By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. senators renewed calls on Friday for Congress to pass sanctions on Russia after Russia-Ukraine ceasefire talks showed little progress, but no votes were scheduled on bills introduced six weeks ago aimed at pressuring Moscow to negotiate seriously. Kyiv and Moscow’s first direct talks in more than three years …
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By Elizabeth Howcroft PARIS (Reuters) -After watching frightening images of a prominent French crypto boss’ daughter being attacked on a Paris street during a botched kidnapping, crypto executive Alexandre Aimonino finds solace in the changes he has made to his daily routine. To stay safe, the 23-year-old co-founder of a crypto compliance software company avoids …
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By Stephanie van den Berg and Anthony Deutsch THE HAGUE (Reuters) -The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Karim Khan, has stepped aside temporarily as an investigation by the United Nations into alleged sexual misconduct by him nears its end, his office said on Friday. The move is unprecedented and there is no clear procedure …
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STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Swedish journalist Joakim Medin, who was jailed in March in Turkey on terrorism and insult charges, is on his way home, Sweden’s Prime Minister said on Friday. “Hard work in relative silence has paid off,” Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said on X on Friday evening, adding that Medin would land in Sweden …
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By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Singer Justin Bieber was not a victim of Sean “Diddy” Combs but supports others who were and are seeking justice from the hip-hop mogul facing federal sex trafficking charges, TMZ and People reported on Friday, quoting Bieber’s representative. Bieber rose to fame in the music world as a teenager …
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By Andrius Sytas TALLINN (Reuters) – The United States will begin discussions with European allies to reduce U.S. troops in Europe later this year, U.S. ambassador to NATO Matthew Whitaker said on Friday. Asked to comment on a report that the Trump administration is considering withdrawing troops from Europe, Whitaker said “nothing has been determined”. …
By Vladimir Soldatkin and Andrew Osborn ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Russia said on Friday that the first direct talks with Ukraine in more than three years had yielded a deal to swap 1,000 prisoners of war each soon and to resume talks after each side had set out its vision for a future ceasefire. In a …
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By Gram Slattery and Matt Spetalnick ABU DHABI (Reuters) -Escorts of camels and Arabian horses. A luxury plane offered as a gift. Hundreds of men dancing with drums and scimitars before marble palaces. Extravagant displays of opulence and adulation greeted U.S. President Donald Trump at every stage of his four-day swing through the Gulf, which …
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WARSAW (Reuters) -A group of Russian hackers attacked the websites of the Polish ruling Civic Platform party, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Friday, two days before a presidential election. “Two days before the elections, a group of Russian hackers operating on Telegram attacked the websites of the Civic Platform. The Left and (agrarian party) …
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By Antonio Bronic DUBROVNIK (Reuters) -The fortresses and cobbled streets of the ancient Croatian town of Dubrovnik are often crowded with tourists eager to visit the locations from the Game of Thrones television series or the Star Wars: The Last Jedi film. But comments by President Donald Trump this month that he will impose a …
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