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(Reuters) – Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov said more than 1,000 Ukrainian marines had surrendered in the besieged port city of Mariupol and urged remaining forces holed up in the Azovstal steel mill to surrender. There was no comment from Ukrainian officials on the statement made on Kadyrov’s Telegram channel. Ukraine’s General Staff, in its morning …

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MENLO, Iowa (Reuters) – U.S. President Biden said on Tuesday that Americans’ ability to pay for gasoline should not hinge on whether a dictator declares war and “commits genocide” half a world away. The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the remark. Biden has repeatedly called Russian President Vladimir …

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By Patricia Zengerle and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration is expected to announce as soon as Wednesday another $750 million in military assistance for Ukraine for its fight against Russian forces, two U.S. officials familiar with the matter told Reuters. The equipment would be funded using Presidential Drawdown Authority, or PDA, …

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By Alessandra Prentice BUCHA, Ukraine (Reuters) – French forensic experts have arrived in Bucha near Kyiv to help Ukraine authorities establish what happened in the town where hundreds of bodies have been discovered since Russian forces withdrew. Ukraine says the people were killed by Russian forces during their occupation of the area. Reuters has not …

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By Mark Trevelyan and Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen LONDON (Reuters) – Russia can afford to wage a long war in Ukraine despite being hammered by Western sanctions aimed at crippling its ability to sustain the campaign, defence experts and economists say. Russia’s invasion has driven up the price of the oil, gas and grain it exports, providing …

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By David Stanway SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Some Shanghai residents stepped out of their homes for the first time in more than two weeks on Tuesday as the city took tentative steps towards easing a COVID-19 lockdown amid mounting worries over the economic impact of the strict curbs. With a quarter of the population under what …

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LONDON (Reuters) – All options would be on the table in how the West responds to any use of chemical weapons in Ukraine by Russia, British armed forces minister James Heappey said on Tuesday. British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said on Monday Britain was working with its partners to verify the details of reports that …

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PARIS (Reuters) -Emmanuel Macron’s offer to soften planned pension reforms is a “manoeuvre” to lure voters ahead of the second round of France’s presidential election, but he would still execute the original plans if re-elected, far-right candidate Marine Le Pen said. “It’s a manoeuvre by Emmanuel Macron to try to win over, or at least …

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By Devjyot Ghoshal and Uditha Jayasinghe COLOMBO (Reuters) – Rosanne White was first diagnosed with cancer eight years ago and lost a kidney. After the cancer returned five years ago, an oncologist in Sri Lanka’s commercial capital Colombo started her on Bevacizumab last May, a treatment she was responding to. White, a 58-year-old Sri Lankan …

Drugs running out, surgeries cancelled as Sri Lanka’s health system buckles Read More »