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☆ US presses Mexico to devote sufficient resources against fentanyl- official
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-07 | by ( Matt Spetalnick | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Fentanyl pills found by officers from the Drug Enforcement Administration are seen in this handout picture, in New York, U.S., October 4, 2022. Drug Enforcement Administration/Handout via REUTERS Acquire Licensing RightsWASHINGTON, Sept 7 (Reuters) - The Biden administration is facing an "unwillingness" by Mexico to devote enough resources to help stem the flow of the illegal drug fentanyl into the United States, and is pressing Mexican authorities to do more, a U.S. official said on Thursday. President Joe Biden's administration has been seeking increased cooperation from both Mexico and China in curbing the flow of fentanyl and its precursor chemicals, which have fueled a sharp rise in U.S. overdose deaths. “To be honest, the challenge that we have with Mexico is their unwillingness to put … sufficient resources into the fight, and we are pushing them to do that,” Robinson said when asked whether Mexico was showing enough political will to tackle the fentanyl crisis. Mexican Foreign Minister Alicia Barcena said on August 10 that Mexico was developing a digital tracking system for fentanyl precursor chemicals, including methods to detect the substances at Mexico's ports and border crossing points.

Persons: Biden, Todd Robinson, Joe Biden's, ” Robinson, ”, Alicia Barcena, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, Xi Jinping, Matt Spetalnick, Timothy Gardner Organizations: Drug, Administration, Handout, REUTERS Acquire, Rights, U.S, Foreign, U.S ., Thomson Locations: New York, U.S, Mexico, United States, China, Mexican, Washington, U.S . Mexican

☆ Drone strikes on Ukraine's Izmail damage port, grain silo - governor
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-07 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Ukrainian firefighters work at a site of a Russian drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Odesa region, Ukraine, in this handout picture released on September 6, 2023. State Emergency Service Of Ukraine /Handout via REUTERS Acquire Licensing RightsSept 7 (Reuters) - Russian drone strikes have damaged port infrastructure, a grain silo and administrative buildings in the Izmail district of Ukraine's Odesa region, its governor, Oleh Kiper, said on Thursday. Russia has stepped up attacks on Ukraine's grain export infrastructure amid talks on resumption of a Black Sea grain deal to allow unhindered exports of grain from Ukrainian ports. Most were aimed at the Odesa region but some also targeted the northern area of Sumy, it added. Russia quit the grain deal in July, a year after it was brokered by the U.N. and Turkey, saying its own food and fertiliser exports faced obstacles and insufficient Ukrainian grain was going to countries in need.

Persons: Oleh Kiper, Kiper, Clarence Fernandez, Kim Coghill Organizations: Emergency, Ukraine, REUTERS Acquire, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Russian, Ukraine, Odesa region, Handout, Izmail, Ukraine's Odesa, Russia, Sumy, Turkey

☆ Rescuers race to save ill US cave explorer trapped 3,000 feet underground
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-07 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Mark Dickey, the U.S. caver who is currently trapped near Morca, poses in Mentone, Alabama, U.S., May 12, 2023. National Cave Rescue Commission (NCRC)/Handout via REUTERS/File photo Acquire Licensing RightsMERSIN, Turkey, Sept 7 (Reuters) - More than 150 rescuers raced on Thursday to reach an American man who fell ill and became trapped some 1,000 metres (3,280 ft) underground in a cave he was exploring in southern Turkey. Mark Dickey, 40, was on an international exploration mission in the Morca cave in the Taurus mountains when he began suffering gastrointestinal bleeding, Turkey's TUMAF caving federation said in a statement. "Several international teams, including Croats and Italians, are aiding in the operations. Footage from the rescue operation showed Turkish and international teams setting up tents and cables outside the sinkhole, Turkey's third-largest, which is at an altitude of 2,140 metres (7,020 ft).

