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☆ Putin says he'd prefer a second Biden term to having Donald Trump back in the White House
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-15 | by ( Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Vladimir Putin says he'd prefer if Joe Biden won the 2024 presidential race instead of Donald Trump. The Russian leader said he thinks Biden is "more experienced," and "more predictable." Putin's remarks are surprising, considering Trump's effusive praise of the Russian leader. The Russian leader offered his assessment of President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump during an interview with the state-owned television channel Russia-1 on Wednesday. While Biden and Trump still have to campaign for the presidency in 2024, Putin is all but certain to secure his reelection.

Persons: Vladimir Putin, Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Biden, —, he's, Putin, Pavel Zarubin, stridently, Trump, Putin's, There's Organizations: Service, Associated Press, Biden, Business Insider Locations: Russia, Ukraine, South Carolina

☆ Opinion: Is Putin serious about preferring Biden? Ask Fidel Castro
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-15 | by ( Opinion Frida Ghitis | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

She is a weekly opinion contributor to CNN, a contributing columnist to The Washington Post and a columnist for World Politics Review. CNN —Russian President Vladimir Putin fired off a few intriguing statements during a Wednesday television interview with loyal journalist Pavel Zarubin. Among them was his claim that he would prefer that President Joe Biden win the 2024 US presidential election. After his first summit in Geneva with Biden as president, back in 2021, Putin sounded a similar note. But on Wednesday, the Russian president was contemptuous.

Persons: Frida Ghitis, Vladimir Putin, Pavel Zarubin, Joe Biden, Fidel Castro, Al Gore, George W, Bush, Castro, Fidel, Zarubin, Putin, Biden, “, ” Putin, Angela Merkel, Merkel’s, —, Tucker Carlson, Carlson, Carlson “, didn’t, Donald Trump, Castro didn’t Organizations: CNN, Washington Post, Politics, Texas Gov, Russia “, KGB, Fox News, CIA, Russia, Ukraine Locations: Havana, Cuba, Russia, Geneva, Labrador, Europe, Russian, Ukraine

☆ Putin says a Biden presidency is better for Russia than a Trump one
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-14 | by ( Mariya Knight | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —A Joe Biden presidency would be better for Russia than a Donald Trump one, Russian President Vladimir Putin told pro-Kremlin journalist Pavel Zarubin in an on-camera interview Wednesday. According to Putin, that war “could have been over a year and a half ago” if agreements during a meeting in Istanbul in March 2022 were kept. Putin didn’t specify what agreements he was referring to. I wasn’t only ready for that, I wanted that, because it would give me the opportunity to give tough answers back,” Putin said. “To be frank, I didn’t fully enjoy that interview,” he said.

Persons: Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, Pavel Zarubin, Zuribin, Putin, Biden, ” Putin, ”, Tucker Carlson, “ Organizations: CNN, Kremlin, Russia “, NATO Locations: Russia, Russian, Ukraine, Istanbul, Minsk

☆ Ukraine Damaged Russian Landing Ship in Black Sea, Media Say
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-14 | by ( Feb. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: 1 min

KYIV (Reuters) - Ukrainian sea drones hit and damaged a large Russian landing ship off occupied Crimea, Ukrainska Pravda, a major Ukrainian media outlet, reported on Wednesday. The news outlet published several videos showing a column of smoke over the sea off the southern coast of Crimea, as well as helicopters flying over the sea. Ukrainian lawmaker Oleksiy Honcharenko said the targeted ship was Tsezar Kunikov, which took part in Russian military operations in Georgia in 2008. Reuters could not independently verify the account and Ukrainian military intelligence was unavailable for comment. The Latest Photos From Ukraine View All 91 ImagesIn December, Ukrainian cruise missiles struck a large Russian landing warship in Crimea that killed at least one person.

Persons: Oleksiy Honcharenko, Tsezar, Pavel Polityuk, Michael Perry Organizations: Ukrainska Pravda, Reuters Locations: Crimea, Ukrainian, Georgia

☆ Two Pianists Make a Life Out of an Intimate Art Form
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-10 | by ( Hugh Morris | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

It looked like some kind of grand music exam. The pianists Pavel Kolesnikov and Samson Tsoy sat down at their instruments onstage at Wigmore Hall and began to play for an audience of two. It was June 2020, and Kolesnikov and Tsoy were, like virtually every other musician at that time, playing a livestreamed concert. (He could be heard frantically recapping the piece as he walked down the street. The pandemic forced Kolesnikov, 34, and Tsoy, 35, to recalibrate.

