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Ukraine’s military urges tough response after attacks on draft officers

3 Feb 2025

By Max Hunder and Tom Balmforth KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s army chief condemned on Monday a spate of violent attacks on draft officers, rallying in defence of a national call-up effort that has fuelled anger among some Ukrainians and struggled to generate sufficient frontline manpower. The incidents, including the fatal shooting of a draft officer …

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French film director Ruggia found guilty of sexually abusing actress Haenel

3 Feb 2025

By Juliette Jabkhiro PARIS (Reuters) -A French court on Monday found French film director Christophe Ruggia guilty of sexually abusing actress Adele Haenel when she was underage, in one of the first #MeToo cases to emerge from French cinema. Ruggia, who had denied the allegations against him, will avoid jail. The court in Paris sentenced …

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French Socialists will not back no-confidence vote against Bayrou’s government -BFM

3 Feb 2025

PARIS (Reuters) – The French centre-left Socialist party will not back no-confidence motions against Prime Minister Francois Bayrou’s government, French TV BFM said on Monday, citing an intra-party meeting. French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou has said he will use special constitutional powers to pass the 2025 budget later on Monday, triggering a crucial no-confidence vote …

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East Ukrainian paramilitary leader killed in Moscow bomb blast

3 Feb 2025

MOSCOW (Reuters) – A pro-Russian paramilitary leader from eastern Ukraine, Armen Sarkisyan, was killed on Monday when a bomb tore through parts of a luxury apartment block in Moscow, state news agency TASS and other Russian media reported. TASS called the bombing a well-planned assassination. The bomb detonated just as Sarkisyan, accompanied by his bodyguards, …

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French film director Ruggia found guilty of sexually abusing actress Adele Haenel

3 Feb 2025

PARIS (Reuters) – A French court on Monday found French film director Christophe Ruggia guilty of sexually abusing actress Adele Haenel when she was underage and handed him a four-year sentence, two of which are suspended. In one of the first #MeToo cases to emerge in the French cinema, Haenel, a prize-winning actress in movies …

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Kremlin says it is too early to discuss four-way peace talks format proposed by Zelenskiy

3 Feb 2025

By Dmitry Antonov, Andrew Osborn MOSCOW (Reuters) -The Kremlin said on Monday it was too early to discuss a potential four-way peace talks format proposed by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and restated its concerns about his electoral mandate. Zelenskiy told the Associated Press news agency in an interview published on Saturday that he favoured four-way …

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My boss should not have kissed me, Spain’s Hermoso tells Rubiales trials

3 Feb 2025

By David Latona, Charlie Devereux and Emma Pinedo MADRID, Spain (Reuters) – Spanish women’s World Cup winner Jenni Hermoso confronted former soccer federation boss Luis Rubiales at his trial on Monday, saying she did not agree to the kiss that triggered a national backlash against sexism in sport. “I knew I was being kissed by …

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Russian court grants transfer of grain trader’s assets to the state

3 Feb 2025

MOSCOW (Reuters) – A Russian court has ruled to grant the lawsuit filed by the General Prosecutor’s Office to transfer all assets of Rodnie Polya, once the country’s leading grain trader, to the state, sources close to the company told Reuters. The hearing was held behind closed doors on Jan. 31, and the decision has …

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Russian court order puts state agency in charge of Moscow’s Domodedovo airport

3 Feb 2025

(Reuters) – A Moscow court has given Russia’s civil aviation authority, Rosaviatsiya, temporary control of all key services at Moscow’s Domodedovo Airport, court documents showed, an effective state seizure of the country’s third-largest airport. Domodedovo handled 9.2 million passengers between January and November last year. Its corporate structure is a set of assets all owned …

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