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BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Princess Elisabeth, 23-year-old heir to the Belgian throne, will be able to continue her studies at Harvard University, her spokespeople said, after she was caught up in a U.S. government move to bar the entry of foreign students to study there. “I can confirm that, for now, all the conditions seem to be …

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MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday that it was clear at Friday’s U.S.-Russia Alaska summit that U.S. President Donald Trump and his team sincerely wanted to achieve a long-term and sustainable peace in Ukraine. Lavrov said the atmosphere at the Putin-Trump summit was “very good.” “It was clear that the head …

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MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian Tu-95MS nuclear-capable strategic bombers carried out a scheduled flight over neutral waters in the Sea of Japan, the Russian Defence Ministry said on Tuesday. The flight lasted more than six hours and the bombers were escorted by Su-35S and Su-30SM fighter jets, it said. (Reporting by Reuters, Writing by Maxim Rodionov, Editing …

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PARIS (Reuters) -French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will co-chair a meeting of Ukraine’s coalition of the willing later on Tuesday following talks in Washington, the French president’s office said. The countries will work on security guarantees for Ukraine, added Macron’s Elysee office. (Reporting by Elizabeth Pineau and Sudip Kar-Gupta; Editing …

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By Ali Kucukgocmen TEKIRDAG, Turkey (Reuters) -A drought in Turkey’s northwestern province of Tekirdag has left the area’s main dams without potable water, straining infrastructure and leaving some homes without water for weeks, due to a sharp drop in precipitation in the country this year. Authorities say drought is a critical issue, with several provinces …

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MOSCOW (Reuters) -Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Tuesday that European leaders had failed to outplay Donald Trump, but that it was unclear how Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy would present the issues of territory and a security guarantee. “The anti-Russian warmongering Coalition of the Willing failed to outplay @POTUS on his turf,” Medvedev said …

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