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BERLIN (Reuters) -German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Tuesday that he would suggest Geneva as a venue for Ukraine-Russia ceasefire talks at a Thursday meeting of some 30 countries to discuss post-war guarantees for Ukraine. “Geneva would be a suitable venue for a ceasefire agreement,” Merz said at a news conference alongside Swiss President Karin …

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ANKARA (Reuters) -Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said he discussed ways to end the Ukraine war with Russia’s Vladimir Putin during talks in China and with Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskiy by phone, but that the sides were “not yet ready” for a leaders’ meeting. Erdogan spoke to reporters aboard his plane returning from China, where he met …

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MOMCHILOVTSI, Bulgaria (Reuters) -Every year, hundreds of Chinese tourists flock to the Bulgarian mountain village of Momchilovtsi for a festival celebrating the local yoghurt, which is renowned for its health benefits and has become a hit among consumers in China. The Chinese visitors mingle with locals in the village in the Rhodope Mountains near the …

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PARIS (Reuters) -France’s far-right National Rally urged President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday to swiftly dissolve parliament and call snap elections, adding that Prime Minister Francois Bayrou’s efforts to stave off the collapse of his government would fail. The RN and other opposition parties have said they will bring down the minority government in a September …

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BERLIN (Reuters) -A return of La Nina may start to affect global weather patterns from September, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Tuesday, adding, however, that temperatures are still likely to be above average for large parts of the world. The La Nina pattern involves the cooling of temperatures in the central and eastern …

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HELSINKI (Reuters) -Finland’s President Alexander Stubb said on Tuesday that progress is being made on security guarantees for Ukraine but added that a peace agreement would need to be in place before any such measures could be implemented. “We need to coordinate the security arrangements with the United States, which essentially will provide the backstop …

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