BARCELONA (Reuters) -At least 13 people were hurt when a driver lost control and plowed into a crowd gathered outside a soccer match between RCD Espanyol and city rivals FC Barcelona, police said on Thursday. Police said people were hurt when the vehicle rammed into the crowd outside RCD Españyol soccer stadium in Barcelona at …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s Defence Ministry said on Thursday that its forces seized two more settlements in their drive through eastern Ukraine, but Kyiv made no such acknowledgement and its top commander said battles raged over 1,100 km of the front line. The frontline fighting continued as direct talks between Ukrainian and Russian negotiators appeared …
JERUSALEM/RAMALLAH (Reuters) -Israel’s military killed five Palestinian militants in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, hours after a pregnant settler was killed in a shooting, as hardline pro-settler leaders including a government minister called for Palestinian towns to be razed. The military said in a statement it had killed five “terrorists” and arrested a sixth …
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By Fernando Kallas BARCELONA (Reuters) -Barcelona secured their 28th LaLiga title on Thursday when they beat city rivals Espanyol 2-0, securing an unassailable seven-point lead over second-placed Real Madrid with two games left to play. Following a 4-3 loss at Barcelona on Sunday, Real needed to win their final three games and hope the leaders …
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By Tom Balmforth, Vladimir Soldatkin and Huseyin Hayatsever ISTANBUL/ANKARA (Reuters) -Russia’s Vladimir Putin spurned a challenge to meet face-to-face with Volodymyr Zelenskiy in Turkey on Thursday, instead sending a second-tier delegation to planned peace talks, while Ukraine’s president said his defence minister would head up Kyiv’s team. They will be the first direct talks between …
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By Hanna Rantala and Francesca Halliwell CANNES, France (Reuters) – The Cannes film community mourned Palestinian journalist Fatima Hassouna on Thursday evening, cramming into theatres to watch the documentary about her life in Gaza. She used to say this would pass, recalled director Sepideh Farsi ahead of a showing of “Put Your Soul on Your …
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By Justyna Pawlak GARWOLIN, Poland (Reuters) – Poles vote in a presidential election on Sunday that the pro-European government in Warsaw says can revive its stalled democratic drive and its nationalist opponents see as a chance to set Poland on a path inspired by U.S. President Donald Trump. Opinion polls show the liberal Warsaw mayor …
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ISTANBUL (Reuters) -Who are Russia and Ukraine sending to the first direct diplomatic talks between the two warring countries since the spring of 2022? Just over an hour before Moscow’s midnight on May 14, the Kremlin published the names of those who would attend talks proposed last week by President Vladimir Putin. Ukrainian President Volodymyr …
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By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) -NASA’s Perseverance rover has observed an aurora on Mars in visible light for the first time, with the sky glowing softly in green in the first viewing of an aurora from any planetary surface other than Earth. Scientists said the aurora occurred on March 18, 2024, when super-energetic particles from …
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By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -The United Nations said on Thursday it will not take part in a U.S.-backed humanitarian operation in Gaza because it is not impartial, neutral or independent, while Israel pledged to facilitate the effort without being involved in aid deliveries. “This particular distribution plan does not accord with our basic …
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