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Polish president will not sign onshore wind bill into law, spokesman says

WARSAW (Reuters) -Polish President Karol Nawrocki will not sign into law legislation to ease rules on building onshore wind farms, his spokesperson told the Polish Press Agency (PAP) on Monday. The government has said the bill is crucial for boosting renewable power production and cutting electricity prices after the previous conservative administration blocked development of …

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Ukrainian drone attacks kill three, target Moscow, Russia says

(Reuters) -Three people were killed in overnight Ukrainian drone attacks on Russia’s Tula and Nizhny Novgorod regions, a senior Russian regional official and the defence ministry said on Monday. Two people died and two were hospitalised following an attack before midnight on Sunday on the Tula region that borders the Moscow region to its north, …

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Russia’s Putin and Armenian PM Pashinyan brief each other by phone on US meetings, Kremlin says

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan have spoken by phone, the Kremlin said on Monday, saying that Pashinyan had briefed Putin on his meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump last week. Trump received Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev in the White House on Friday where they signed a …

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Fire breaks out on Edinburgh landmark Arthur’s Seat

EDINBURGH (Reuters) -A wildfire broke out on Arthur’s Seat, the extinct volcano overlooking Scotland’s capital Edinburgh, on Sunday, spreading extensively across the landmark which is popular with walkers and tourists and producing smoke visible from miles around. Arthur’s Seat is the highest point of Holyrood Park, near Scotland’s parliament and the end of Edinburgh’s famous …

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Australia to recognise Palestinian state at United Nations in September

By Kirsty Needham and Christine Chen SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia will recognise a Palestinian state at next month’s United Nations General Assembly, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Monday, a move that adds to international pressure on Israel after similar announcements from France, Britain and Canada. “Australia will recognise the State of Palestine at the 80th …

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Russia downs seven drones targeting capital, Moscow Mayor says

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian air defence systems downed seven Ukrainian drones en route to Russia’s capital overnight and on Monday morning, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said on his Telegram channel. Three people were killed in Ukrainian overnight drone attacks targeting the Tula and Nizhny Novgorod regions, as well as Moscow, Russia’s regional official and the defence …

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Russia says it continued development of nuclear missiles during moratorium on deployment

(Reuters) -Russia kept up development of intermediate- and shorter-range missile systems during a moratorium on their deployment and now possesses a substantial arsenal of such weapons, Russian media reported late on Sunday citing Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov. “When the moratorium was announced, we made it clear that it applied only to deployment, and did …

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Australia plans to recognise Palestinian state within days, Sydney Morning Herald reports

SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia plans to recognise a Palestinian state as early as Monday following similar moves by France, Britain and Canada, the Sydney Morning Herald reported. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese could sign off on the move within days after a regular cabinet meeting on Monday, the SMH reported, citing unidentified sources. Albanese’s office did not …

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Netanyahu says new Gaza offensive will start soon

(In paragraph 5, corrects attribution to Gaza media office, corrects role of fifth journalist to assistant and driver) By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Maayan Lubell JERUSALEM/CAIRO (Reuters) -Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday he expected to complete a new Gaza offensive “fairly quickly” as the U.N. Security Council heard new demands for an end …

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