Persons: Pavel Kolesnikov, Samson Tsoy, Kolesnikov, —, “, ” Organizations: Wigmore Hall, Carnegie Hall Locations: London, Copenhagen, —, recalibrate

BOSTON (AP) — Brad Marchand and Danton Heinen scored short-handed in the first period, and the Boston Bruins beat the Vancouver Canucks 4-0 on Thursday night in a matchup of the NHL’s top two teams. Morgan Geekie and Pavel Zacha also scored, and Charlie Coyle set up both short-handed goals as the Bruins bounced back from a 4-1 loss to Calgary at home Tuesday. That's what they did.”It was the eighth victory in 10 games for Boston, which tied Vancouver atop the league standings with 73 points. “That’s something we want to get better at.”Thatcher Demko made 21 saves for the Canucks, but his nine-game winning streak was snapped. Marchand, positioned at the edge of the crease, scored off the rebound 32 seconds in for his 25th goal.

Persons: — Brad Marchand, Danton Heinen, Linus Ullmark, Morgan Geekie, Pavel Zacha, Charlie Coyle, “, we've, Ullmark, haven't, hasn’t, ” Coyle, ” Thatcher Demko, ” Demko, Jakub Lauko, Coyle, Demko . Marchand, Elias Pettersson —, ” Pettersson, David Pastrnak’s, Tyler Myers, He's, Jim Montgomery, Geekie, “ He'd, ” Zacha, James van Riemsdyk, ___ Organizations: BOSTON, Boston Bruins, Vancouver Canucks, Bruins, Calgary, Boston, Stanley, Canucks, Vancouver, ”, ” Bruins, NEXT Canucks, Detroit, Washington Locations: Vancouver, Florida, Demko, Boston

☆ Russia Launches Missile Attack on Kyiv, Other Ukrainian Cities -Ukraine's Air Force
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-07 | by ( Feb. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +1 min

KYIV (Reuters) - Russia launched a missile strike on Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities during Wednesday morning rush hours, Ukraine's Air Force said, with several blasts heard in the country's capital when air defence systems were engaged in repelling the attack. The loud blasts were heard in Kyiv just before 7 a.m. (0500 GMT), Reuters' witnesses reported. Kyiv's Mayor Vitali Klitschko said on the Telegram messaging app that air defence systems were engaged. All of Ukraine was under an air raid alert, starting at around 6 a.m., with Ukraine's Air Force warning on Telegram of a risk of a Russian missile attack. Oleh Sinehubov, governor of the Kharkiv region in Ukraine's northeast, said Russian missiles struck non-residential infrastructure in Kharkiv city, the administrative centre of the region.

Persons: Vitali Klitschko, Oleh Sinehubov, Pavel Polityuk, Lidia Kelly, Kim Coghill, Tom Hogue Organizations: Ukraine's Air Force, Kyiv's Locations: Russia, Kyiv, Ukraine, Russian, Kharkiv, Ukraine's, Kharkiv city, Melbourne

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The Dutch parent of pioneering Russian tech company Yandex is selling its operations in the country at a steeply discounted price of just over $5 billion to its Russia-based managers and oil company Lukoil, one of the biggest deals for Western-held companies to exit Russia since the invasion of Ukraine. He subsequently condemned Russia's invasion as “barbaric.” The Nasdaq exchange suspended trading in Yandex shares days after the invasion. After the sale, Yandex NV would be left with its international businesses — employing 1,300 people — including self-driving technology and generative artificial intelligence as well as a data center in Finland. Yandex NV Chairman John Boynton said the company had faced “exceptional challenges” since the start of the war. None of the purchasers have been sanctioned, Yandex NV said, and the cash part of the transaction would be conducted in Chinese yuan outside of Russia.

