MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia and the United States will discuss resuming a deal to ensure the safety of merchant shipping in the Black Sea, the Kremlin said on Monday, noting that what Moscow saw as key parts of an earlier agreement on the subject were never implemented. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that the “Black …
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Kremlin said on Monday that a Russian moratorium on striking energy infrastructure in Ukraine remained in place despite reports of continued Ukrainian attacks on Russian energy infrastructure targets. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters that Russia was monitoring the situation and that the United States was able to do the same …
By ANGELOS TSATSIS and STELIOS MISINAS SANTORINI, Greece (Reuters) – Greece’s tourism jewel, Santorini, welcomed its first cruise ship of the year on Sunday after thousands of small earthquakes in February created a state of emergency, forced thousands to flee and had locals fearing the season would be lost. Millions of tourists flock to Santorini …
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By John Revill ZURICH, Switzerland (Reuters) – Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter and France soccer great Michel Platini will appear before a Swiss court on Tuesday to hear whether the case that finished their careers in football will end with their acquittals or convictions for corruption. The pair, once among the most powerful figures in …
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By Pavel Polityuk and Pesha Magid KYIV/RIYADH (Reuters) -Ukrainian and U.S. delegations discussed on Sunday proposals to protect energy facilities and critical infrastructure, Ukraine’s defence minister said, part of a diplomatic push by U.S. President Donald Trump to end three years of war. The meeting in Saudi Arabia, which precedes talks on Monday between the …
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(Reuters) – Russia launched its third consecutive overnight air attack on Kyiv, wounding one person and damaging several houses in the region surrounding the Ukrainian capital, a Kyiv’s regional governor said on Monday. A 37-year-old person received shrapnel wounds in his upper body and head, governor Mykola Kalashnyk said in a post on Telegram messaging …
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By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Maayan Lubell CAIRO/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -An Israeli airstrike at a hospital in Gaza on Sunday killed five people, including a Hamas political leader, Palestinian medics and Hamas said, in an attack Israel said had targeted a key figure in the militant group. The Gaza Health Ministry said the strike hit the surgery …
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PARIS (Reuters) – Parisians voted in a referendum on Sunday to pedestrianise a further 500 of the city’s streets, giving fresh momentum to efforts by the French capital’s left-leaning town hall to curb car usage and improve air quality. Some 65.96% of Parisians voted in favour of the measure, while 34.04% rejected it, official results …
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By Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff expressed optimism on Sunday ahead of high-stakes talks in Saudi Arabia over the war in Ukraine and said he believed Russian President Vladimir Putin wanted to end the three-year-old conflict. “I feel that he wants peace,” Witkoff told Fox News Sunday. A U.S. delegation is …
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By Michaela Cabrera and Clotaire Achi PARIS (Reuters) – Parisians vote in a referendum on Sunday to decide whether an extra 500 of the city’s streets should be pedestrianised and greened, in a new push by the French capital’s left-leaning town hall to curb car usage and improve air quality. This is the third such …
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