MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian forces took control of two more settlements in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region, Russia’s Defence Ministry said on Saturday, the latest in a series of gains it has reported in its steady advance westward. The ministry statement said Russian forces were now in control of Petropavlivka, a village between the towns of …
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By Vladyslav Smilianets and Gleb Garanich KYIV (Reuters) -Russian forces unleashed a combined drone and missile strike on the Ukrainian capital Kyiv early on Saturday, killing three people, while two other attacks in the country’s south killed three more, officials said. In Kyiv, explosions boomed across the pre-dawn sky as air defences activated against the …
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KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine on Saturday claimed a pair of attacks on oil depots in western Russia, the latest salvo in Kyiv’s air campaign against strategic targets on Russian soil. Kyiv’s General Staff said its forces had struck storage facilities overnight in the Kaluga and Tula regions. Damages were still being assessed, it said in …
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(This Jan. 15 story has been refiled with an amended comment from the WEF Managing Director in paragraph 4) By Elisa Martinuzzi LONDON (Reuters) – Armed conflict is the top risk in 2025, a World Economic Forum (WEF) survey released on Wednesday showed, a reminder of the deepening global fragmentation as government and business leaders …
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BERLIN (Reuters) – Opposition leader Friedrich Merz, the frontrunner to become Germany’s next chancellor, said the second presidency of Donald Trump would bring clarity for the European Union as he hosted conservative EU heavyweights in Berlin. “I think Trump is very predictable,” Merz said at a press conference alongside Manfred Weber, head of the conservative …
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(Reuters) -A Ukrainian drone attack triggered a fire late on Friday in Russia’s Kaluga region south of Moscow, and social media sites showed video footage of what they described as an oil storage depot ablaze. Kaluga regional Governor Vladislav Shapsha said on Telegram that a fire had broken out after an industrial site was hit …
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ROME (Reuters) – Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni will attend U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration on Monday, officials from her office said on Friday, in a trip that should further strengthen her ties with the U.S. leader. Meloni paid a flying visit to Trump earlier this month at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, winning praise …
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By Michelle Nichols and Emma Farge UNITED NATIONS/GENEVA (Reuters) – Attacks on aid convoys in the Gaza Strip by looters and armed gangs could decline as humanitarian relief floods the area after the truce takes effect between Israel and Palestinian militants, the head of the U.N. Palestinian relief agency UNRWA said on Friday. He said …
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BELGRADE (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of anti-government protesters in Belgrade on Friday stood in silence in front of the state television RTS building for 15 minutes to commemorate victims of a railway station roof collapse for which they blame Serbian authorities. The protest was organised and led by students of the Belgrade state university …
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By Mark Trevelyan LONDON (Reuters) -Three lawyers for the late opposition leader Alexei Navalny were found guilty by a Russian court on Friday of belonging to an extremist group and sentenced to years in a penal colony. Igor Sergunin, Alexei Liptser and Vadim Kobzev were arrested in October 2023 and added the following month to …
