By Mark Trevelyan LONDON (Reuters) -Russian military analysts are hunting for scapegoats after Ukraine stunned Moscow with weekend drone attacks that destroyed a number of strategic bomber planes, weakening a key component of Russia’s nuclear arsenal. Aerospace forces commander-in-chief Viktor Afzalov and former defence minister Sergei Shoigu – now secretary of Russia’s Security Council – …
By Jack Queen NEW YORK (Reuters) -A prosecutor on Wednesday told jurors in Harvey Weinstein’s Manhattan retrial that the evidence clearly showed the former movie mogul raped three women, pushing back on a defense lawyer’s efforts to paint the accusers as liars. Prosecutor Nicole Blumberg picked up where she left off during closing arguments the …
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SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) -A jury in El Salvador sentenced three retired high-ranking military officers to 15 years in prison for the murder of four Dutch journalists in 1982, one of the highest profile cases of the Central American nation’s civil war. The three were charged on Tuesday for the killings of journalists Koos Joster, Jan …
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By Jessie Pang and Yimou Lee HONG KONG/TAIPEI (Reuters) -Security was tight in Hong Kong and activists faced pressure from police on the 36th anniversary of China’s bloody 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators in Tiananmen Square, which Taiwan and the United States said must never be forgotten. The events on and around the central Beijing …
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OSLO (Reuters) -Morten Harket, the lead singer of Norwegian band A-ha, whose “Take On Me” track remains one of the most popular songs from the 1980s, said on Wednesday that he had been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. In a statement on the band’s website, and confirmed by record label Sony Music, Harket, 65, said he …
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By Guy Faulconbridge and Dmitry Antonov MOSCOW (Reuters) -Moscow said on Wednesday that military options were “on the table” for its response to Ukrainian attacks deep inside Russia and accused the West of being involved in them. Russia also urged the United States and Britain to restrain Kyiv after the attacks, which Ukrainian officials have …
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(Adds byline) By Alexander Cornwell (Reuters) -The United States and the United Arab Emirates have agreed to start negotiations for a potential bilateral trade agreement that could ease tariffs on the Gulf state’s steel and aluminium industry, according to four people familiar with the matter. Emirati officials discussed the possibility of a trade agreement with …
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By Cassandra Garrison MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Judges aligned with Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum’s ruling Morena political party are expected to dominate the country’s Supreme Court after a vote that critics feared would weaken checks and balances on the executive branch’s power. Sunday’s unprecedented election will usher in nine Supreme Court justices, reduced from 11 previously …
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By Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA (Reuters) -Global trade tensions could disrupt ocean goods trade and will push up the price of seafood in the United States, a major importer of fish, according to a report from the United Nations trade agency published on Wednesday. U.S. President Donald Trump has imposed 10% tariffs on nearly all …
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(Corrects typo in ‘ally’ in first paragraph) BEIJING (Reuters) -Chinese President Xi Jinping praised Belarus as a true friend of China as he met Alexander Lukashenko, the leader of the sanctions-hit European nation, on Wednesday and urged the Russian ally to join Beijing in opposing “hegemony and bullying”. Lukashenko’s visit to Beijing was his first …
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