Persons: Vladimir Putin's, Arkady Volozh, Dmitry Peskov, ”, —, Alexander Chachava, Pavel Prass, Alexander Ryazanov, John Boynton, Boynton, McDonald’s, France’s Renault, Baltika Organizations: Western, Nasdaq, Yandex, Google, Yahoo, European Union, Companies, Baltika Breweries, Danone Locations: FRANKFURT, Germany, Russian, Russia, Ukraine, Moscow, Netherlands, Israel, Finland, Avtovaz, Western

☆ Zelenskiy Visits Front Line Amid Speculation About the Fate of Top General
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-04 | by ( Feb. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +1 min

KYIV (Reuters) - President Volodymyr Zelenskiy visited Ukrainian troops on the southeastern front and handed out medals, his office said on Sunday amid intense speculation that his popular army chief could soon be sacked. They face a difficult and critical mission to repel the enemy and defend Ukraine," Zelenskiy said in a statement after visiting Zaporizhzhia region. The presidential office said in the statement that Zelenskiy visited the Ukrainian military's forward positions near the village of Robotyne, which is located almost on the battle line. The president's visit to the battle lines came at a time of uncertainty over the fate of army chief Valeriy Zaluzhnyi. His removal could hurt morale among Ukrainian troops battling to hold positions along more than 620 miles (1,000 kms) of frontlines against a vast Russian force armed with large munitions stockpiles.

Persons: Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Zelenskiy, Valeriy Zaluzhnyi, Zaluzhnyi, Pavel Polityuk, David Goodman, Emelia Organizations: Russian Locations: Ukraine, Zaporizhzhia, Ukrainian, Robotyne, Russian

TORONTO (AP) — NHL players are returning to the Olympics for the first time in more than a decade. The world's top hockey league will allow its players to participate in the Games in 2026 in Milan and in 2030 under an agreement announced Friday by the NHL, the NHL Players’ Association, International Ice Hockey Federation and the IOC. NHL players have not been at the Olympics since 2014 in Sochi. "There is a recognition of how important this is to the players," NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman said at a news conference during All-Star Weekend. “Extremely badly want to play in the Olympics,” McDavid said Thursday.

Persons: Gary Bettman, Luc Tardif, “, Connor McDavid, Nathan MacKinnon, Cale Makar, Auston Matthews, Jack Eichel, Adam Fox, Sidney Crosby, Connor Bedard, ” McDavid, haven’t, Bettman, Tardif, Charlie McAvoy, ” McAvoy, Ralph Lauren, Marty Walsh, ” Bettman, McDavid, MacKinnon, Matthews, Eichel, hasn't, Russia —, Pavel Datsyuk, Kirill Kaprizov, It’s, Sebastian Aho, ” Organizations: TORONTO, — NHL, Olympics, Games, NHL, NHL Players ’ Association, Ice Hockey Federation, IOC, ” IIHF, Beijing, IIHF, U.S, Hockey, Team North America, Olympic, Detroit Red Wings, Minnesota Locations: Milan, Sochi, McDavid, South Korea, North America, Pyeongchang, Beijing, U.S, Canada, Sweden, Finland, Ukraine, France, Nice, Russia, Paris

☆ Russian Court Extends Pre-Trial Detention of U.S. Journalist Kurmasheva
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-01 | by ( Feb. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +2 min

KAZAN, Russia (Reuters) - A Russian court on Thursday extended the pre-trial detention of Alsu Kurmasheva, a Russian-American journalist who is accused of violating a law on "foreign agents". A Reuters reporter in court in the city of Kazan said Kurmasheva's custody was extended until April 5. Kurmasheva is the second U.S. journalist to be arrested and charged in Russia since the start of the Ukraine war in February 2022. According to court documents, Kurmasheva was fined 10,000 roubles ($103) on Oct. 11 for failing to register her U.S. passport with Russian authorities. That case has yet to come before the Kazan court.

Persons: Alsu, Evan Gershkovich, Kurmasheva, Kurmasheva's, Pavel Butorin, Paul Whelan, Mark Trevelyan, Guy Faulconbridge Organizations: Reuters, Radio Free, Radio Liberty, RFE, U.S . Congress, Wall Street, U.S, Kurmasheva, ., The State Department, Wall Street Journal Locations: KAZAN, Russia, Russian, American, Kazan, Prague, Radio Free Europe, Ukraine, Washington

☆ Ukraine Says It Shoots Down 11 of 14 Russian Drones
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-25 | by ( Jan. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: 1 min

KYIV (Reuters) - Russia launched 14 attack drones and five missiles at Ukraine overnight, Ukraine's air force said on Thursday, with air defence systems destroying 11 of the drones. The air force said on its Telegram messaging channel that Russia targeted mainly southern Ukraine. Odesa regional Governor Oleh Kiper said on Telegram that two people were injured during the attack on the Black Sea port city. "Despite the effective and fruitful work of air defence to repel enemy attacks, unfortunately, an industrial facility was hit in Odesa, and residential buildings and civilian infrastructure were damaged," Kiper said. (Reporting by Pavel Polityuk; Editing by Stephen Coates)