Persons: Mark Dickey, Bulent Genc, Genc, TUMAF, Dickey, Ali Kucukgocmen, Helen Popper Our Organizations: Rescue, REUTERS, Rights, Reuters, Turkish, Thomson Locations: U.S, Mentone , Alabama, Rights MERSIN, Turkey, American

☆ Ukraine's front-line forces aren't advancing as much as 'hoped' in the face of tough Russian defenses, but they're gaining ground, about 300 feet per day, NATO chief says
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-07 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Jens Stoltenberg said Ukraine is "gradually" gaining a little over 300 feet of territory every day. Moscow also constructed a formidable array of defenses known as the "Surovikin Line," which has proven to be a headache for Ukrainian forces. The main part of the Surovikin Line consists of three layers of obstacles and fighting positions and is protected in the front by minefields. Ukrainian forces have managed to carve out a pocket of liberated territory south of Orikhiv, a city in the southern Zaporizhzhia region. "When the Ukrainians are gaining ground, the Russians are losing ground," Stoltenberg said.

Persons: Jens Stoltenberg, Dmytro Kuleba, Sergey Surovikin, it's, NATO's Stoltenberg, Stoltenberg Organizations: Service, NATO, Separate, Ukrainian Armed Forces, Russian Army, 3rd Assault Brigade, Ukrainian Armed Forces Press Service, REUTERS, Kyiv Locations: Ukraine, Wall, Silicon, Kyiv, Russia, Moscow, Robotyne, Zaporizhzhia, Kharkiv, Russian, Orikhiv, Azov, Bakhmut, Donetsk Region

[1/7] People attend what North Korean state media report was the country's launching ceremony for a new tactical nuclear attack submarine, in North Korea, in this handout image released September 8, 2023. North Korea plans to turn its existing submarines into nuclear weapons-armed attack submarines, and accelerate its push to build nuclear-powered submarines, Kim said. North Korea has test-fired a number of submarine launched ballistic missiles (SLBMs) and cruise missiles that can be fired from submarines. It is also unclear whether North Korea has fully developed the miniaturised nuclear warheads needed to fit on such missiles. North Korea has a large submarine fleet but only the experimental ballistic missile submarine 8.24 Yongung (August 24th Hero) is known to have launched a missile.

Persons: Kim Jong Un, KCNA, Kim Kun, Kim, they've, Tal Inbar, Vladimir Putin, Yoon Suk, Premier Li Qiang, Soo, hyang Choi, Leslie Adler, Sandra Maler, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: North, KCNA, REUTERS Acquire, Rights, ., DPRK, Democratic People's, Carnegie Endowment, International, Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance, Twitter, South, Premier, Security, Thomson Locations: North Korea, Rights SEOUL, Japan, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Korean, United States, South Korea, State, Korea, U.S, Russia, Moscow, Jakarta, Beijing

☆ SLB to add $5 billion in revenue this year, sees similar growth in 2024
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-06 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

SLB said it expects to add about $5 billion in revenue in 2023, compared with its previous estimate to increase revenue by 15%, which worked out to a $4.2 billion growth. It also expects to grow earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) by $1.5 billion this year. It had previously forecast adjusted EBITDA percentage growth in the mid-20s, which at its midpoint translated to $1.6 billion. "Directionally, we see the potential to repeat this by adding similar revenue and EBITDA dollar growth in 2024," Le Peuch said at a Barclays energy conference. International core revenue is projected to exceed $23 billion in 2023, representing growth in the high teens, Le Peuch added.

Persons: Olivier Le Peuch, SLB, Le Peuch, Arathy Somasekhar, Marguerita Choy Organizations: REUTERS Acquire, Schlumberger, Barclays, Thomson Locations: Houston , Texas, Handout, North America, Houston

☆ Blinken hails Kyiv's pushback against Russia in visit clouded by attack
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-06 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

"This Russian evil must be defeated as soon as possible," Zelenskiy said, describing it as a deliberate attack on a "peaceful city". U.S. officials have not publicly criticised Ukraine's military tactics, and last week said they had seen progress in the southeast. [1/6]Police officers and rescuers carry the body of a person killed by a Russian military strike in Kostiantynivka, Donetsk region, Ukraine, September 6, 2023. Blinken's visit coincided with Ukraine's parliament approving the appointment of Rust Umerov as defence minister following the dismissal of Oleksii Reznikov. During his train ride to Kyiv, Blinken held talks with Danish Prime Minister Mettle Fredericks, who was visiting the same day.

