By John Irish and Charlotte Van Campenhout MUNICH (Reuters) – Europe needs a special envoy for Ukraine to ensure it gets a meaningful role in any peace process, two European leaders said on Sunday after the continent was ruled out as a partner in talks by U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration. Europe will not have …
By Jonathan Landay and Steve Holland MUNICH/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. and Russian officials will meet in Saudi Arabia in the coming days to start talks aimed at ending Moscow’s nearly three-year war in Ukraine, a U.S. lawmaker and a source familiar with the planning said on Saturday. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, who met with U.S. …
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(Reuters) – Irish jockey Michael O’Sullivan died on Sunday, 10 days after sustaining injuries in a fall at Thurles Racecourse in Ireland, the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (IHRB) said. O’Sullivan, aged 24, who has ridden 90 winners in Ireland and five in Britain, and his mount Wee Charlie were one of three fallers at the …
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WARSAW (Reuters) – European countries will not create one unified army in response to threats from Russia, Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski said in an interview with state TV broadcast late on Saturday. Earlier on Saturday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy called for the creation of a European army, saying the continent could no longer be …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – A speaker of the Russian parliament said on Sunday that the events at the Munich Security Conference showed that the European Union was incompetent, did not understand what was happening in the world and faced crisis. The United States shocked European leaders by saying that Ukraine’s place was not in NATO, that …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio discussed the situation in Ukraine on Saturday, as well as the removal of “unilateral barriers” set by the previous U.S. administration, Moscow said. U.S. and Russian officials are to start talks in the coming days on ending Moscow’s war in Ukraine …
By Jonathan Landay, Tom Balmforth and Dan Peleschuk MUNICH (Reuters) -President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Saturday a draft minerals deal with Washington did not contain the security provisions that Kyiv needed and three sources said the United States had proposed taking ownership of 50% of Ukraine’s critical minerals. The negotiations illustrate the perilous diplomatic waters …
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By Ivana Sekularac KRAGUJEVAC, Serbia (Reuters) -Tens of thousands of students marched into the central Serbian city of Kragujevac on Saturday, demanding justice after a deadly railway disaster, in one of the biggest shows of anger against the government. In the three months since 15 people were killed when a roof collapsed at a newly-renovated …
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By Joshua McElwee ROME (Reuters) -Pope Francis, who is receiving treatment in hospital for a respiratory tract infection, will not appear in public on Sunday to lead his usual weekly prayer with pilgrims, the Vatican said. The pontiff, 88, has been suffering from bronchitis for more than a week and was admitted to Rome’s Gemelli …
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By John Irish and Lili Bayer MUNICH (Reuters) – The United States has asked European nations what they can contribute in terms of security guarantees for Ukraine, Finland’s president said on Saturday, amid escalating diplomatic efforts to find ways to end the three-year war with Russia. Earlier, four European sources said the U.S. had sent …
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