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Trump envoy Witkoff’s plane crosses into Russia, TASS cites Flightradar

13 Mar 2025 13 Mar 2025

MOSCOW (Reuters) – The plane of U.S. President Donald Trump’s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, has crossed the Russia border, state-run TASS news agency said on Thursday citing flights-tracking service Flightradar. Witkoff, who is officially Trump’s Middle East envoy, has played a growing role in efforts to bring about an end to the three-year-old Ukraine war. …

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Duterte takes responsibility for Philippines drug war, anticipates long ICC battle

13 Mar 2025 13 Mar 2025

MANILA (Reuters) – Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said he takes full responsibility for his administration’s “war on drugs”, in a video message posted on his Facebook account, as he braces for a legal battle at the International Criminal Court. “Whatever happened in the past, I will be the front of our law enforcement and …

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Russia lays out demands for talks with US on Ukraine, sources say

13 Mar 2025 13 Mar 2025

By Erin Banco and Jonathan Landay NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Russia has presented the U.S. with a list of demands for a deal to end its war against Ukraine and reset relations with Washington, according to two people familiar with the matter. It is not clear what exactly Moscow included on its list or whether …

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Russian attack on Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk region injures three, local officials say

13 Mar 2025 13 Mar 2025

KYIV (Reuters) – An overnight Russian attack on Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk region injured three people and targeted energy facilities of the state railways, according to local officials. The attack on Dnipro, which injured three women who were hospitalized, also blew out over 100 windows in the city’s apartment buildings, governor Serhiy Lysak wrote on Telegram. The …

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Russia’s FSB says it thwarted attacks against military and officials, Interfax says

13 Mar 2025 13 Mar 2025

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Thursday it had prevented a series of attacks against military and civil servants, the Interfax news agency reported. According to the FSB, “Ukrainian special services” planned to send explosive devices in parcels by mail. (Reporting by Reuters; Writing by Anastasia Teterevleva; editing by Guy Faulconbridge)

Turkey could be a vital partner as Europe, Ukraine seek new security framework

13 Mar 2025 13 Mar 2025

By Tuvan Gumrukcu ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey has emerged as a key potential partner in restructuring European security, diplomats and analysts say, as Europe scrambles to bolster its defence and find guarantees for Ukraine under any forthcoming ceasefire deal urged by the United States. European countries have been unsettled by U.S. President Donald Trump’s plan …

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UK pollution fears ease after cargo ship crash, Russian captain still in detention

13 Mar 2025 13 Mar 2025

By Jonathan Saul and Sarah Young LONDON (Reuters) – Fears of an environmental disaster eased on Wednesday, two days after a container ship ploughed into a stationary U.S. fuel tanker off northeast England, as the vessel’s owner said the detained captain was a Russian national. The Portuguese-flagged Solong had crashed with no obvious explanation into …

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Ireland donates $16 million to Brazil’s Amazon Fund

12 Mar 2025 12 Mar 2025

SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Ireland announced on Wednesday a donation of 15 million euros ($16.3 million) to Brazil’s Amazon Fund, the Brazilian government said. The donation to the fund, which aims to stop deforestation and preserve the world’s largest tropical rainforest, will be made over the next three years, Brazil’s Environment Ministry said in a …

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Germany regains status as free of foot-and-mouth disease, ministry says

12 Mar 2025 12 Mar 2025

HAMBURG (Reuters) – Germany has regained its status as free of foot-and-mouth disease in most areas of the country, opening the way for the lifting of export restrictions on meat and dairy products, Germany’s agriculture ministry said on Wednesday. Germany announced the country’s first outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in nearly 40 years on January 10 …

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Analysis-Ceasefire gambit hands Ukraine quick wins, but fundamental issues remain

12 Mar 2025 12 Mar 2025

By Tom Balmforth and Max Hunder LONDON/KYIV (Reuters) – By agreeing to Washington’s ceasefire proposal, Ukraine achieved some major short-term objectives, not least salvaging a tattered relationship with President Donald Trump, though the underlying issues at the heart of the conflict with Russia remain unresolved. Washington resumed military aid and intelligence sharing in a boost …

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