By Max Hunder and Pavel Polityuk KYIV (Reuters) -Washington’s suspension of military assistance will not lead to a sudden collapse of Ukraine’s defensive lines, but it could have a real impact on the war within months, undermining air defences and precision strike capabilities in particular. U.S. deliveries of military aid via Ukraine’s western border halted …
By Olena Harmash KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine is “firmly determined” to continue cooperation with the United States, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said on Tuesday following the news that Washington paused its crucial military aid. Shmyhal said Ukrainian forces could hold the situation on the battlefield as they fight Russian troops despite the pause in U.S. supplies. …
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COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Norway will extradite a man to Rwanda on the East African country’s request, to stand trial on charges of committing murder during the 1994 Rwanda genocide, Norwegian police said on Tuesday. The Oslo district court ruled in September 2023 that the conditions for extradition had been met, and Norway’s supreme court in …
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By Kinda Makieh and Suleiman Al-Khalidi DAMASCUS/AMMAN (Reuters) -Syrian security forces searched for suspects in the city of Latakia on Tuesday, residents said, after two defence ministry members were killed in an attack blamed by state media on remnants of Bashar al-Assad’s ousted government. The coastal region of Latakia area has emerged as one of …
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() LONDON (Reuters) – For the past two months, tech billionaire Elon Musk has promoted Germany’s far-right party in at least two dozen posts on his X platform, interviewed its leader, and told his 219 million followers it was the country’s “only hope.” Yet Musk’s support for Alternative fur Deutschland played little part in the …
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BERLIN (Reuters) – The International Olympic Committee must take a leadership role on the participation of transgender athletes to protect women’s sport, IOC presidential candidate Juan Antonio Samaranch said on Tuesday. The 65-year-old Samaranch, an IOC vice-president, is one of seven candidates, campaigning to replace outgoing president Thomas Bach in elections on March 20. “The …
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By Ahmed Rasheed, Maha El Dahan and Nerijus Adomaitis BAGHDAD/DUBAI (Reuters) – Talks to speed a resumption in oil exports from Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region have been delayed until Thursday because of disagreements over terms between oil companies and the oil ministry, three sources told Reuters. The meeting had been scheduled for Tuesday but initial …
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By Steven Scheer JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich left for high-level talks in the U.S. on Tuesday, leaving behind a growing coalition crisis with ultra-Orthodox parties who say they have been denied promised 2025 budget allocations. The parties, which could bring Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government down if they left the coalition, …
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By Alasdair Pal and Christine Chen SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s gender pay gap has narrowed slightly but women are still paid nearly a fifth less than men, with the finance, mining and construction industries showing the biggest differences, a government report found. The Workplace Gender Equality Agency survey also showed that 72.2% of employers had …
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ISTANBUL (Reuters) -A Turkish court formally arrested an Istanbul district mayor from the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) over alleged tender-rigging, state-owned Anadolu news agency said on Tuesday, amid a crackdown on opposition figures. Beykoz Mayor Alaattin Koseler was detained by police on Thursday under the orders of an Istanbul prosecutor. In total 22 …
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