Persons: Blinken, Zelenskiy, Ivan Lyubysh, Antony Blinken, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Dmytro Kuleba, Kuleba, Abrams, Larine Jean, Pierre said, Dmitry Peso, Diana Khodak, Khodak, Rust, Oleksii Reznikov, Mettle Fredericks, Fredericks, Humeyra Pamuk, Tom Balmforth, Ron Popeski, Philippa Fletcher, Timothy Heritage, Angus MacSwan, Peter Graff, Cynthia Osterman Organizations: Kirdey, U.S, Kyiv, Ukraine's Foreign, Ukrainian, White, Pentagon, Police, Press, Interior Ministry of, REUTERS Acquire, European Union, Reuters, Danish, State Department, Republican, Thomson Locations: Kyiv Ukraine, Kirdey KYIV, Ukraine, U.S, Kostiantynivka, Bakhmut, Russia, Russian, Donetsk region, Interior Ministry of Ukraine, Handout, Moscow, Washington, Ukrainian, Kyiv, Blinken's, Denmark, Netherlands

☆ Ukrainian Catholic bishops rebuke pope over his Russia comments
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-06 | by ( Philip Pullella | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/3] Pope Francis attends a meeting with bishops of the Synod of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church at the Vatican, September 6, 2023. In a statement that was remarkable for its candour, they said their two-hour session with the pope at the Vatican was a "frank conversation". They were welcomed by the Kremlin, which praised the pope for what it said was his knowledge of Russian history. The statement from the Ukrainian bishops said the prelates "expressed the Ukrainian people's pain, suffering, and a certain disappointment" over the papal remarks. The statement quoted the pope as telling the bishops: "The fact that you doubted whom the pope is with was particularly painful for the Ukrainian people.

Persons: Pope Francis, tsars Peter I, Catherine II, Vladimir Putin, Francis, Putin, Philip Pullella, Mark Heinrich Our Organizations: Catholic Church, Vatican, Handout, REUTERS Acquire, CITY, Kremlin, Thomson Locations: Ukrainian, Russia, Moscow, Ukraine, Mongolia, Russian, propounding

☆ Who is Rustem Umerov, Ukraine's new defence minister?
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-06 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout via REUTERS /File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsKYIV, Sept 6 (Reuters) - Ukraine's parliament voted to approve the appointment of Rustem Umerov as defence minister on Wednesday after President Volodymyr Zelenskiy proposed him to replace Oleksii Reznikov. Here are some facts about Umerov:* Umerov, 41, is a Crimean Tatar, a Turkic people from the Black Sea Ukrainian peninsula that was annexed by Russia in 2014. Since 2020, Umerov has been a member of a Ukrainian government task force working on the strategy to end the occupation of Crimea. * In September 2022, Umerov, then a lawmaker from the pro-European Holos party, became head of the State Property Fund, an agency selling state assets to private investors. * When proposing Umerov, Zelenskiy said new approaches and other forms of interaction with the military and society were needed as Russia's invasion entered its 19th month.

Persons: Rustem Umerov, Rustem, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Umerov, Olena, Zelenskiy, Anna Pruchnicka, Tom Balmforth, Timothy Organizations: Ukrainian Presidential Press Service, REUTERS, Rights, Oleksii, State Property Fund, Ukraine's Azov, United Arab Emirates, ASTEM, Timothy Heritage, Thomson Locations: Ukrainian, Ukraine, Kyiv, Crimean, Russia, Samarkand, Uzbekistan, Soviet Crimea, Crimea, Umerov, European, Mariupol, Zelenskiy, Saudi Arabia

☆ 'Bizarre' long-legged bird-like dinosaur has scientists enthralled
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-06 | by ( Will Dunham | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

A life reconstruction of the bird-like dinosaur Fujianvenator prodigiosus, which lived 148 million to 150 million years ago in China, is seen in this illustration. Asked for a word to describe Fujianvenator, Wang replied, "I would say 'bizarre.' Fujianvenator is a member of a grouping called avialans that includes all birds and their closest non-avian dinosaur relatives, Wang said. "The forelimb is generally built like a bird's wing, but with three claws on the fingers, which are absent from modern birds. There is still a big gap between the oldest known bird and the second-oldest known birds," Zhou said.

