KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine, whose power system has been under constant Russian missile and drone attacks, increased its electricity exports to 237 megawatt hours in June from around 95 MWh in May, Ukrainian ExPro consultancy said on Tuesday. The consultancy also said Ukraine had also increased power imports by 5% to 204 MWh. The consultancy provided …
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TUNIS (Reuters) -An Algerian court upheld on Tuesday a five-year prison sentence being served by French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal for undermining national unity, Ennahar TV said, prompting a call for clemency by France. Sansal, 80, had been living in France but was detained while visiting Algeria in November and sentenced in March after making statements …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) -Three people were killed and 35 others injured in a Ukrainian drone strike on a factory in the Russian city of Izhevsk, regional governor Alexander Brechalov on his Telegram channel on Tuesday. Brechalov did not name the targeted facility, but a Ukrainian security official earlier told Reuters that at least two long-range drones …
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MADRID (Reuters) – High-speed train traffic between Madrid and the southern Spanish region of Andalusia resumed on Tuesday, after a power cable failure left passengers stranded in train carriages and at stations overnight, railway infrastructure operator ADIF said. Around 20 trains were blocked on the tracks or unable to depart on Monday evening, with approximately …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) -The Kremlin said on Tuesday it expected to secure the release of Russian journalists detained in Azerbaijan, in a case that forms part of a deepening diplomatic row between the two neighbouring countries. The journalists were arrested on Monday on suspicion of fraud. Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said Azerbaijan’s actions appeared to be …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) -The Kremlin on Tuesday denied claims by U.S. President Donald Trump’s special envoy for Ukraine that Russia was stalling in peace talks, adding that Moscow had fulfilled all the agreements reached so far in the negotiations. Trump’s senior envoy for Ukraine, Keith Kellogg, said on Monday that “Russia cannot continue to stall for …
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BERLIN (Reuters) -Germany wants to retain the EU’s Schengen area which allows free movement but that can only work if it is not abused by criminals who smuggle migrants, Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Tuesday. “We naturally want to preserve this Schengen area, but freedom of movement in the Schengen area will only work in …
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WARSAW (Reuters) -A Canadian teenager sentenced in Poland last year to 20 months in prison for spying for Russia could be released early under certain conditions, a Polish court said on Tuesday. A statement by the court did not give details of the possible conditional release. Europe is in a heightened state of alert over …
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BERLIN (Reuters) -One person was killed and two seriously injured by a man with a sharp object at an electric utility company in south-central Germany on Tuesday, according to local police. A large contingent of rescue services were tending to the injured on the grounds of the Ueberlandwerke Rhoen company in the Bavarian town of …
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BANGKOK (Reuters) -Thailand’s Deputy Prime Minister Suriya Juangroongruangkit will become caretaker premier after a court suspended Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra from duty on Tuesday, Tourism Minister Sorawong Thienthong told Reuters. Suriya, 70, also currently serves as transport minister. Paetongtarn has 15 days to respond the Constitutional Court after she was accused of dishonesty and breaching …
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