KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine and Russia exchanged prisoners of war on Thursday, officials from both countries said, the latest round of swaps under an agreement struck in Istanbul. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy posted images of the freed Ukrainian troops, smiling and draped in the national flag, most of whom had been held captive since the early months …
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia and Ukraine have carried out another exchange of prisoners of war, Russian news agencies reported on Thursday, citing a statement from Russia’s Defence Ministry. (Editing by Andrew Osborn)
PAPOSO, Chile (Reuters) -In the cold seas off Chile’s arid northern coast an underwater forest teems with life. Towers of red and green seaweed float upwards from the sea floor, providing food for wildlife, income for locals – and oxygen and carbon capture for the planet. For scientists, these forests hold even more potential as …
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BEIRUT (Reuters) -A top U.S. official visiting the Lebanese capital on Thursday discouraged Tehran-backed armed group Hezbollah from intervening in the war between Iran and Israel, saying it would be a “very bad decision”. U.S. special envoy for Syria Thomas Barrack, who also serves as ambassador to Turkey, met Lebanese officials in Beirut as Iran …
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By Will Dunham (Reuters) -A new line of evidence is providing further corroboration of the antiquity of fossilized footprints discovered at White Sands National Park in New Mexico that rewrite the history of humans in the Americas. Researchers used a technique called radiocarbon dating to determine that organic matter in the remains of wetland muds …
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DAMASCUS (Reuters) -Syria this week carried out its first international bank transfer via the SWIFT international payment system since the outbreak of the country’s 14-year civil war, central bank governor Abdelkader Husriyeh said on Thursday, a milestone in Syria’s push to reintegrate into the global financial system. Husriyeh told Reuters in Damascus that a direct …
By Timour Azhari DAMASCUS (Reuters) -Syria has carried out its first international bank transaction via the SWIFT system since the outbreak of its 14-year civil war, its central bank governor said on Thursday, a milestone in Syria’s push to reintegrate into the global financial system. Central bank governor Abdelkader Husriyeh told Reuters in Damascus that …
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By Panu Wongcha-um and Panarat Thepgumpanat BANGKOK (Reuters) -After less than a year in office, Thailand’s Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra has her back to the wall – and little room left to manoeuvre. For months, the 38-year-old – the second woman and the youngest Thai to hold the position – has grappled with a faltering …
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By Steve Holland, Parisa Hafezi and Alexander Cornwell WASHINGTON/DUBAI/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -President Donald Trump kept the world guessing about whether the United States will join Israel’s bombardment of Iranian nuclear sites as the Israel-Iran conflict entered its seventh day on Thursday. Speaking to reporters outside the White House, Trump declined to say if he had made …
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By Aida Pelaez-Fernandez and Diego Oré MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Hurricane Erick strengthened rapidly into a major Category 3 hurricane on Wednesday as it churned toward Mexico’s southern Pacific Coast, where it is expected to make landfall early Thursday, authorities said. Erick is expected to bring potentially destructive winds and life-threatening flash flooding to parts of …
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