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By Guy Faulconbridge and Dmitry Antonov MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin is prepared to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy but all issues must be worked through first and there’s a question about Zelenskiy’s authority to sign a peace deal, Putin’s foreign minister said on Thursday. Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump met on Friday …

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GENEVA (Reuters) -The head of the U.N. Palestinian refugee agency on Thursday voiced concern that children suffering from malnutrition in Gaza will die if emergency provisions are not immediately put in place during Israel’s Gaza City military operation. UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini said that its data showed a six-fold increase in the number of children …

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MOSCOW (Reuters) -Several regions in Russia and parts of Ukraine it controls are reporting gasoline shortages after Ukraine stepped up attacks on Russian oil refineries this month, and amid a seasonal surge in fuel demand. Russia imposed a gasoline exports ban for oil producers on July 28 in a bid to prevent shortages at a …

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WARSAW (Reuters) -A drone which crashed into a field in eastern Poland most likely came from the direction of Belarus, a regional prosecutor said on Thursday, following an incident described by the defence minister as a provocation by Belarus’ ally Russia. The military drone fell into a cornfield overnight on Tuesday, scorching crops, shattering windows …

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By Ryan Woo BEIJING (Reuters) -Tibet marked its 60th year as a Chinese autonomous region on Thursday with songs, dances and a parade in its capital Lhasa with thousands cheering, holding little red flags, amid placards telling all to heed the Communist Party’s leadership. The festivities held at a massive square by the Potala Palace, …

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KYIV (Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Kyiv would like a “strong reaction” from Washington if Russian President Vladimir Putin was not willing to sit down for a bilateral meeting with him. U.S. President Donald Trump is seeking to broker peace between the two warring countries but has conceded that Putin, with whom Zelenskiy has …

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