Persons: Chuang Zhao, Handout, Fujianvenator, Min Wang, Wang, Zhonghe Zhou, Zhou, Will Dunham, Daniel Wallis Organizations: REUTERS Acquire, Vertebrate Paleontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Thomson Locations: China, Fujian Province, Germany, Fujianvenator, Washington

Hermoso gave her testimony on Tuesday and the complaint will be processed "as soon as possible", the prosecutor added. With the complaint, Rubiales could face criminal charges in addition to the ongoing inquiry by Spain's top sport court for "serious misconduct" and an investigation by world soccer governing body FIFA, which has provisionally suspended Rubiales from office for 90 days. Hermoso said she did not want to be kissed, and that she felt "vulnerable and a victim of an aggression". Rubiales, who has so far refused to resign despite heavy pressure, said the kiss was "spontaneous, mutual, euphoric and consensual". There are people who have to decide whether there is an offender and a victim," Carvajal said on Tuesday.

Persons: Royal Spanish Football Federation Luis Rubiales, Jenni Hermoso, Luis Rubiales, Hermoso, Rubiales, Hermoso's, Letizia, Dani Carvajal, Jennifer, Carvajal, Jenni, Jorge Vilda, RFEF, Montse Tome, Vilda, Emma Pinedo, Fernando Kallas, David Latona, Inti Landauro, Mark Heinrich, Christian Organizations: Soccer Football, Spanish Soccer Federation, Del Futbol, Royal Spanish Football Federation, REUTERS, Rights, FIFA, England, Spain's, Real, Wednesday, Thomson Locations: Del Futbol Las, Rozas, Spain, Handout, Rights MADRID, Spanish, Mexico, Sydney, Australia, Real Madrid

Interior Department on Wednesday said it would cancel oil and gas leases in a federal wildlife refuge that were bought by an Alaska state development agency in the final days of former President Donald Trump's administration. Environmentalists and an Alaska indigenous group praised the move while a Republican Senator from Alaska slammed it. A Republican-passed tax bill in 2017 opened the area to oil and gas leasing and directed Interior to hold two lease sales by December 2024. The oil and gas industry largely failed to embrace the 2021 lease sale, which generated just $14 million in high bids, mostly from AIDEA. “We commend Secretary Haaland for canceling unlawfully issued oil-and-gas leases in the Arctic Refuge,” Abigail Dillen, president of environmental group Earthjustice, said in a statement.

Persons: Donald Trump's, Joe Biden, Biden, Deb Haaland, AIDEA, “, ” Abigail Dillen, Dan Sullivan, Interior's, Jarrett Renshaw, Nichola Groom, Chizu Nomiyama, David Gregorio, Mark Porter Organizations: U.S . Fish, Wildlife Service, Library, Fish, REUTERS, Conocophillips, U.S . Interior Department, Alaska Industrial Development, Export Authority, Wildlife, Democrat, National Petroleum Reserve, Alaska Natives, Trump, ConocoPhillips, United Nations, ALASKA Trump's Interior Department, Republican, Biden, Thomson Locations: Beaufort, Wildlife Service Alaska, U.S, Alaska, United States, ALASKA Trump's, ANWR, Washington, Los Angeles

☆ Three rescued after sharks attack inflatable yacht off Australian coast
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-06 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/5] Vincent Thomas Etienne, Evgeny Kovalevsky and Stanislav Berezkin, the three people rescued after sharks attacked a yacht off the Australian coast, pose for a photo in Vanua Levu Island, Fiji July 31, 2023. Satellite photos and a video on the AMSA website showed a large part of the stern of the yacht torn away. Rescue crews responded to an emergency positioning beacon registered to the Tion, a nine-metre inflatable catamaran on a round-the-world expedition, early on Wednesday morning. "The only thing is that the balloons of the inflatable catamaran were blown away." The crew continued the expedition on an inflatable catamaran by the same manufacturer that had been stored on the island for several years.

