By John Irish and Michel Rose PARIS (Reuters) -Ukraine signed a letter of intent with France to obtain 100 Rafale warplanes over the next 10 years, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday as he seeks to bolster the country’s long-term military capacity to fight Russia’s invasion. Zelenskiy is visiting Paris for talks with President Emmanuel …
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By Samia Nakhoul DUBAI (Reuters) -On his first White House visit since the killing of Saudi critic Jamal Khashoggi sparked global outrage, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is on a mission to reclaim his place on the world stage and prove to President Donald Trump that backing his forceful leadership was worth the gamble. Tuesday’s …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian air defence forces destroyed 36 Ukrainian drones over seven Russian regions overnight on Monday, the defence ministry said. Denis Pushilin, the top Russian-backed official in Donetsk, said an attack by Ukrainian strike drones on energy infrastructure had left roughly 500,000 people without power across several districts. Work was continuing to restore the …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia said on Sunday its forces had moved forward sharply in Ukraine’s southeastern Zaporizhzhia region, taking two settlements as part of a major push aimed at taking control of the entire Zaporizhzhia region. With a smaller army than Russia’s, Ukraine has been grappling with how to bolster defences in the Donetsk region while …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia’s Novorossiysk port resumed oil loadings on Sunday after a two-day suspension triggered by a Ukrainian missile and drone attack, two industry sources said and LSEG data showed. Novorossiysk and a neighbouring Caspian Pipeline Consortium terminal temporarily suspended oil exports – equivalent to 2.2 million barrels per day, or 2% of global supply …
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JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday Israel remained opposed to a Palestinian state after protests by far-right coalition allies over a U.S.-backed statement indicating support for a pathway to Palestinian independence. Netanyahu spoke two days after Israel’s key ally the United States and many Muslim-majority nations endorsed a draft U.N. resolution backing …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich’s spokesperson said on Sunday that a criminal investigation launched by the Jersey authorities against him in 2022 was baseless and that he had been allowed to introduce “claims of conspiracy” against the government. In April 2022, the Royal Court of Jersey imposed a formal freezing order on $7 billion …
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(Reuters) -Ukraine is working to resume the exchange of prisoners with Russia, hoping for the release of 1,200 Ukrainians, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and his Security Council chief said. “We are … counting on the resumption of exchanges,” Zelenskiy said in a video posted on the Telegram messaging app on Sunday. “Many meetings, negotiations and calls …
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SKOPJE (Reuters) -Thousands gathered in the North Macedonian capital of Skopje on Saturday in protest over a night club fire in March which killed 63 people. Families of those killed and their supporters, holding pictures and dressed in black, demanded justice for the victims of the blaze, which broke out during a hip hop concert in …
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VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -The Vatican on Saturday returned 62 artefacts connected to the Indigenous peoples of Canada to the country’s Catholic bishops, offering what it called “a concrete sign of dialogue, respect and fraternity”, a statement said. Pope Leo gifted the objects to the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops following a meeting with its representatives …
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