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Russia accuses Ukraine of “provocative” attacks on energy facilities

3 Apr 2025

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova accused Ukraine on Thursday of launching “provocative” attacks on Russian energy facilities despite a moratorium brokered by the United States. Ukraine also accuses Russia of violating the energy truce, which Washington last month persuaded both sides to accept. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said this week that Kyiv …

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China, EU agree to restart talks soon on minimum price commitment on Chinese EVs, commerce ministry says

3 Apr 2025

BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s commerce ministry said on Thursday that China and the EU have agreed to restart talks on minimum price commitment on Chinese EVs as soon as possible during a meeting with EU trade chief last week. Chinese Commerce Minister Wang Wentao and EU trade chief Maros Sefcovic last week also agreed to …

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EU’s Kallas: EU countries already providing over 50% Ukraine’s ammunition needs

3 Apr 2025

WARSAW (Reuters) – European countries are already providing more than half of Ukraine’s ammunition needs, recently put at two million rounds by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said on Thursday. “These things are moving very well (…) we need to get the help to Ukraine as fast as possible. …

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Taiwan details surge in Chinese activity on last day of war games

3 Apr 2025

TAIPEI (Reuters) -Taiwan’s defence ministry on Thursday detailed a surge in Chinese military activity as Beijing wrapped up a second day of war games overnight Wednesday, saying it had detected 59 warplanes and 23 navy ships operating around the island. China, which views democratically ruled Taiwan as its own territory despite the objections of the …

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Analysis-Myanmar’s deadly earthquake may bring diplomatic payoff for junta chief

3 Apr 2025

By Devjyot Ghoshal and Panu Wongcha-um BANGKOK (Reuters) -Myanmar’s deadliest natural disaster in years has strengthened the position of ruling general, Min Aung Hlaing, by opening diplomatic channels closed for four years after his junta ousted an elected government to unleash a brutal civil war. Just before last week’s earthquake of magnitude 7.7 that killed …

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Eleven more Ukrainian children return home from Russia, Russian-held areas

3 Apr 2025

(Reuters) – Eleven more Ukrainian children have been brought home from parts of Russia and Russian-occupied Ukraine where they had been taken without permission, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s chief of staff said on Wednesday. “Today we have one more piece of good news,” Andriy Yermak, the chief of staff, wrote on the Telegram messaging app. “Within …

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Putin envoy Dmitriev, Trump envoy Witkoff meet in Washington

3 Apr 2025

By Erin Banco, Humeyra Pamuk and Gleb Stolyarov WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin’s investment envoy Kirill Dmitriev met with U.S. officials in Washington on Wednesday as the Trump administration continues to press Russia and Ukraine to agree to a ceasefire, two U.S. officials familiar with the matter said. Dmitriev, a Stanford-educated former Goldman Sachs investment …

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Switzerland flags importance of international law after tariff hit

3 Apr 2025

(Reuters) – The Swiss government on Wednesday underlined the importance of respecting international law after U.S. President Donald Trump put higher tariffs on the export-oriented Alpine country than the European Union in a major trade policy announcement. Trump presented figures saying the United States would apply a 31% tariff on imports from Switzerland compared with …

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Hamas will not respond to Israel’s counter Gaza ceasefire proposal, official says

2 Apr 2025

By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Jaidaa Taha CAIRO (Reuters) – Hamas decided not to respond or engage with Israel’s counter-proposal for a ceasefire in Gaza, an official told Reuters on Wednesday, affirming it is committed to the mediators’ plan instead. Israel said on March 29 it conveyed to the mediators a counter-proposal in full coordination with …

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Police take down ‘Kidflix’ child abuse platform, Europol says

2 Apr 2025

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Police shut down one of the largest paedophile networks in the world last month in an operation spanning 35 countries, the EU’s law enforcement agency Europol said on Wednesday. Europol said 79 suspects had been arrested for sharing and distributing child sexual abuse material on a platform known as Kidflix. Some of …

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