Persons: Oleh Kiper, Kiper, Pavel Polityuk, Stephen Coates Organizations: Reuters Locations: Russia, Ukraine, Odesa

☆ New sanctions on Russian diamonds will change the global trade in gems
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-22 | by ( Sarah Kent | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

But as of the start of January, EU and G7 countries have banned the direct purchase of non-industrial diamonds from Russia. This move will be followed by further restrictions on the import of Russian diamonds processed in third countries starting in March. Industry groups including the World Diamond Council, Antwerp World Diamond Centre, the Gem and Jewellery Export Council of India and the Gemological Institute of America (GIA) have been working together to develop an effective solution. What does this mean for the diamond industry? LVMH-owned Tiffany and Richemont both said they stopped sourcing Russian stones shortly after the war in Ukraine broke out.

Persons: Russia’s, Pavel Alekseevich Marinychev, ”, Paul Zimnisky, Russia they’ll, Andrey Rudakov, Morgane Winterholer, De Beers, Tiffany, Richemont Organizations: CNN, European, Bloomberg, Getty, EU, Industry, World Diamond Council, Diamond Centre, Jewellery Export, of India, Gemological Institute of America, “, ”, GIA Locations: Ukraine, Canada, Japan, France, Germany, Italy, Antwerp, Belgian, Russia, Europe, Moscow, “

☆ Indian Navy Rescues Crew After Attack on Ship off Coast of Yemen
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-18 | by ( Jan. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +3 min

The Houthi movement said its missiles had made a "direct hit" on the bulk carrier. U.S. officials said the move was aimed at cutting off funding and weapons the movement has used to attack or hijack ships. On Monday, Houthi forces had struck the U.S.-owned and operated dry bulk ship Gibraltar Eagle with an anti-ship ballistic missile. The alternative shipping route around South Africa's Cape of Good Hope can add 10-14 days to a journey compared to passage via the Red Sea and the Suez Canal. Freight rates have more than doubled since early December, according to maritime consultancy Drewry's world container index, while insurance sources say war risk premiums for shipments through the Red Sea are also rising.

Persons: Krishn Kaushik, Idrees Ali, Phil Stewart NEW, Yemen's, Houthi, Denmark's, Shivam Patel, Simon Lewis, Pavel Polityuk, James Davey, Terje Solsvik, Keith Weir, Catherine Evans Organizations: Indian Navy, U.S, U.S . Navy, Shipping, Genco, Wednesday, Pepco, Denmark's Maersk, Maersk Locations: Phil Stewart NEW DELHI, WASHINGTON, U.S, Gulf, Aden, Genco Picardy, Iran, Asia, Europe, Israel, Palestinian, Gaza, India, Picardy, States, Yemen, South Africa's, Suez, Ukraine, Africa

☆ Ukraine Says It Works With EU to Make Future Border Blockades Impossible
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-17 | by ( Jan. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +1 min

KYIV (Reuters) - Kyiv and Brussels are developing safeguards to make it impossible in the future to block the land borders of Ukraine and the European Union, Ukrainian deputy infrastructure minister Serhiy Derkach said on Wednesday. Weeks of blockades by Polish drivers at border crossings have caused significant damage to Ukraine and it was only on Tuesday that Warsaw and Kyiv managed to unblock them. "We are now working with the European Commission to make some safeguards so that borders and roads to border crossings cannot be blocked," Derkach told national television. Derkach said Ukraine now is working with each EU country to map the development of border crossings aiming to increase their number and capacity. "We will activate all (export-import) routes considering that there is a risk of blocking borders with EU countries," he said.

Persons: Serhiy Derkach, Weeks, Derkach, hauliers, Pavel Polityuk, Angus MacSwan Organizations: European Union, Kyiv, European Commission Locations: Kyiv, Brussels, Ukraine, Ukrainian, Warsaw

☆ Deep January Frosts Did Not Affect Ukrainian Winter Crops, Scientists Say
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-15 | by ( Jan. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +1 min

Winter wheat has historically accounted for about 95% of all wheat grown in Ukraine, but the yield depends largely on favourable weather conditions from autumn to late spring. "Such weather conditions have no negative impact on wintering of winter crops and today winter crops in Ukraine are in satisfactory condition," APK-Inform cited Ukraine's National Agrarian Academy as saying of the recent frosts. Ukrainian farmers sowed about 4.2 million hectares of winter wheat for the 2024 harvest, compared with 4.5 million hectares a year earlier. Ukraine's first deputy minister Taras Vysotskiy said late last year that the country could harvest up to 20 million metric tons of winter wheat from the sown area. Ukraine harvested more than 22 million tons of wheat last year.

