WARSAW (Reuters) -Polish nationalist candidate Karol Nawrocki won the second round of the country’s presidential election with 50.89% of the votes, the electoral commission said on Monday, in a blow to the reform agenda of the pro-European government. Prime Minister Donald Tusk swept to power in 2023 with a broad alliance of leftist and centrist …
DUBAI (Reuters) -Iran’s foreign ministry said on Monday it would have to see if there are changes in the U.S. position on sanctions, as the two countries negotiate a deal to resolve a decades-long dispute over Iran’s nuclear ambitions. “I regret to inform you that the American side has not yet been willing to clarify …
Iran says it has seen no change in US position on sanctions yet Read More »
By Anna Wlodarczak-Semczuk and Justyna Pawlak WARSAW (Reuters) -Karol Nawrocki, the conservative historian who won Poland’s presidential election, cultivated a tough-guy image during his campaign, posting videos of himself at shooting ranges and boxing rings. While his liberal opponent Rafal Trzaskowski played up his European credentials, Nawrocki met Donald Trump at the White House and …
(Reuters) -Russian shelling and air attacks killed five people outside the southeastern Ukraine city of Zaporizhzhia, while a drone attack on the northeast region of Sumy injured at least six early on Monday, including two children, regional officials said. Ivan Fedorov, writing on the Telegram messaging app, said three women died in a series of …
(Reuters) -Ukraine’s overnight drone attacks on Russia’s Kursk and Voronezh regions sparked residential fires and disrupted traffic on a major highway, regional officials said early on Monday. Russian air defence units destroyed a total of 162 Ukrainian drones overnight, downing 57 of the air weapons over the Kursk region that borders Ukraine. Falling debris from …
Ukraine drone attacks on Russia spark fires, disrupt traffic, officials say Read More »
(Reuters) – Nationalist and eurosceptic Karol Nawrocki was expected to win Poland’s presidential election based on all votes counted, the news website Onet reported on Monday, in results that would deal a blow to the reform agenda of the pro-European government. The Polish Electoral Commission said on its website that it had counted all of …
Polish eurosceptic Nawrocki expected to win presidential vote, news website Onet says Read More »
By Marek Strzelecki and Anna Koper WARSAW (Reuters) -Eurosceptic Karol Nawrocki established a lead in Sunday’s presidential election in Poland, late exit polls showed, with the ballot seen as a test of the nation’s support for a pro-European course versus Donald Trump-style nationalism. A late exit poll by Ipsos for broadcasters TVN, TVP and Polsat …
Polish conservative Nawrocki leads presidential vote Read More »
By Guy Faulconbridge and Max Hunder MOSCOW/KYIV (Reuters) -On the eve of peace talks, Ukraine and Russia sharply ramped up the war with one of the biggest drone battles of their conflict, a Russian highway bridge blown up over a passenger train and an ambitious attack on nuclear-capable bombers deep in Siberia. After days of …
Russia and Ukraine step up the war on eve of peace talks Read More »
By Tom Balmforth and Max Hunder KYIV (Reuters) -Ukrainian secret services were able to attack strategic bomber aircraft at Russian air bases on Sunday by hiding explosive-laden drones inside the roofs of wooden sheds, according to a Ukrainian security official and images posted online. Ukraine’s domestic security agency, the SBU, acknowledged that it carried out …
To attack Russian air bases, Ukrainian spies hid drones in wooden sheds Read More »
(Reuters) -Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio discussed on Sunday prospects for settling the conflict in Ukraine and Russia-Ukraine talks set for Monday in Turkey, Lavrov’s ministry said. “The situation linked to the Ukraine crisis was discussed,” the ministry said in a statement on its website. “S.V. Lavrov and …
Lavrov, Rubio discuss settlement of war in Ukraine, forthcoming talks, agencies report Read More »
