By Joshua McElwee VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis has shown a “slight improvement”, is alert and got out of bed to eat breakfast on Thursday, the Vatican said, as the pontiff spent his seventh day in hospital battling pneumonia. The 88-year-old pontiff is undergoing treatment at Rome’s Gemelli hospital, where he was admitted on …
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By Michel Rose PARIS (Reuters) – France’s top administrative court has upheld a decision to shut down popular TV channel C8 for repeated failures to respect human rights and protect minors, causing an outcry among some right-wing politicians who alleged an assault on free speech. The C8 channel is part of the Canal+ group owned …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia and the United States have had their first meeting since the start of the Ukraine war, aimed at restoring relations and preparing the ground for ending the conflict. What is known so far about what was discussed? UKRAINE WAR U.S. President Donald Trump says he wants to quickly end the war. …
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(Reuters) – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Thursday met the U.S. envoy for the war in Ukraine Keith Kellogg, the RBC-Ukraine outlet reported, but their following joint news conference was cancelled at the U.S.’s request, Zelenskiy’s office said. (Reporting by Tom Balmforth, Yuliia Dysa; Editing by Hugh Lawson)
By Aaditya GovindRao, Byron Kaye and Sneha Kumar (Reuters) – Children in Australia are able to easily bypass the minimum age limit imposed by social media platforms, a report by the country’s online safety regulator showed on Thursday, ahead of a landmark ban by the government on access for those under 16. ESafety’s report combined …
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PRAGUE (Reuters) – A teenaged attacker killed two women with a knife in a shopping centre in the Czech city of Hradec Kralove on Thursday before being detained shortly afterwards, police said. Police were investigating the motive for the attack in the city 110 km (68 miles) east of Prague. “Although we were on the …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Kazakhstan has pumped record high oil volumes despite damage on its main export route via Russia, the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC), industry sources said on Thursday. Oil and gas condensate production in Kazakhstan was around 2.12 million barrels per day (bpd) on February 19, the sources said, citing official data, which has …
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(Reuters) – Ukrainian foreign minister Andrii Sybiha said on Thursday he had discussed ways to achieve a just and lasting peace in the conflict with Russia in talks with U.S. special envoy Keith Kellogg. Kellogg’s visit to Kyiv comes at a difficult time in diplomatic terms for Ukraine after U.S. President Donald Trump effectively ended …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House continued to press Kyiv on Thursday with its efforts to bring an end to the Russia-Ukraine conflict, urging it to rein in criticism and quickly sign a minerals deal pushed by U.S. President Donald Trump. “They need to tone it down and take a hard look and sign that …
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LONDON/ATHENS (Reuters) – Italian and Greek authorities are investigating two separate incidents involving tankers that were damaged in January and February, the vessels’ Athens-based operator Thenamaris said. Thenamaris said on Wednesday the Seajewel tanker had suspended routine cargo operations on February 15 and that there had been “no harm to the environment as a result …
