KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday that Russia launched more than 200 drones in an overnight attack, the largest of the war, as he condemned Russia’s “aerial terror” and called for unity among Ukraine’s allies. “Every day, our people stand against aerial terror,” he wrote on X. “On the eve of …
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By Dmitry Antonov MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Kremlin praised the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday for trying to understand the “root causes” of the Ukraine conflict and bring an end to it, in what it said was a marked contrast with the approach of Europe. The comments are one of the Kremlin’s …
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BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s Robert Habeck, who had run in Sunday’s election as the chancellor candidate for the environmentalist Greens, said he would no longer take a leading role in his party after what he described as a disappointing result. “This result does not meet my expectations. It is not a good result,” Habeck, also …
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By Olivia Le Poidevin and Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) – United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Monday that countries must work to bring an end to the Russia-Ukraine war, calling for a just and lasting peace on the third anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. “We must spare no effort to bring an end …
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BERLIN (Reuters) -Germany’s opposition conservatives won a national election on Sunday, putting leader Friedrich Merz on track to be the next chancellor while the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) came second with its best-ever result, projected results showed. Following is international reaction to the results. U.S. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP ON TRUTH SOCIAL “Much like the …
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Kremlin said on Monday it would have to wait and see how ties between Russia and any new German government evolved after Sunday’s election victory for Friedrich Merz’s conservatives, saying there could be areas of cooperation of mutual interest. Merz, 69, is set to become Germany’s next chancellor after his CDU/CSU …
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BERLIN (Reuters) – The leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), the second largest party in parliament after Sunday’s election, said Germany’s likely next chancellor would be held hostage by left-wing parties that would seek to loosen tough fiscal rules. The AfD’s Alice Weidel compared the country’s finances to those of a company, saying …
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BERLIN (Reuters) -Germany’s election delivered a win to the conservative opposition as well as a historic surge in support for the far-right AfD party. Here is a breakdown in graphics showing trends between male and female voters as well as different age groups and regions, according to preliminary results. THE OUTCOME The CDU/CSU conservative bloc …
PARIS (Reuters) – A blast was heard on Monday near the Russian consulate in the French southern port city of Marseille and firemen were at the site, local media report. French police could not immediately confirm the reports. (Reporting by Marc Leras Dominique Vidalon; editing by Richard Lough)
By Joshua McElwee VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis, battling double pneumonia, remains in a critical condition for a second day running and has shown an “initial, slight insufficiency” in his kidney function, the Vatican said on Sunday. The prognosis for the 88-year-old pope, who required a transfusion of two units of blood on Saturday …
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