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Published by Reuters UK (Reuters) – Moscow will take adequate precautionary measures if NATO deploys nuclear forces and infrastructure closer to Russia’s border, Russian news agencies quoted Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko as saying on Saturday. “It will be necessary to respond … by taking adequate precautionary measures that would ensure the viability of deterrence,” […]

Published by Al-Araby G7 industrialised nations are “strongly united” in backing Ukraine until its “victory” against Russia, France said Friday, as Britain urged more weapons for Kyiv to keep up the pressure against Vladimir Putin. “It is very important at this time that we keep up the pressure on Vladimir Putin by supplying more weapons

Published by Reuters By Alexandra Alper and Karen Freifeld WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Biden administration has drafted an executive order that would give the Department of Justice vast powers to stop foreign adversaries like China accessing Americans’ personal data, according to a person familiar with the matter and excerpts seen by Reuters. The proposal, which

Published by Reuters By Jorge Silva and Ivan Lubysh-Kirdey BAKHMUT, Ukraine (Reuters) – The hospital in the small Ukrainian town of Bakhmut was never intended to receive queues of ambulances bringing the wounded and traumatised from the front line of Europe’s biggest battlefield. Nor did the volunteer paramedics expect, four months ago, to be shuttling

Published by Reuters JENIN, West Bank (Reuters) -An Al Jazeera reporter was shot dead during an Israeli raid in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, with Palestinians and the news channel accusing Israel of killing her and Israel’s leader saying she was likely hit by Palestinian fire. Shireen Abu Akleh, 51, a Palestinian-American, was wearing

Published by Reuters UK By Alex Lawler LONDON (Reuters) – Oil rose on Wednesday after plunging nearly 10% in the last two sessions, buoyed by supply concerns as the European Union works on gaining support for a Russian oil embargo and flows of Russian gas to Europe through a key transit point in Ukraine dried

Published by Reuters UK By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The U.N. Security Council, including Russia, on Friday expressed “deep concern regarding the maintenance of peace and security of Ukraine” and backed efforts by the U.N. chief to find a peaceful solution in the body’s first statement since Moscow’s invasion. Security Council statements are

Published by Reuters UK By Pavel Polityuk KYIV (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 bloody fighting with Russian forces thwarted efforts to bring them to safety the previous day. Mariupol, a

Published by Reuters UK By David Gaffen NEW YORK (Reuters) -Oil prices jumped on Wednesday, as the European Union, the world’s largest trading bloc, spelled out plans to phase out imports of Russian oil, raising concerns about further market tightness as those nations hunt for adequate supply. Crude benchmarks have risen steadily over the past

Published by Reuters UK By Michel Rose and Elizabeth Pineau PARIS (Reuters) -France’s Socialist Party and the hard-left La France Insoumise (LFI) party reached an agreement in principle on Wednesday to form an alliance for June’s parliamentary election. The coalition pact, which the Greens and Communists agreed to earlier this week, is an attempt to