Burger and Lili Bayer LONDON/BERLIN/BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Donald Trump’s comments backing Kyiv to regain all of its territory from Russia have sparked a mixture of relief and suspicion that the U.S. president is ready to leave Europe more to its own devices in supporting Ukraine. Trump’s remarks on Truth Social marked an …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said the U.S. opposes Russia’s bid to gain election to a U.N. aviation group 36-state governing council. Russia is urging aviation leaders at the International Civil Aviation Organization gathering this week in Montreal to ease sanctions on spare parts and overflights. “They are the most aggressive abuser and violator …
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By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -Iran and European powers remain at loggerheads as they try to strike a last-ditch deal to avert the return of U.N. sanctions before Saturday evening. Britain, France and Germany launched a 30-day process on August 28 to reimpose U.N. sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program. The trio, known …
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(Corrects spelling in paragraph 5 to conform to Reuters style) WASHINGTON/SYDNEY (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump will meet Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on October 20 in Washington, the White House and Albanese said on Tuesday, the first summit between the security allies since Trump’s second election. The two leaders have much to discuss, including …
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ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine/KYIV (Reuters) -Ukrainians met Donald Trump’s dramatic rhetorical shift on the war with Russia with a shrug, noting it was not his first change of mind and wondering when the U.S. president would back words with actions to force Moscow’s hand. Trump said late on Tuesday that he believed Ukraine could retake all of …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) -A Ukrainian drone strike on the southern Russian port city of Novorossiisk killed two people and wounded six on Wednesday, regional authorities said on Telegram. The city’s top official declared a state of emergency at Novorossiisk, Russia’s major sea port on the Black Sea where oil and grain export terminals are located, but …
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Ukrainian drones attacked one of Russia’s largest petrochemical complexes, Salavat in the southern Bashkortostan region, for the second time in less than a week, the local governor said, and two sources said a major unit caught fire. Ukraine has attacked more than 10 Russian refineries and export terminals over the past two months, …
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By Andrew Osborn and Dmitry Antonov MOSCOW (Reuters) -The Kremlin on Wednesday flatly rejected what Donald Trump said was the rationale behind his rhetorical U-turn on the war in Ukraine, saying it appeared that the U.S. president had been influenced by Ukraine’s leader and was mistaken. In an abrupt shift in Ukraine’s favour, Trump said …
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