By Anastasiia Malenko KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine has told the U.S. that accepting curbs on the size of its armed forces or on its military’s overall readiness would be a red line, a senior Ukrainian official said, as Donald Trump strives to negotiate an end to the war with Russia. Russian President Vladimir Putin has …
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By Joshua McElwee VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – The Catholic Church starts its busiest week of the year on Sunday with the countdown to Easter, but Pope Francis remains out of public view after surviving double pneumonia and it is unclear whether he will take any part in the celebrations. Doctors have prescribed the 88-year-old pontiff …
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(Adds dropped reporting credit to April 5 story) By Anna Koper, Marek Strzelecki, Filipp Lebedev and Andrius Sytas WARSAW (Reuters) -Fake cosmetics, massage pillows and sex toys. Crude homemade explosives. A Russian known as Warrior. A code word: Mary. These are among the key elements of a suspected Russian-run sabotage plot that led to three …
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Commission said it will take the necessary time to assess US President Donald Trump’s announcement on Wednesday about a pause in US tariffs. “The European Commission will now take the necessary time to assess this latest development, in close consultation with our Member States and industry, before deciding on next …
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ZURICH (Reuters) – Swiss Economy Minister Guy Parmelin said on Thursday there are no negotiations yet with the United States over trade following the U.S. government’s decision to announce tariffs last week. Switzerland was shocked to initially be hit with steeper U.S. import tariffs than the European Union, until President Donald Trump temporarily reduced most …
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ATHENS – Europe and the United States could reach a “win-win” trade deal which could be beneficial to both parties, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said in an interview published late on Wednesday. In a stunning reversal, Trump said on Wednesday he would temporarily lower the hefty duties he had just imposed on dozens of …
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KYIV (Reuters) -Russian drones attacked the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv and the southern city of Mykolaiv overnight, injuring at least 12 people, authorities said on Thursday. Two women were injured in the capital, where drones also sparked a fire at a storage facility and damaged residential buildings, the Kyiv city military administration said. The Ukrainian …
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MADRID (Reuters) – Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Thursday the decision by the U.S. President Donald Trump to pause the enforcement of his broad tariffs plan paved the way to possible talks, though he remained cautious about the details. “The measure announced by the U.S. administration, pending the exact nuances of its implementation, …
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By Lucy Craymer WELLINGTON (Reuters) – New Zealand’s parliament on Thursday comprehensively rejected a bill aimed at reinterpreting the principles of the country’s founding agreement following months of protest and debate over the place of indigenous Maori in the Pacific nation. The Treaty of Waitangi, first signed in 1840 between the British Crown and more …
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By Phil Stewart PANAMA CITY (Reuters) – U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said it was up to Iran to decide whether the recent U.S. movement of B-2 bombers was a message to Tehran, as he voiced hope that U.S.-Iran negotiations over Tehran’s nuclear program could be resolved peacefully. As many as six B-2 bombers relocated …
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