ATHENS (Reuters) – An earthquake of magnitude 5.9 struck off the island of Crete in Greece and was felt as far away as Egypt in the early morning hours on Wednesday, but no serious property damage was reported. The quake was at a depth of 35 km (22 miles) near the island of Karpathos in …
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By Max Hunder and Yuliia Dysa KYIV (Reuters) – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday he would attend talks with Russia on the war in Ukraine this week only if Vladimir Putin is also there, and goaded him by saying the Russian leader was scared to meet him face-to-face. The Kremlin has yet to say …
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KYIV (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday he wanted to negotiate an unconditional 30-day ceasefire face-to-face with Vladimir Putin at this week’s talks in Istanbul because only the Russian leader could enact such a pause. Accusing Putin of being “scared” of meeting him, Zelenskiy said he expected “strong sanctions” from the United …
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(Reuters) – A series of Ukraine drone attacks on the region of Belgorod injured at least 16 people on Tuesday, the governor of the region in Russia’s southwest that borders Ukraine said on Wednesday. Among the injured were a doctor and a paramedic, Belgorod Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said on the Telegram messaging app. Eight people …
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By Phil Stewart, Idrees Ali, Humeyra Pamuk and Erin Banco WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Days before a surprise U.S. ceasefire agreement with Houthis, U.S. intelligence started picking up indications the Yemeni fighters were looking for an exit after seven weeks of relentless U.S. bombings, four U.S. officials said. Houthi leaders began reaching out sometime around the …
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By Gram Slattery and Nandita Bose RIYADH/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Four years ago, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman struggled to get an audience with then-President Joe Biden, who said he wanted to make the Gulf country a pariah after its leader allegedly ordered the murder of a Washington-based journalist. On Tuesday, President Donald Trump lavished effusive …
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By John Irish and Parisa Hafezi PARIS/DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran will hold talks in Istanbul on Friday with European parties to their now-moribund 2015 nuclear deal, two European and an Iranian diplomatic source said on Tuesday, The talks among senior diplomats come as both sides seek to position themselves ahead of an expected fifth round …
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STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -Sweden said on Tuesday it would propose that the European Union join a Pacific rim-based trading group with the aim of forming the world’s biggest free trade area to help counter the impact of U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs. The Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) is a free trade accord …
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By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Hatem Khaled CAIRO/GAZA (Reuters) -An Israeli airstrike on the Gaza Strip on Tuesday killed a well-known Palestinian journalist whom it accused of working with Hamas and was recovering in hospital from an earlier strike, the territory’s health ministry said. Israel has accused Hassan Aslih, who has hundreds of thousands of followers …
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By Anastasiia Malenko and Felix Hoske KYIV (Reuters) – With their ancestral homeland at the heart of future peace talks with Russia, Crimean Tatars are fighting to keep their language and practices alive in Ukraine, teaching some children who have never, and may never, set foot in Crimea. At a privately-run school just outside Kyiv, …
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