Persons: Vincent Thomas Etienne, Evgeny Kovalevsky, Stanislav Berezkin, AMSA, Anna Kosikhina, Kosikhina, Renju Jose, Wang Jiawei, Mahezabin Sayed, Alasdair Pal, Michael Perry Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Australian Maritime Safety Authority, Thomson Locations: Vanua Levu, Fiji, Australia, Vanuatu, Cairns, Panama, Brisbane, Russia, Siberia, Chile, Easter, Sydney

[1/5] Police officers and rescuers inspect the site of a Russian military strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kostiantynivka, Donetsk region, Ukraine September 6, 2023. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy condemned the attack, saying a market, shops and a pharmacy had been struck in the industrial city close to the battlefield. "This Russian evil must be defeated as soon as possible," Zelenskiy said on the Telegram messaging app. He later told a press conference in Kyiv that he believed it had been a deliberate attack on "a peaceful city". "As of 18:00 (1500 GMT) 17 people were killed and 32 were injured as a result of Russian shelling," he said.

Persons: Zelenskiy, Antony Blinken, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Utter, Blinken, Ihor Klymenko, Blinken's, Anna Pruchnicka, Timothy Organizations: Police, Press, Interior Ministry of, REUTERS Acquire, U.S, Ukraine, Russia's, Timothy Heritage, Thomson Locations: Russian, Ukraine, Kostiantynivka, Donetsk region, Interior Ministry of Ukraine, Handout, Kyiv, Ukrainian, Bakhmut, Odesa, Russia, Moscow, Washington

☆ Ukraine reports frontline success, Russian minister decries Kyiv's failure
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-06 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/2] Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu chairs a meeting with the leadership of the Armed Forces in Moscow, Russia, in this picture released September 5, 2023. He was referring to a village located on heights south of Bakhmut, seen as critical to recapturing the city. Russian forces had been dealt "a good kick" near the village of Novoyehorivka which halted their advance, he said. Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu dismissed the offensive as a failure, while admitting that things were far from easy in parts of southeastern Zaporizhzhia region that Moscow controls. "Ukraine's armed forces have not achieved their goals on any front," the defence ministry quoted Shoigu as saying.

Persons: Sergei Shoigu, Kyiv's, Ilya Yevlash, Yevlash, Ukraine's, Shoigu, Serhiy Zgurets, Natalia Humeniuk, Nick Starkov, Ron Popeski, Andrew Osborn, Lincoln Organizations: Russian Defence, Armed Forces, Russian Defence Ministry, REUTERS Acquire, Russian, Espreso, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Moscow, Russia, Ukraine, Kyiv, Azov, Bakhmut, Lyman, Novoyehorivka, Melitopol, Crimea, Zaporizhzhia, Western

☆ Congress is gearing up for a budget showdown. From funding for student-loan repayment to Social Security benefits, here's what's at stake.
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-05 | by ( Ayelet Sheffey | Juliana Kaplan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Already, President Joe Biden has asked for short-term funding to help keep key programs running and head off a potential federal closure. Well, the federal budget year closes out on September 30. AdvertisementAdvertisementRepublicans already have conditionsHouse Speaker Kevin McCarthy has reportedly told his party members that he believes it'll be necessary to pass some sort of short-term funding measure, according to MSNBC. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer similarly told MSNBC that he has met with McCarthy and the duo agreed to try and move forward with short-term funding. While the benefits would still flow, Americans relying on those programs would likely see processing delays and limited customer service.

Persons: Joe Biden, Kevin McCarthy, it'll, Chuck Schumer, McCarthy, GOPers, Donald Trump, Trump Organizations: Service, MSNBC, Republican, Justice Department, FBI, Social Security, SNAP, Management, Department of Agriculture, Assistance, Child Nutrition, Women, Children, Congressional Locations: Wall, Silicon, pare, Ukraine, Washington

☆ Spain men's team condemn Rubiales two weeks after Hermoso kiss
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-04 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

"We want to reject what we consider to be unacceptable behaviour from Mr Rubiales, who has not lived up to the institution he represents," captain Alvaro Morata said as he read out a statement on behalf of the team. "Spanish football should be a motor of respect, inspiration, inclusion and diversity and should set an example with its conduct both on and off the pitch." Spain's Sport Administrative Tribunal (TAD) on Friday opened a case against Rubiales for "serious misconduct." Rubiales' behaviour has sparked outrage in Spain and abroad. World soccer governing body FIFA has already suspended Rubiales from all football-related activities for three months while it conducts an investigation.

