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Germany to send seven howitzers to Ukraine in further policy reversal
SLIAC, Slovakia (Reuters) - Germany will deliver seven self-propelled howitzers to Ukraine, Defence Minister Christine Lambrecht said on Friday, in a further reversal of a longtime policy not to send…
Russian will not use nuclear weapons in Ukraine – foreign ministry
(Reuters) - Russia will not use nuclear weapons in Ukraine, foreign ministry spokesman Alexei Zaitsev said on Friday. Zaitsev told reporters the use of nuclear weapons by Russia - a…
EU’s Borrell to call meeting next week if Russia oil embargo deal not forthcoming
FLORENCE, Italy (Reuters) - A meeting of European Union foreign ministers will be held next week should countries from the bloc fail to reach an agreement over an oil embargo…
Ukraine and Russia: What you need to know right now
(Reuters) - Ukraine said a new attempt was under way on Friday to evacuate scores of civilians trapped in a heavily bombed steel works in the city of Mariupol, after…
China to send vice president to S.Korea president’s inauguration
By Soo-hyang Choi and Joori Roh SEOUL (Reuters) -China's Vice President Wang Qishan plans to attend the inauguration of South Korean President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol next week, Yoon's team announced on…
Ukraine plight could be replicated in East Asia, Japan’s Kishida warns
LONDON (Reuters) -Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida warned on Thursday that the invasion of Ukraine could be replicated in East Asia if leading powers do not respond as one, saying…
Hungary cannot support new EU sanctions against Russia in present form -PM Orban
BUDAPEST (Reuters) -Hungary cannot support the European Union's new sanctions package, which includes an embargo on oil imports, in its present form, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Friday. Orban…
Biden to discuss North Korea on Asia trip -White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden will discuss North Korea's nuclear and missile programs with his counterparts in South Korea and Japan during a trip to those two countries…
Battles rage at Ukrainian plant as U.N. rushes to evacuate civilians
By Alessandra Prentice and Natalia Zinets ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine (Reuters) -Scores of Ukrainians remained trapped on Thursday in a Mariupol steel works that has been rocked by heavy explosions as Russian…
Taiwan says it cannot afford new U.S. anti-submarine helicopters
TAIPEI (Reuters) -Taiwan signalled on Thursday that it had abandoned a plan to buy advanced new anti-submarine warfare helicopters from the United States, saying they were too expensive. Taiwan had…
Beijing nervously returns to work as China doubles down on ‘zero-COVID’ policy
By Eduardo Baptista and Andrew Galbraith BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) -Beijing residents tentatively returned to work on Thursday after a muted five-day Labour Day holiday devoid of the usual trips across the…
Rising oil prices buy Iran time in nuclear talks, officials say
By Parisa Hafezi DUBAI (Reuters) -Emboldened by an oil price surge since Russia invaded Ukraine, Iran's clerical rulers are in no rush to revive a 2015 nuclear pact with world…
