By Alasdair Pal MORWELL, Australia (Reuters) -The jury in the trial of an Australian woman who allegedly murdered three elderly relatives of her estranged husband using poisonous mushrooms retired to consider its verdict on Monday, in a case that has gripped the country. Erin Patterson, 50, is charged with the murders of her mother-in-law Gail …
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(Reuters) -The pace of talks to resolve the war in Ukraine depends on Kyiv’s position, the effectiveness of U.S. mediation, and the situation on the ground, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in remarks televised on Sunday. Five months into U.S. President Donald Trump’s term, there is no clear end to the war Russia launched in …
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By Alexander Villegas SANTIAGO (Reuters) -Chileans overwhelmingly elected Jeannette Jara, the country’s former labor minister, on Sunday to be the incumbent government’s candidate and face off against a field of right-wing contenders in November’s presidential elections. Jara, a member of Chile’s communist party, won the presidential primaries with 60.31% of the vote while Carolina Toha, …
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By David Latona and Silvio Castellanos SEVILLE, Spain (Reuters) -Activists marched in blistering heat through southern Spain’s Seville on Sunday, calling for debt cancellation, climate justice and taxing the super rich on the eve of a UN summit on financing development that critics say lacks ambition and scope. The four-day meeting – held once every …
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(Corrects presentation of byline) By Pavel Polityuk KYIV/LVIV, Ukraine (Reuters) -A Ukrainian F-16 fighter pilot died in a crash while repelling a Russian air attack that involved hundreds of drones, cruise and ballistic missiles, authorities said on Sunday, as Moscow intensifies night-time air barrages in the fourth year of war. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy praised the …
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(Corrects spelling of slug. No change to text.) KYIV (Reuters) -President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday he had signed a decree to pull Ukraine out of the Ottawa Convention banning the production and use of anti-personnel mines as a necessary step in view of Russian tactics in their 40-month-old war. Ukraine ratified the convention in …
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Intercepted Iranian communications downplayed the extent of damage caused by U.S. strikes on Iran’s nuclear program, the Washington Post reported on Sunday, citing four people familiar with classified intelligence circulating within the U.S. government. A source, who declined to be named, confirmed that account to Reuters but said there were serious questions about …
BERLIN (Reuters) -Germany is aiming to establish a joint German-Israeli cyber research centre and deepen collaboration between the two countries’ intelligence and security agencies, German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt said on Sunday. Germany is among Israel’s closest allies in Europe, and Berlin has increasingly looked to draw upon Israel’s defence expertise as it boosts its …
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BELGRADE (Reuters) -Serbian police on Saturday evening clashed with anti-government protesters demanding snap elections and an end to the 12-year rule of President Aleksandar Vucic. Police deployed scores of officers in riot gear around government buildings, parliament and nearby Pionirski Park, where throngs of Vucic’s backers from across the country gathered in a counter-protest. After …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian spy chief Sergei Naryshkin said in remarks published on Sunday that he had spoken to the director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), John Ratcliffe, and that they had agreed to call each other at any time. The CIA and Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR), the successor to the KGB’s famed First …
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