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Russian attacks overnight kill one, injure three in Ukraine, officials say

2 Mar 2025

(Reuters) – Russian shelling overnight killed one person and injured two more in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk and Russian forces attacked Ukraine with 79 drones, Ukraine’s authorities said on Sunday. “Kramatorsk was subjected to hostile shelling – residential district,” city Mayor Oleksandr Goncharenko wrote on the Telegram messaging app. “A boy born in …

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Rubio signs declaration to expedite delivery of $4 billion in military aid to Israel

2 Mar 2025

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Saturday he had signed a declaration to expedite delivery of approximately $4 billion in military assistance to Israel. The Trump administration, which took office on January 20, has approved nearly $12 billion in major foreign military sales to Israel, Rubio said in a statement, …

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Uruguay shifts to center-left as Orsi takes office

2 Mar 2025

By Lucinda Elliott MONTEVIDEO (Reuters) – Uruguay is set for a political shift to the center-left as Yamandu Orsi took office on Saturday as the country’s next president. Orsi, a 57-year-old former mayor backed by leftist ex-President Jose “Pepe” Mujica, narrowly won the November election against the ruling center-right coalition.   As a moderate, Orsi has …

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David Johansen, influential singer for proto-punk New York Dolls, dead at 75

1 Mar 2025

By Frank McGurty NEW YORK (Reuters) – David Johansen, the former lead singer for the New York Dolls, whose unvarnished sound and flamboyant style helped inspire punk and glam rock in the 1970s, has died at age 75, his wife Mara Hennessey said on Saturday. “We had a marvelous adventure of a life together,” she …

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Ukrainians face new reality after Trump-Zelenskiy clash

1 Mar 2025

By Dan Peleschuk and Yurii Kovalenko KYIV (Reuters) -Ukrainians faced a daunting new reality on Saturday following the White House clash between President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and U.S. President Donald Trump which plunged ties between Kyiv and its top military backer to a new low. Friday’s confrontation flared over differing visions of how to end Russia’s …

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Iraq invites global oil firms for talks on Kurdistan contracts

1 Mar 2025

DUBAI (Reuters) – Iraq’s Ministry of Oil said on Saturday it had invited global foreign companies operating under the Association of the Petroleum Industry of Kurdistan (APIKUR) umbrella, along with firms contracted by the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), to a meeting in Baghdad on March 4. The talks are set to address issues related to …

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Treasury chief urges Canada, Mexico to match US tariffs on China as deadline looms

1 Mar 2025

By David Lawder and Jasper Ward WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent encouraged Canada on Friday to follow Mexico in matching U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods as the two U.S. neighbors sought to avoid punishing 25% U.S. tariffs due on Tuesday over fentanyl trafficking. Canadian and Mexican officials have fanned out across Washington seeking …

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Trump and Zelenskiy clash, leaving Ukraine exposed in war with Russia

1 Mar 2025

By Steve Holland, Nandita Bose, Jeff Mason and Tom Balmforth WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s meeting with Donald Trump ended in disaster on Friday, after the two leaders clashed in an extraordinary exchange before the world’s media at the White House over the war with Russia. Zelenskiy had seen the meeting in the Oval …

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