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Russian missile damages civilian, railway infrastructure in Ukraine's Cherkasy region, air force says

Reuters |Updated 7 minutes ago |1 min read

KYIV (Reuters) - A Russian missile damaged critical infrastructure and injured six people in Ukraine's central Cherkasy region on Thursday, the regional governor said. The attack hit civilian and railway infrastructure in the city of Smila, ...

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Iran's judiciary confirms rapper Toomaj Salehi death sentence

Reuters |Updated 17 minutes ago |2 min read

DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran's judiciary confirmed the death sentence of well-known Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi but added that he is entitled to a sentence reduction, state media reported on Thursday. Salehi's lawyer Amir Raisian told Sharq newspaper ...

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Ukraine's Zelenskiy meets Britain's Jeremy Hunt in Kyiv

Reuters |Updated 17 minutes ago |1 min read

KYIV (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday he met British finance minister Jeremy Hunt in Kyiv and called for sanctions against Russia to be tightened to stop Moscow bypassing them. The Ukrainian leader said in a ...

Cars are stranded in flood water on a blocked highway following heavy rainfall, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, April 19, 2024.

UAE reports illness linked to contaminated water after floods

Reuters |Updated 27 minutes ago |1 min read

DUBAI (Reuters) - A small number of people in the United Arab Emirates have shown symptoms associated with contaminated water after heavy rains and floods, the health ministry said. The statement, carried by the state news agency late on ...

Russian Deputy Minister of Defence Alexander Fomin looks on as he attends the 10th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Defense Ministers' Meeting Plus in Jakarta, Indonesia, November 16, 2023.

Third man detained in bribery case surrounding Russian deputy defence minister

Reuters |Updated 57 minutes ago |1 min read

MOSCOW (Reuters) - A third man has been detained in a bribery investigation centring on Deputy Russian Defence Minister Timur Ivanov, the Moscow court service said on Thursday. It said Alexander Fomin, the co-founder of a construction company ...

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Sails of iconic Paris cabaret club Moulin Rouge fell off overnight

Reuters |Updated 1 hour ago |1 min read

PARIS (Reuters) - The sails of the landmark red windmill atop the Moulin Rouge, Paris' most famous cabaret club, fell to the ground overnight in the early hours of Thursday, a venue spokesperson said. "We don't know what happened, it occurred ...

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Greek military ship intercepts two Houthi drones in the Red Sea

Reuters |Updated 1 hour ago |1 min read

ATHENS (Reuters) - A Greek military vessel serving in the European Union's naval mission in the Red Sea intercepted two drones launched by Yemen's Houthi militants towards a commercial ship, officials at the Greek Defence Ministry said on ...

Passengers stand in front of a departures board inside the Terminal 3 at Orly Airport, near Paris, France, July 1, 2021.

France's air traffic control strikes ground flights across Europe

Reuters |Updated 1 hour ago |2 min read

PARIS/LONDON (Reuters) - Delays and flight cancellations were set to impact swathes of Europe on Thursday, after authorities failed to reach a deal with some French air traffic control workers to avert a strike. France's DGAC civil aviation ...

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Almost 100 detained at anti-government protest in Armenia, media say

Reuters |Updated 1 hour ago |1 min read

(Reuters) - Armenian police have detained dozens of people taking part in an anti-government protest in Yerevan late on Wednesday, local news website News.am reported, and Russia's Interfax news agency put the figure at 96 people, citing police.

The logo of French drugmaker Sanofi is seen a the Sanofi Genzyme Polyclonals in Lyon, France, September 30, 2023.

Sanofi Q1 profit slips on generic competition, forex effects

Reuters |Updated 7 minutes ago |1 min read

By Ludwig Burger (Reuters) -Sanofi reported on Thursday that its first-quarter operating income declined 14.7%, as unfavourable currency effects and cheap competition to multiple sclerosis drug Aubagio outweighed rising sales of anti-inflammatory ...

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