BELGRADE (Reuters) -Serbia’s incumbent President Aleksandar Vucic is set to win presidential vote on Sunday with 59.8% of the votes, according to a projection by pollsters Ipsos and CeSID, based on a sample of the partial polling station count. Zdravko Ponos, a retired army general representing the pro-European and centrist Alliance for Victory coalition is …
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By Anita Komuves and Gergely Szakacs BUDAPEST (Reuters) -Hungary’s nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban looked set for a fourth consecutive win in Sunday’s election, as voters endorsed his ambition of a conservative, “illiberal” state and shrugged off concerns over Budapest’s close ties with Moscow. Russia’s Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine had appeared to upend Orban’s …
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(Adds Russia calling for UN meeting; Guterres calling for investigation; other details) By Simon Gardner BUCHA, Ukraine (Reuters) – Ukraine on Sunday accused Russian forces of carrying out a “massacre” in the town of Bucha, while Western nations reacted to images of dead bodies there with calls for new sanctions against Moscow. Russia’s defence ministry …
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By Simon Gardner BUCHA, Ukraine (Reuters) -The mayor of a recently liberated Ukrainian city accused Russian troops on Sunday of deliberately killing civilians during their month-long occupation of his town, allegations that Russia’s defence ministry denied. The mayor of Bucha, Anatoliy Fedoruk, showed a Reuters team two corpses with white cloth tied around their arms …
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(Reuters) -Tiger Woods will make a “game-time decision” on competing at next week’s Masters, the five-times champion said on Sunday as he continues his recovery from the serious leg injuries he suffered in a car crash in February 2021. Woods said six weeks ago that he had a “long way to go” in his recovery …
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By Jacqueline Thomsen and Mike Scarcella (Reuters) – Ukraine has accused Russia of war crimes in the town of Bucha just outside Kyiv, with Germany, France and others expressing outrage at the images of dead civilians. The mayor of Bucha said on Saturday that 300 residents had been killed by Russian troops during a month-long …
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By Uditha Jayasinghe and Devjyot Ghoshal COLOMBO (Reuters) – Sri Lankan soldiers with assault rifles and police manned checkpoints in Colombo on Sunday as the government blocked social media platforms after imposing a curfew to contain public unrest triggered by the country’s economic crisis. The latest restrictions come after the government on Saturday implemented a …
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By Simon Gardner, Zohra Bensemra and Abdelaziz Boumzar BUCHA, Ukraine (Reuters) – Dead civilians still lay scattered over the streets of the Ukrainian country town of Bucha on Saturday, three days after the invading Russian army pulled back from its abortive advance on Kyiv to the southeast. The smell of explosives still hung in the …
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By James Mackenzie ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine (Reuters) – Ukraine said on Saturday it had seized back all areas around Kyiv, claiming complete control of the capital region for the first time since Russia launched the invasion. As Russia’s forces regrouped for battles in the east, areas north of Kyiv were littered with destroyed Russian tanks. Ukraine …
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By Michel Rose PARIS (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron warned of the risk of a Brexit-style election upset in his only campaign rally before the first round of the presidential election, in a bid to convince dispirited voters and re-energise a lacklustre campaign. A week or so before the April 10 vote, Macron finds …
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