By Alexander Marrow (Reuters) – Russians will face fines if they search online for “extremist” content under a new law that tightens censorship and could have sweeping ramifications for digital privacy and the fate of WhatsApp in the country. The legislation, approved on Tuesday by parliament’s lower house, the State Duma, has drawn criticism from …
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By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson said on Tuesday he does not think the U.S. Congress should consider sanctions on Russia until after President Donald Trump’s 50-day deadline for Moscow to end the war in Ukraine. “We were talking about sanctioning Russia,” the Louisiana Republican said at a weekly …
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ANKARA (Reuters) -Turkey will directly intervene to stop any attempt to fragment Syria and will prevent any attempts by militants to obtain autonomy after clashes in southern Syria, Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Tuesday. His warning against fragmentation, in comments to reporters in Ankara, appeared aimed at Israel as Turkey considers this to be …
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By David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Republican and Democratic heads of a U.S. congressional committee for strategic competition with China have written to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to stress their strong support for the AUKUS submarine project currently under Pentagon review. Details of the AUKUS plan to provide Australia with nuclear-powered attack submarines from the …
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LONDON (Reuters) -A British man who offered personal information about former defence minister Grant Shapps to Russian intelligence for money was on Tuesday found guilty of assisting a foreign intelligence service. Howard Phillips offered Shapps’ home address and phone number to two people he believed were Russian agents but were in fact British undercover officers, …
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) -All options are on the table if Israel does not deliver on its pledges to facilitate humanitarian aid in Gaza, the European Union’s top diplomat said on Tuesday. “The killing of civilians seeking aid in Gaza is indefensible,” EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas wrote in a post on X, adding that she …
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By Sam Tobin LONDON (Reuters) -Hewlett Packard is owed more than 700 million pounds ($944 million) from the estate of the late Mike Lynch and his former business partner over HP’s acquisition of their British software firm Autonomy, London’s High Court ruled on Tuesday. HP was seeking to recoup its losses from Lynch – who …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia said on Tuesday that it detected a rise in international tensions and was monitoring developments after Britain’s Times and Telegraph newspapers reported that the United States had stationed nuclear weapons in Britain for the first time since 2008. Asked about the reports, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said: “We see a line towards …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) -The Kremlin said on Tuesday that there was no basis to expect miracles from a proposed third round of direct Russian-Ukrainian peace talks, and declined to give any time frame for a potential agreement to end the war. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Saturday that Kyiv has sent Moscow an offer to …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) -The European Union has lifted sanctions against three tankers managed by Japan’s Mitsui O.S.K. Lines that had handled Russia-sourced liquefied natural gas after receiving commitments that they will stop doing so, the European Commission said. The sanctions had been imposed on the tankers North Moon, North Ocean and North Light, which were shipping …
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