MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian Colonel General Alexander Lapin, a senior commander who served in the first phase of the Ukraine war, has been dismissed from military service, Russian media outlet RBC reported on Sunday, citing an unidentified source. Lapin, 61, will be appointed as an aide of Tatarstan’s head, responsible for support for veterans and their …
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By Andrew Osborn MOSCOW (Reuters) -Vietnam was crowned the winner of the Russian-hosted Intervision song contest in the early hours of Sunday morning, a competition backed by President Vladimir Putin and conceived as a geopolitical and socially conservative rival to Eurovision. Putin in February ordered the revival of Intervision, a Soviet-era regional musical contest based …
By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Olivia Le Poidevin GAZA (Reuters) – For a decade, Palestinian bank worker Shady Salama Al-Rayyes paid into a $93,000 mortgage on his flat in a tall, modern block in one of Gaza City’s prime neighbourhoods. Now, he and his family are destitute, after fleeing an Israeli demolition strike that collapsed the …
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(Reuters) -Polish and allied aircraft were deployed early on Saturday to ensure the safety of Polish airspace after Russia launched airstrikes targeting western Ukraine near the border with Poland, armed forces of the NATO-member country said. Eastern-flank NATO members are on high alert after Poland shot down suspected Russian drones in its airspace earlier this …
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AMSTERDAM (Reuters) -Dutch police used tear gas and a water cannon to disperse violent anti-migration protesters in The Hague on Saturday, local authorities said. Thirty people have been arrested, and two police officers were injured. Authorities did not rule out additional arrests in the coming days as they review camera footage. Thousands of people had …
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By Gram Slattery WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Pentagon officials sat down with a group of European diplomats in late August and delivered a stern message: The U.S. planned to cut off some security assistance to Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia, all NATO members bordering Russia. More broadly, Pentagon official David Baker told the group, according to an official …
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By Sabine Siebold, Christoph Steitz and Muvija M BRUSSELS/FRANKFURT/LONDON (Reuters) -A cyberattack at a provider of check-in and boarding systems disrupted operations on Saturday at several major European airports including London’s Heathrow, the continent’s busiest, causing flight delays and cancellations. The disruption is the latest in a string of hacks targeting governments and companies across …
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VIENNA (Reuters) -Austrian oil, gas and chemicals group OMV has fired an executive over allegations of spying for Russia and a Russian diplomat has been summoned to the Foreign Ministry in Vienna as a result of the affair, news magazine Profil reported. Profil magazine said the OMV employee allegedly attracted attention through meetings with a …
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DUBLIN (Reuters) -Dublin Airport on Saturday said it was reopening Terminal 2 after a brief closure due to a security alert. “Dublin Airport confirms Terminal 2 has received the all-clear. Passengers will shortly re-enter & flights are expected to resume within 30 mins,” the airport said in a statement on X. Police said in a …
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ZURICH (Reuters) -Austria’s foreign minister has appealed to countries not to boycott next year’s Eurovision Song Contest – due to be held in Vienna – over Israel’s participation and concerns about the war in Gaza. Spanish state broadcaster RTVE’s board voted on Tuesday to withdraw from the 2026 event if Israel takes part, becoming the …
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