Persons: Royal Spanish Football Federation Luis Rubiales, Luis Rubiales, Jenni Hermoso, Mr Rubiales, Alvaro Morata, Morata, TAD, Rubiales, Letizia, Pietro Lombardi Organizations: Soccer Football, Spanish Soccer Federation, Del Futbol, Royal Spanish Football Federation, REUTERS Acquire, Rights, FIFA, Thomson Locations: Del Futbol Las, Rozas, Spain, Handout, Rights MADRID, Spanish

☆ Who is Rustem Umerov, Ukraine's likely new defence minister?
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-04 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Rustem Umerov, head of the country's main privatisation fund, attends a meeting in the president's office, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in Kyiv, Ukraine November 16, 2022. Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout via REUTERS Acquire Licensing RightsKYIV, Sept 4 (Reuters) - President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has proposed Rustem Umerov, head of Ukraine's main privatisation agency, to serve as the country's wartime defence minister. Here are some facts about Umerov, who would replace Oleksii Reznikov as defence minister:* Umerov, 41, is a Crimean Tatar, a Turkic people from the Black Sea Ukrainian peninsula that was annexed by Russia in 2014. Since 2020, Umerov has been a member of a Ukrainian government task force working on the strategy to end the occupation of Crimea. * In September 2022, Umerov, then a lawmaker from the pro-European Holos party, became head of the State Property Fund, an agency selling state assets to private investors.

Persons: Rustem Umerov, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Umerov, Umerov's, Oleksii, Olena, Anna Pruchnicka, Tom Balmforth, Timothy Organizations: Presidential Press Service, REUTERS Acquire, Rights, State Property Fund, Azov, United Arab Emirates, ASTEM, Timothy Heritage, Thomson Locations: Ukraine, Kyiv, Crimean, Russia, Samarkand, Uzbekistan, Soviet Crimea, Ukrainian, Crimea, Umerov, European, Mariupol, Zelenskiy, Saudi Arabia

☆ German Chancellor Scholz sports eye patch after jogging accident
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-04 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

German Chancellor wears an eye patch following his jogging injury in this handout image released in Berlin by the Bundespresseamt in Berlin, Germany, September 4, 2023. BPA/Steffen Kugler/Handout via REUTERS Acquire Licensing RightsBERLIN, Sept 4 (Reuters) - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz joked that he was eagerly awaiting social media reaction after an official photograph released on Monday showed him wearing an eye patch following a weekend jogging accident. Thanks for the get-well wishes, looks worse than it is," the chancellor posted on his account on X, formerly known as Twitter. Scholz, whose face is also visibly scratched in the photo, will have to wear the eye patch for the next few days and weeks, government spokesperson Steffen Hebestreit told a regular news conference on Monday. The chancellor, who is set to take part in a Catholic Church event in Berlin later Monday, is doing well considering the circumstances, Hebestreit said.

Persons: Steffen Kugler, Handout, Olaf Scholz, Scholz, Steffen Hebestreit, Hebestreit, Friederike Heine, Miranda Murray, Mike Harrison Organizations: REUTERS Acquire, Rights, Twitter, Catholic, Thomson Locations: Berlin, Germany

☆ Factbox: Who is Rustem Umerov, Ukraine's likely new defence minister?
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-04 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

☆ Nestle divests peanut allergy business Palforzia
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-04 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Capsules of Palforzia are shown containing pharmaceutical grade peanut powder, for use in oral immunotherapy among patients with peanut allergies, manufactured by Aimmune Therapeutics, based in Brisbane, California, in this handout obtained by Reuters on February 5, 2020. Aimmune Therapeutics/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsZURICH, Sept 4 (Reuters) - Nestle (NESN.S) has divested its peanut allergy treatment business Palforzia, the Swiss food company said on Monday, following its strategic review of the division. Nestle said it has offloaded Palforzia to Stallergenes Greer, a biopharmaceutical company which specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of allergies. Nestle will receive milestone payments and ongoing royalties from Stallergenes Greer, it said. Reporting by John Revill, Editing by Friederike HeineOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Nestle, Stallergenes Greer, John Revill, Friederike Heine Our Organizations: Aimmune Therapeutics, Reuters, REUTERS, Rights, Nestle, Thomson Locations: Brisbane , California, Swiss

☆ Ukraine says it retakes more ground as Zelenskiy visits front lines
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-04 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

