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By Kirsty Needham and and Lucy Craymer SYDNEY (Reuters) -The Solomon Islands’ decision to sign a security pact with China will not hurt or undermine peace and harmony in the region, Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare told parliament on Wednesday. Sogavare confirmed the pact had been signed by foreign ministers from the two countries, a day …

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(Reuters) – Russia launched its long-awaited all-out assault on east Ukraine, unleashing thousands of troops in what Ukraine described as the Battle of the Donbas, a campaign to seize two provinces and salvage a battlefield victory. FIGHTING * Ukraine’s defence ministry said the aim of Russia’s new offensive in eastern Ukraine was to seize all …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau pledged on Tuesday to send more artillery weaponry to Ukraine in the face of an all-out Russian assault on that country’s East. Biden spoke with Johnson, Trudeau and other allied leaders in a secure video call from the …

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By Elizabeth Piper KYIV (Reuters) – Mila Panchenko found herself on a station platform in southwest Russia after lack of food and water forced her to hand herself over to pro-Russian forces to escape the besieged Ukrainian city of Mariupol. At the station in Taganrog, a port on the Sea of Azov, she was put …

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By Matt Spetalnick WASHINGTON (Reuters) – American and Cuban officials are due to meet in Washington on Thursday to discuss migration concerns, people familiar with the matter said, in the highest-level formal U.S. talks with Havana since President Joe Biden took office last year. The meeting comes at a time when Biden’s administration is grappling …

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(Reuters) – Russian forces launched a new offensive push along most of Ukraine’s eastern flank on Monday and the “Battle of Donbas” has now begun, Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelenskiy and senior officials said. Ukraine’s army has been bracing for a new Russian assault on its eastern flank since Moscow withdrew its forces from near Kyiv …

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By Tassilo Hummel PARIS (Reuters) -A planned hijab ban if French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen is elected would come “little by little” and be determined by lawmakers, her allies said on Monday, marking a shift in tone less than a week ahead of the final presidential vote. The far-right core of Le Pen’s programme …

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