MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia accused Ukraine on Friday of carrying out a missile strike on a supermarket in the Russian-controlled city of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine. Denis Pushilin, who heads the parts of Donetsk region controlled by Russia, said on Telegram that he had “confirmed information” that four people were injured in the attack in the …
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(Reuters) -Moldova’s Moscow-backed separatist region of Transdniestria extended its state of emergency on Friday for another month as it grapples with an energy crisis after losing access to Russian gas supplies that had propped up its economy for decades. Russia’s Gazprom suspended gas exports to Transdniestria on Jan. 1, citing unpaid Moldovan debts of $709 …
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By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives voted on Thursday to sanction the International Criminal Court in protest at its arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former defense minister over Israel’s campaign in Gaza. The vote was 243 to 140 in favor of the “Illegitimate Court Counteraction …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy discussed on Friday Washington’s support for Ukraine, new U.S. sanctions against Russia and boosting Ukrainian air defenses, Zelenskiy said. Zelenskiy, in a social media post, thanked Biden for Washington’s support in Ukraine’s nearly three-year war with Russia and for “the vital role the United …
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WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden’s administration on Friday renewed deportation relief that currently covers 900,000 immigrants from Venezuela, El Salvador, Ukraine and Sudan, a move that would delay any attempts by President-elect Donald Trump to sunset those protections. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) extended enrollment in the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) program for …
(Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Friday welcomed new U.S. sanctions against Russia’s oil sector and its so-called shadow tanker fleet. “These measures deliver a significant blow to the financial foundation of Russia’s war machine by disrupting its entire supply chain,” he said on X. Zelenskiy, writing later on X, expressed thanks for British …
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BERLIN (Reuters) -The European Union Aviation Safety Agency issued a new alert on Thursday warning non-European carriers not to fly within western Russia airspace due to the risk of being unintentionally targeted by its air-defence systems. Russia’s civil aviation authority, Rosaviatsiya, denounced the alert as a new imposition of sanctions on Russian companies and an …
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BRATISLAVA (Reuters) – Thousands of protesters in the Slovak capital held banners and chanted slogans on Friday accusing Prime Minister Robert Fico of dragging the country towards Russia after he met President Vladimir Putin last month amid a gas dispute with Ukraine. Slovakia has argued with Ukraine over its decision to halt the transit of …
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LONDON (Reuters) -The family of Thai businessman Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, who died when his helicopter crashed in 2018, said on Friday it had made a 2.15 billion pound ($2.65 billion) legal claim against Italian defence company Leonardo in a London court. The action, which claims for loss of earnings and other damages, represented the largest fatal …
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ZURICH (Reuters) -Switzerland has demanded more information from authorities in Iran after a Swiss citizen died in prison in the Islamic Republic. A Swiss national who was arrested in Iran and accused of spying took his own life in prison on Thursday, the chief justice of Iran’s Semnan province was quoted as saying by the …
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