(Reuters) -Ukraine’s air defence units were trying to repel a Russian air attack on the capital Kyiv, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said early on Sunday on the Telegram messaging app on Sunday. (Reporting by Lidia Kelly in Melbourne; Editing by William Mallard)
BERLIN/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Germany’s new chancellor, Friedrich Merz, will travel to Washington to meet U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday, German and U.S. officials said on Saturday. This will be Merz’s first visit to the United States since taking office on May 6, and comes amid high tensions between the trans-Atlantic partners over trade and …
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By Julien Pretot PARIS (Reuters) -Wild celebrations erupted across the French capital on Saturday after Paris St Germain crushed Italian opponents Inter Milan to win the Champions League for the first time, although skirmishes with police later threatened to spoil the party. On the Champs Elysees, bus shelters were smashed up and projectiles hurled at …
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By Trevor Stynes MUNICH, Germany (Reuters) -Teenager Desire Doue scored twice to inspire Paris St Germain to their first European Cup triumph with a crushing 5-0 victory over Inter Milan on Saturday, the biggest winning margin in the final of the continent’s premier club competition. After losing the 2020 final to Bayern Munich, Luis Enrique’s …
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By Julien Pretot PARIS (Reuters) -When Luis Enrique claimed in early 2024 that Paris St Germain would be better without Kylian Mbappe, many dismissed it as arrogance or deflection. Fifteen months later, after PSG’s first Champions League triumph – a jaw-dropping 5-0 steamrolling of Inter Milan in Saturday’s final in Munich – the Spanish coach’s …
(Reuters) -The Israeli military said on Saturday it killed Mohammad Sinwar, Hamas’ Gaza chief on May 13, confirming what Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said earlier this week. Mohammad Sinwar was the target of an Israeli strike on a hospital in southern Gaza earlier this month. Netanyahu said on Wednesday that he had been killed. Mohammad …
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MADRID (Reuters) -Seven migrant women and children who died when their boat capsized just metres from shore in Spain’s Canary Islands were buried on Friday at the La Restringa harbour where they had hoped to find safety. Two five-year-old girls and a 16-year-old were among the dead, emergency services said. The migrant boat capsized as …
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CAIRO (Reuters) -Hamas said on Saturday it had responded to a ceasefire proposal presented by U.S. President Donald Trump’s Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff to mediators and included a demand for an end to the war, which had previously been a red line for Israel. The Palestinian group said in a statement that under the …
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ZURICH (Reuters) – A lake of water trapped behind a mass of glacial debris that buried a village and blocked a river in southern Switzerland this week has sparked fears of flooding in the Alpine valley, even as some water eased its way through the morass on Friday. A deluge of millions of cubic meters …
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By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Pop superstar Taylor Swift said on Friday she had purchased the master recordings of her first six albums, giving her control of all of her music after a dispute with her former record label. Swift’s masters had been sold in 2019 and the singer said she was not given …