She also reported unspecified "success" in the direction of the villages Novodanylivka and Novoprokopivka in the southern region of Zaporizhzhia, but gave no details. Ukraine has now taken back about 47 square km of territory around Bakhmut since starting its counteroffensive in early June, Maliar wrote on the Telegram messaging app. Zelenskiy was shown presenting medals to soldiers at a number of sites and offering thanks to medics at a field hospital on the southern front. [1/4]Ukraine's President Zelenskiy awards a Ukrainian service member as he visits a position at a frontline, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Donetsk region, Ukraine September 4, 2023. Maliar said last week that Ukrainian troops had broken through the first line of Russian defences, and Ukraine's military expects now to advance more rapidly.

Persons: Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Hanna Maliar, Maliar, Zelenskiy, Dmytro Kuleba, Yuliia Dysa, Timothy Heritage, Ron Popeski, Cynthia Osterman Organizations: Russian, Deputy, Reuters, Presidential Press Service, REUTERS Acquire, Foreign, Russian Defence Ministry, Thomson Locations: Ukraine, Bakhmut, Zaporizhzhia, Russia, Ukrainian, Donetsk, Azov, Donetsk region, Kyiv, Moscow

☆ Zelenskiy says he struck key deal on pilot training in France
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-03 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and French President Emmanuel Macron speak during a meeting of the European Political Community at Mimi Castle in Bulboaca, Moldova June 1, 2023. Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsSept 3 (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said he had struck a "very important agreement on training our pilots in France" in conversation with President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday. France does not have the F-16 fighter jets Ukraine has recently been promised by Denmark and the Netherlands. Zelenskiy said he and Macron had also discussed what France could do to help protect the Ukrainian city and region of Odesa, critical to grain exports, but did not elaborate. The French foreign ministry said last month that it would reinforce its military support for Ukraine, notably in strengthening air defence capabilities.

Persons: Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Emmanuel Macron, Mimi, Zelenskiy, Macron, Elaine Monaghan, Nick Zieminski, Rosalba O'Brien Organizations: Presidential Press Service, REUTERS, Thomson Locations: Bulboaca, Moldova, France, Ukraine, Denmark, Netherlands, Ukrainian

☆ Russia will run out of all its best soldiers, says top Ukraine general
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-03 | by ( Rebecca Rommen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Ukrainian forces in southeastern Ukraine have broken through Russia's first line of defense. Russia devoted 60% of its time and resources to the first line, the Ukrainian general told The Observer. "Sooner or later, the Russians will run out of all the best soldiers," he said. Ukraine's recent success in overcoming Russia's first defensive line comes after weeks of painstaking mine clearance. But sooner or later, the Russians will run out of all the best soldiers.

Persons: Russia's, Oleksandr Tarnavskiy, Tarnavskiy Organizations: Observer, Service, Infantry, Russian Defense Ministry, Anadolu Agency, Getty Images Locations: Ukraine, Russia, Ukrainian, Wall, Silicon, Moscow, Zaporizhzhia, Kherson

☆ Ukraine's Zelenskiy moves to replace wartime defence minister
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-03 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and Defence Minister Oleksii Reznikov attend a meeting with German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine February 7, 2023. Press Service of the Defence Ministry of Ukraine/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsKYIV, Sept 3 (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday he had decided to dismiss Defence Minister Oleksii Reznikov from his post and would ask parliament this week to replace him with Rustem Umerov, head of Ukraine's main privatisation fund. The announcement, made in his nightly video address to the nation, sets the stage for the biggest shakeup of Ukraine's defence establishment during the war launched by Russia in February 2022. Oleksii Reznikov has been through more than 550 days of full-scale war," Zelenskiy said. The change of defence minister must be approved by parliament, but is likely to be supported by a majority of lawmakers in the Verkhovna Rada.

Persons: Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Oleksii Reznikov, Boris Pistorius, Rustem Umerov, Reznikov, I've, Zelenskiy, Umerov, Tom Balmforth, Anna Pruchnicka, Diane Craft Organizations: Defence, German, Press Service, Defence Ministry of, REUTERS, Rights, Defense, Verkhovna Rada, Property Fund, Thomson Locations: Ukraine, Kyiv, Defence Ministry of Ukraine, Handout, Russia, Verkhovna, Crimean

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