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(Reuters) -Russian forces staged a mass drone attack on the southeastern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia late on Tuesday, triggering fires, injuring 19 people and badly damaging buildings and vehicles, the regional governor said. Ivan Fedorov, posting on the Telegram messaging app, said the attack had destroyed shops, and damaged 31 apartment blocks and 20 private …

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By Maria Martinez BERLIN (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin must accept he has no option to leave the war in Ukraine successfully, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Wednesday. “We want this war to end as quickly as possible,” Merz said in the Bundestag lower house of parliament. “But an agreement negotiated between great powers …

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By Gram Slattery and Erin Banco (Reuters) -The U.S.-backed 28-point peace plan to end the war in Ukraine, which became public last week, drew from a Russian-authored paper submitted to the Trump administration in October, according to three sources familiar with the matter. The Russians shared the paper, which outlined Moscow’s conditions for ending the …

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VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Leo, the first U.S. leader of the Catholic Church, said on Tuesday that Americans should focus on gratitude to God as they pass the turkey on the annual holiday of Thanksgiving this year. Speaking to reporters in Castel Gandolfo, his residence outside Rome, the pope said he would encourage Americans to …

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By Idrees Ali and Tom Balmforth WASHINGTON/KYIV (Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday he was ready to advance a U.S.-backed framework for ending the war with Russia and discuss disputed points with U.S. President Donald Trump in talks he said should include European allies. U.S. and Ukrainian officials have been trying to narrow …

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By Joshua McElwee VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Leo will embark on his first trip outside Italy as the leader of the Catholic Church on Thursday, travelling to Turkey and Lebanon, where he is expected to make appeals for peace in the region and urge unity among long-divided Christian churches. Leo, the first U.S. pope, will …

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