KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine on Wednesday reopened its Bystre Canal at the mouth of the Danube, which had been closed since a dredger exploded in late July, the Ukrainian state Seaport Authority said. Ukraine had been transporting grain on the Bystre and the Danube as an alternative route for its exports while access to its Black …
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By Joseph Campbell and Tom Bateman HIROSHIMA, Japan (Reuters) -Exactly 80 years since an atomic bomb was used in war for the first time, thousands bowed their heads in prayer in Hiroshima on Wednesday, as the city’s mayor warned world leaders about the nuclear warheads that still exist today. The western Japanese city of Hiroshima …
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KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine’s gas reserves are at their lowest in 12 years, with storage facilities currently less than a third full, analysis firm ExPro said on Wednesday. The estimate comes after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy earlier accused Moscow of deliberately undermining its preparations for winter following a Russian strike on a gas facility in Ukraine’s …
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By Pavel Polityuk KYIV (Reuters) -Russia has struck a gas pumping station in Ukraine’s southern Odesa region used in a scheme to import LNG from the U.S. and Azerbaijan, undermining preparations for winter, Ukrainian officials said on Wednesday. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said the gas infrastructure had been attacked in the village of Novosilske on the …
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STAROBILSK DISTRICT, Russian-controlled Ukraine (Reuters) -Luhansk, one of four regions of Ukraine that Russia has claimed as its own since going to war in 2022, expects to double its wheat harvest this year and send some for export, local officials say. The rapid rise in production reflects the regions’ growing role in Russia’s agriculture sector …
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(Reuters) -Russian strikes killed two people and wounded 10 others, including four children, in Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region, Governor Ivan Fedorov said on Wednesday. Russian forces carried out 567 attacks over the 24 hours into Wednesday morning across 16 settlements in the region, Fedorov said. Zaporizhzhia has been on the front lines of the war that …
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BERLIN (Reuters) -Germany’s cabinet approved a draft bill on Wednesday to scrap a gas storage levy for all consumers in an effort to bring down energy costs. After decades of relying on cheap Russian gas, Europe’s largest economy is grappling with high energy costs which are straining its export-driven, energy-intensive industries such as chemicals and …
By Dan Peleschuk KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine’s government on Wednesday appointed a new economic security chief after weeks of delay as part of a campaign to strengthen governance, fulfilling a key condition for Kyiv to continue receiving critical wartime support from Western lenders. Stamping out graft and tightening a clunky bureaucracy are critical to Ukraine’s bid …
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(Reuters) -A wildfire in southern France’s Aude region near the Spanish border has scorched around 4,500 hectares (11,100 acres) of forest, the fire brigade said late on Tuesday, as hundreds of firefighters battled to bring the blaze under control. More than 1,250 firefighters have been deployed to the scene, Colonel Alexandre Jouassard, spokesperson for the …
By Jeff Mason and Jarrett Renshaw WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump suggested on Tuesday that Vice President JD Vance is “most likely” his heir apparent to serve as the Republican nominee in 2028, the furthest he has gone in backing Vance as a future presidential candidate. “Well, I think most likely,” Trump told reporters …
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