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Leonid Volkov, the top aide of Alexei Navalny, speaks during an interview with Reuters in Vilnius, Lithuania March 12, 2024.

Two held in Poland over attack on Navalny aide, Lithuania says

Reuters |Updated 19 minutes ago |1 min read

WARSAW (Reuters) - Two people have been detained in Poland on suspicion of attacking Leonid Volkov, an exiled top aide to the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda told reporters on Friday. Volkov ...

Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba speaks to the media on the third day of the G7 foreign ministers meeting on Capri island, Italy, April 19, 2024.

G7 identified "specific steps" to help Ukraine, Kuleba says

Reuters |Updated 19 minutes ago |1 min read

CAPRI, Italy (Reuters) - Foreign ministers from the Group of Seven (G7) major democracies have identified "specific steps" needed to help Ukraine fight Russia, Kyiv's foreign minister said on Friday, warning Europe would be engulfed by war if ...

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Three Russians parachute from stratosphere to North Pole

Reuters |Updated 40 minutes ago |2 min read

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Three Russians set a world record for parachuting from the Earth's stratosphere to the North Pole last week in a mission that also served as a test of a new prototype communications system for use in the Arctic, an organiser of ...

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Blackstone nears deal to sell S.Korean pharma wholesaler to MBK Partners, sources say

Kane Wu |Updated 49 minutes ago |2 min read

By Kane Wu HONG KONG (Reuters) - Private equity firm Blackstone Inc is nearing a deal to sell its controlling stake in South Korean wholesale drug distributor Geo-Young to North Asian buyout fund MBK Partners for over $1 billion, three sources ...

Finland's Prime Minister Petteri Orpo holds a press conference together with the Sweden's Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson (not pictured) and the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen (not pictured) in Stockholm, Sweden, January 19, 2024. TT News Agency/Henrik Montgomery via

EU should help Finland prevent migrants arriving from Russia, PM says

Reuters |Updated 9 minutes ago |1 min read

HELSINKI (Reuters) - The European Union should take measures to help Finland prevent an influx of migrants via Russia, Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo said on Friday. "We are preparing our own legislation but we also need EU measures," Orpo ...

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Ukraine says it took down Russian Tu-22M3 strategic bomber

Reuters |Updated 1 hour ago |2 min read

KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine said it shot down a Russian Tu-22M3 strategic bomber for the first time on Friday, destroying a warplane capable of carrying long-range missiles used to attack Ukrainian cities. The Russian defence ministry said the ...

Israel's National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, attends the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, Sunday, Sep 10, 2023. Ohad Zwigenberg/Pool via

Reaction to Israel's military response to Iran's attack on Israel

Reuters |Updated 8 minutes ago |1 min read

(Reuters) - Israel carried out an attack on Iranian soil on Friday, sources said, days after Iran launched an unprecedented strike on Israel with a barrage of drones and missiles. Here is some reaction to the Israeli military response, from ...

Emirates Airlines planes are seen on the runway before take off at the Dubai International Airport, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, April 17, 2024.

Emirates suspends flights transiting through Dubai after storm

Reuters |Updated 8 minutes ago |2 min read

DUBAI (Reuters) - Dubai's flagship airline Emirates is suspending check-in for all customers with onward connections through the city, it said on Friday, three days after a record storm swept the United Arab Emirates. Emirates, one of the world's ...

A municipal worker removes debris at a site of an apartment building hit by a Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Dnipro, Ukraine April 19, 2024.

Ukraine says Russian strikes on Dnipropetrovsk region injure over 25 people, damage critical infrastructure

Reuters |Updated 29 minutes ago |1 min read

(Reuters) -A major Russian missile attack on the central Dnipropetrovsk region killed at least eight people, injured over 25 more and damaged critical infrastructure facilities, local officials reported on Friday morning. Ukrainian President ...

An employee repairs a Novator armoured personnel carrier at a production facility of the 'Ukrainian Armor' Design and Manufacturing Company, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in an undisclosed location in Ukraine April 9, 2024.

Ukraine's growing arms sector thwarted by cash shortages and attacks

Max Hunder |Updated 9 minutes ago |4 min read

By Max Hunder KYIV (Reuters) -Hundreds of Ukrainian businesses making weapons and military equipment have sprung up since Russia's full-scale invasion, but some are struggling to fund production and all are afraid of being targeted in intensifying ...

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