By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United States and Iran are due to hold talks on Saturday on Tehran’s nuclear program as Britain, France and Germany consider whether to trigger a restoration of sanctions on Iran at the United Nations before a 2015 nuclear deal expires in October. This is how they could …
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By Jonathan Spicer ISTANBUL (Reuters) -The United States and Russia both said on Thursday that they had made progress toward normalising the work of their diplomatic missions, with the United States saying it was still concerned about a Russian policy prohibiting the employment of local staff. The meeting of the U.S. and Russian delegations in …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Thursday the United States will hold direct talks with Iran this weekend to discuss Iran’s nuclear program. The talks between U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff and a senior Iranian leader are scheduled for Saturday in Oman. “We hope that’ll lead to peace. We’ve been very …
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VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis, who is taking two months’ rest as he recovers from double pneumonia, made an unannounced visit to St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican on Thursday dressed in black pants rather than his usual, traditional white papal attire. In a video verified by Reuters, the 88-year-old pontiff is seen in …
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(Reuters) – A Russian drone struck an apartment building on Thursday evening in Zhytomyr region west of Kyiv, killing one person and injuring five, including a child, the regional governor said. Governor Vitaliy Bunechko, in a video posted on the Telegram messaging app, said five buildings in Zhytomyr district had sustained damage in the strike. …
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By Elisa Anzolin MILAN (Reuters) – Prada’s deal to buy Versace revives hopes for a ‘Made in Italy’ luxury champion after many other family-founded brands ended up in French, Swiss or U.S. hands, and comes as many Italian groups are outperforming the struggling sector. The $1.375 billion deal brings one of fashion’s best-known Italian labels …
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(Reuters) – A Russian missile attack on Ukraine’s city of Dnipro on Thursday killed at least one person and injured five others, damaging a civilian warehouse, officials said. The attack sparked a massive fire, regional governor Serhiy Lysak said on the Telegram messenger app. An image published by regional prosecutors showed a building with collapsed …
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(Reuters) – As the Trump administration intensifies efforts to acquire Greenland from Denmark — or take it by force — some Silicon Valley tech investors are promoting the frozen island as a site for a so-called freedom city, a libertarian utopia with minimal corporate regulation, three people familiar with the matter told Reuters. The discussions …
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By Anita Komuves and Krisztina Fenyo BUDAPEST/RAJKA, Hungary (Reuters) -Hungary on Thursday suggested a “biological attack” as a possible source of the country’s first foot-and-mouth disease outbreak in more than half a century, which has triggered border closures and the mass slaughter of cattle in the northwest. Hungary reported a first case of foot-and-mouth disease …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian prosecutors have asked for jail terms of five years and 11 months for four journalists accused of working for the banned organization of the late opposition leader Alexei Navalny, the journalists told a Reuters witness on Thursday as they were led out of court. State news agency TASS also reported that prosecutors …
