Indians vote in huge election dominated by jobs, Hindu pride and Modi
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By Krishn Kaushik, Praveen Paramasivam and YP Rajesh KAIRANA/CHENNAI, India (Reuters) -The first of India’s almost one billion voters cast ballots on Friday in the country’s multi-day election, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeks a rare third term on the back of issues such as growth, welfare and Hindu nationalism. The vote pits Modi’s Bharatiya…
Russian war correspondent killed by Ukrainian drone, Izvestia says
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MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian war correspondent Semyon Eremin, who worked for the Russian daily Izvestia, was killed on Friday in a Ukrainian drone attack in southeastern Ukraine, the newspaper said. Izvestia said Eremin, 42, died of wounds suffered when a Ukrainian drone attacked while he was returning from a trip to a Russian unit in the…
Swiss environment minister plays down impact of European climate ruling
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VIENNA (Reuters) – A European Court of Human Rights ruling last week that Switzerland has failed to protect its people from climate change is hard to reconcile with direct democracy, the Swiss environment minister said in a newspaper interview, appearing to play it down. The Strasbourg-based court found in favour of more than 2,000 Swiss…
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – The governor of Russia’s western region of Smolensk said on Saturday that a Ukrainian drone hit a fuel depot overnight, setting it on fire, while an attack on the regional centre has been repelled. Ukraine has stepped up its attacks on oil refineries in Russia, the world’s second largest oil exporter, since…
Poland to get $266 million from World Bank for Clean Air program, finance minister says
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WARSAW (Reuters) – Poland has signed a 250-million-euro ($266.35 million) agreement with the World Bank to help finance its Clean Air programme, Finance Minister Andrzej Domanski said late on Friday. “With the president of the World Bank, Ajay Banga, we also talked about the challenges facing the global economy and growing inequality in the world,”…
Man dies after setting self on fire outside New York court where Trump trial underway
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By Luc Cohen, Jack Queen and Andy Sullivan NEW YORK (Reuters) -A man has died after setting himself on fire on Friday outside the New York courthouse where Donald Trump’s historic hush-money trial was taking place as jury selection wrapped up, but officials said he did not appear to have been targeting Trump. The man…
Ukraine needs at least seven Patriot air defence systems, Zelenskiy tells NATO
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By Tom Balmforth and Yuliia Dysa KYIV (Reuters) – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy told NATO members on Friday that Ukraine needed a minimum of seven Patriot or other high-end air defence systems to counter Russian air strikes, exhorting them to step up their military assistance for Kyiv. In an emotional speech by video link to the…
Man arrested in Paris after Iran consulate incident
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PARIS (Reuters) – French police on Friday arrested a man who had threatened to blow himself up at Iran’s consulate in Paris, but on being searched was found not to be carrying any explosives. A police source told Reuters the man was seen at about 11 a.m. (0900 GMT) entering the consulate, carrying what appeared…
US State Dept expects to finalize AUKUS trade exemptions in next 120 days
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By David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. State Department said on Friday it expects to finalize trade exemptions for the AUKUS defense project with Australia and Britain in the next 120 days, signaling a further delay in but offering the prospect of a positive outcome in the project to counter China. AUKUS, formed in 2021…
Iran’s foreign minister downplays drone attack, says Tehran investigating
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By Jasper Ward and Nidal al-Mughrabi WASHINGTON/CAIRO (Reuters) – Iran’s foreign minister on Friday said Tehran was investigating an overnight attack on Iran, adding that so far a link to Israel had not been proven as he downplayed the strike. Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian told NBC News the drones took off from inside Iran…
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By Tom Balmforth and Anastasiia Malenko KYIV/DNIPRO, Ukraine (Reuters) -Ukraine shot down a Russian strategic bomber on Friday after the warplane took part in a long-range airstrike that killed eight people including two children in the central Dnipropetrovsk region, Kyiv said. Missiles rained down on the city of Dnipro and the surrounding region in the…
Proceeds from Russian assets could fund bond sales, Ukraine’s central bank says
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By Karin Strohecker WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Ukraine and its international partners have discussed bundling future proceeds from frozen Russian assets to back bond sales by the war-ravaged nation, Ukrainian central bank chief Andriy Pyshnyi said on Friday. Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal and Finance Minister Serhiy Marchenko met with U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, leaders…
Iran signals no plan to retaliate against Israel after drone attack
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By Parisa Hafezi and James Mackenzie DUBAI/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Explosions echoed over an Iranian city on Friday in what sources said was an Israeli attack, but Tehran played down the incident and indicated it had no plans for retaliation – a response that appeared gauged towards averting region-wide war. Iran’s foreign minister said the drones, which…
US House advances $95 billion Ukraine-Israel package toward Saturday vote
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By Makini Brice and Moira Warburton WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives advanced a $95 billion legislative package on Friday providing aid to Ukraine, Israel and the Indo-Pacific in a broad bipartisan vote, overcoming hardline Republican opposition that had held it up for months. Friday’s procedural vote, which passed 316-94 with more support…
IMF committee acknowledges conflicts risk but opts against joint communique
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By David Lawder and Andrea Shalal (Reuters) -The International Monetary Fund’s steering committee failed to issue a joint communique on Friday amid disagreements over wars in the Middle East and Ukraine, opting instead for a statement from the body’s chair that acknowledged the economic risks posed by the conflicts. International Monetary and Financial Committee “members…
Dutch privacy watchdog recommends government organisations stop using Facebook
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AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The Dutch privacy watchdog AP on Friday said it was recommending that government organizations should stop using Facebook as long as it is unclear what happens with personal data of users of the government’s Facebook pages. “People that visit a government’s page need to be able to trust that their personal and…
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(Reuters) -Russian missiles hit the port of Pivdennyi in Ukraine’s southern Odesa region on Friday, destroying grain storage facilities and foodstuffs they contained, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and other officials said. “… they hit the Sea Port Pivdennyi. Several missiles struck port facilities, not only Ukrainian, but Singapore’s as well,” Zelenskiy said in a virtual address…
French, Lebanese leaders discuss effort to quell Hezbollah, Israel clashes
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BEIRUT (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron met Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati and the country’s army chief Joseph Aoun in Paris on Friday for talks on how to end cross-border fighting between Hezbollah and Israel and ease a political stalemate in Lebanon. A statement from Mikati’s office said he discussed with Macron a French…
Israel’s Iran attack carefully calibrated after internal splits, US pressure
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By Samia Nakhoul, Parisa Hafezi and James Mackenzie DUBAI/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israel’s apparent strike on Iran after days of vacillation was small and appeared calibrated to dial back risks of a major war, even if the sheer fact it happened at all shattered a taboo of direct attacks that Tehran broke days earlier. Prime Minister Benjamin…
Croatia’s top court bars President Milanovic from PM post
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BELGRADE (Reuters) -Croatia’s Constitutional Court ruled on Friday that President Zoran Milanovic cannot take up the more powerful position of prime minister after this week’s elections, saying the firebrand leader could not head any potential coalition. Hours later, Milanovic dismissed the court´s ruling, saying parliament was the only institution that could decide who will be…
