By Anastasia Lyrchikova and Dmitry Antonov MOSCOW (Reuters) -President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that there was “light at the end of the tunnel” in Russia-U.S. relations and that the two countries were discussing joint projects in the Arctic and Alaska. The Russian president, answering questions during a visit to a nuclear research centre, said …
LONDON (Reuters) -Governments and employers should take urgent action to help protect the health of workers who are increasingly exposed to extreme heat, the United Nations said on Friday. Climate change is making heatwaves more common and intense, and workers worldwide are already experiencing the health impacts, the agencies said in what they described as …
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(Corrects paragraph 3 to show that the strike on the factory was not deadly, it only involved injuries, and to clarify that it was an American factory) By Andrea Shalal, Yuliia Dysa and Max Hunder WASHINGTON/KYIV (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump renewed a threat to impose sanctions on Russia on Friday if there is no …
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THE HAGUE (Reuters) -Dutch Foreign Minister Caspar Veldkamp, part of a caretaker government, quit his cabinet post on Friday ahead of schedule over the government’s position on Israel’s war in Gaza, he told reporters. He said the government did not support additional measures against Israel over Gaza and plans for the occupied West Bank. “I …
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KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine’s foreign ministry on Friday warned Minsk against staging provocations during joint Belarus-Russian “Zapad” military drills in September and called on European partners to remain vigilant. “The build-up of Russian troops on the borders of Ukraine in 2021-2022 took place under the cover of the joint military exercises of Russia and Belarus ‘Zapad-2021’. …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that in two weeks he should know whether progress is possible in his bid to end Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and he again raised the prospect of imposing sanctions on Moscow. Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office, Trump said “I’m not happy” with any aspect …
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DUBAI (Reuters) -Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi and his French, British and German counterparts agreed on Friday to resume talks next week on nuclear issues, Iranian state media reported, as a threat by the European powers to reimpose sanctions looms. The three countries have said they could re-activate United Nations sanctions on Iran under a …
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By Pavel Polityuk, Anita Komuves and Vera Dvorakova KYIV/BUDAPEST (Reuters) -Russian oil supplies to Hungary and Slovakia could be suspended for at least five days after a Ukrainian strike on a facility in Russia, Hungarian and Slovakian officials said on Friday, in a widening of the fallout of Russia’s war in Ukraine. Russia and Ukraine …
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By Michelle Nichols and David Brunnstrom UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -Gaza City and surrounding areas are officially suffering from famine, and it will likely spread, a global hunger monitor determined on Friday, an assessment that will escalate pressure on Israel to allow more aid into the Palestinian territory. The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) system …
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By Mark Trevelyan (Reuters) -Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko on Friday dampened hopes for a mass release of prisoners that U.S. President Donald Trump requested from him in a phone call last week. The Belarus opposition and human rights groups say up to 1,300 political prisoners – a figure also cited by Trump – are being …
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