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By Radovan Stoklasa BRATISLAVA (Reuters) -Tens of thousands of protesters thronged a central square in the Slovak capital on Friday, waving banners opposing Prime Minister Robert Fico’s policy shift closer to Russia, after tensions between the government and the opposition rose. Organisers estimated 60,000 people attended the demonstration in Bratislava’s Freedom Square, about four times …

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By Vladyslav Smilianets and Sergiy Karazy (Reuters) – As snow fell in a wooded area of Ukraine, the long-range attack drones accelerated one by one down an unlit, abandoned road and their whirring engines propelled them into the night sky. The unmanned aircraft carrying explosive warheads are part of a Ukrainian campaign of long-range drone …

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By Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo (Reuters) – Donald Trump’s verbal threats towards Canada are paying off for one entrepreneur, after the new U.S. president’s belligerent approach gave him an idea. Liam Mooney, founder of an Ottawa-based design firm, made a hat emblazoned with “Canada is Not for Sale” in response to Trump’s tariff …

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JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israeli forces will remain in southern Lebanon beyond a 60-day deadline stipulated in a ceasefire deal with Hezbollah because its terms have not been fully implemented, the Israeli prime minister’s office said on Friday. Under the agreement, which took effect on Nov. 27, Hezbollah weapons and fighters must be removed from areas south …

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By Nidal al-Mughrabi and James Mackenzie CAIRO/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Palestinian militant group Hamas announced the names on Friday of four Israeli female soldier hostages to be released in exchange for Palestinian prisoners in the second swap under the ceasefire deal in Gaza. Karina Ariev, Daniela Gilboa, Naama Levy and Liri Albag, all members of a military …

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By Vladimir Soldatkin and Anastasia Lyrchikova MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that he and Donald Trump should meet to talk about the Ukraine war and energy prices, issues that the U.S. president has highlighted in the first five days of his new administration. Putin said, however, that there could be no …

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By Mike Stone (Reuters) – U.S. military equipment sales to foreign governments in 2024 surged 29% to a record $318.7 billion, the State Department said on Friday, as countries sought to replenish stocks sent to Ukraine and prepare for major conflicts. The figures from the Biden administration’s final year underpin expectations of stronger sales for …

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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s legendary cold winters are not what they used to be. Early snowdrops, mild January temperatures and a lack of ice on rivers and lakes are all unwelcome signs of climate change, according to plant scientists and meteorologists. Three out of 12 species of snowdrops have already bloomed in the botanical garden …

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