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By Manuel Ausloos MARSEILLE, France (Reuters) – A French couple is training in the Mediterranean to prepare for what they hope will be a record-breaking three-month relay swim across the Atlantic. Matthieu Witvoet and Chloe Leger Witvoet plan to set off from the island of Cape Verde, off the African coast, on November 1 for …

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(Reuters) – Russian fighter jets did not violate Estonian airspace and flew over neutral waters of the Baltic Sea in proceeding from northwest Russia to the Russian Baltic exclave of Kaliningrad, the Russian Defence Ministry said early on Saturday. The government of NATO member Estonia said three Russian military jets violated its airspace for 12 …

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(Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy welcomed on Friday the presentation of the European Union’s 19th sanctions package on Russia, saying the measures would have a significant effect on the Russian economy. “It targets the main drivers of the war economy: energy revenues, finance, high-tech resources, and the military-industrial base,” Zelenskiy wrote on the Telegram …

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(Reuters) – Ukrainian troops pressed on with a frontline counteroffensive around two cities in the east of the country on Friday, with President Volodymyr Zelenskiy saying heavy losses were being inflicted on Russian forces. Russia said its forces had captured two new villages in their slow advance through Ukraine’s east and south, but its Defence …

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By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A group of Republican and Democratic U.S. senators introduced legislation on Friday that would expand sanctions against Russian energy, specifically by targeting a collection of older oil tankers the lawmakers say are used to dodge existing U.S. energy sanctions. The “Sanctioning Harbors and Dodgers of Western Sanctions,” or SHADOW …

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LISBON (Reuters) – Portugal will recognize a Palestinian state on Sunday, the Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement on Friday. The Official Declaration of Recognition will take place even before next week’s High-Level Conference, it added. Foreign Minister Paulo Rangel already said this week that the country was considering the recognisition of …

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(Reuters) – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Friday that Ukraine would present a strategy for “guided”, or managed, arms exports within the next two weeks and saw the United States, Europe and other countries as potential buyers. Zelenskiy, speaking in his nightly video address, said a programme of exports would enable Ukraine to boost production …

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