Persons: Ukraine's, Taras Vysotskiy, Pavel Polityuk, David Goodman Organizations: National Agrarian Academy Locations: Ukraine

☆ Best travel destinations to visit in 2024
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-01 | by ( Cnn Travel Staff | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +32 min

cdwheatley/iStockphoto/Getty Images Angola: Beyond the capital city of Luanda, pictured, Angola has some jaw-droppingly spectacular scenery and cultural treats. David ChiaFF/Alamy Stock Photo Mérida, Mexico: Yucatán state's capital city showcases a blend of Mayan and colonial heritage. Pavel Tochinsky/The Image Bank RF/Getty Images Morocco: This North African country is home to nine UNESCO sites, including the historic city of Meknes, pictured. Panama City is also the only world capital with a tropical rainforest within its city limits. And a historic city forever entwined with the famed Camino de Santiago.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a ceremony to receive diplomatic credentials from newly appointed foreign ambassadors at the Grand Kremlin Palace in Moscow, Russia, December 4, 2023. MOSCOW, Dec 5 (Reuters) - Oil output cuts agreed by the OPEC+ group will take time to kick in, the Kremlin said on Tuesday, as it confirmed that President Vladimir Putin would visit the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia on Wednesday. Putin will also host Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in Moscow the following day, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. Oil prices fell 2% last week after the OPEC+ announcement, but Brent crude futures were firmer on Tuesday. The visit comes after OPEC+ agreed last Thursday to voluntary supply cuts totalling about 2.2 million barrels a day, included an extension of existing Saudi and Russian voluntary cuts of 1.3 million bpd.

Persons: Vladimir Putin, Pavel Bednyakov, Putin, Ebrahim Raisi, Dmitry Peskov, Brent, Peskov, Iran's Raisi, Dmitry Antonov, Vladimir Soldatkin, Mark Trevelyan, Gareth Jones Organizations: Sputnik, Kremlin, United Arab, Palestinian, Hamas, Thomson Locations: Moscow, Russia, Ukraine, MOSCOW, OPEC, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Saudi, United States, Gaza, Israel, Iran

☆ First lorries pass through new Ukraine crossing at Polish border
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-04 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Ukrainian trucks are seen near the Poland-Ukraine border, near the village of Korczowa, Poland November 19, 2023. REUTERS/Yan Dobronosov/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsKYIV, Dec 4 (Reuters) - The first 30 lorries passed through the newly opened Uhryniv-Dolhobychuv crossing on the Ukrainian-Polish border, which Kyiv expects will unblock main land corridors amid protests by Polish drivers, Ukraine's border service said on Monday. Those protests, over what Polish truckers see as unfair competition from their Ukrainian peers, started on Nov. 6, with four border crossings now under blockade. Polish hauliers' main demand is to stop Ukrainian truckers having permit-free access to the EU, something that Kyiv and Brussels say is impossible. Ukraine said last week it had agreed some measures with Poland that could ease the pressure at the blockaded border crossings, but that the main demands of the protests had not been discussed.

Persons: Yan, Pavel Polityuk, Bernadette Baum Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Thomson Locations: Poland, Ukraine, Korczowa, Polish, Kyiv, Brussels

☆ Ukraine says two killed, seven injured as Russia shells Kherson
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-03 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/3] Debris is scattered inside an apartment after shelling in a residential block in Kherson, Ukraine, in this screengrab taken from a video released on December 3, 2023. Roman Mrochko, head of Kherson city's military administration, said shelling killed two people and injured seven in an area in and around Kherson city. The Kherson military administration said on the Telegram messaging app that shelling of the village of Sadove east of Kherson city killed a 78-year-old man in a private garage, adding, "He died on the spot from the explosive injury." Regional governor Oleksandr Prokudin said the Kherson city shelling killed an elderly woman at a bus stop beside a high-rise building. Prokudin, the Kherson regional governor, said Russian shells also damaged the facades of two nearby hospital buildings, but added that there were no casualties.

Persons: Roman Mrochko, Oleksandr Prokudin, Mrochko, Pavel Polityuk, Elaine Monaghan, Bernadette Baum, Chizu Organizations: Kherson Regional, Administration, Handout, REUTERS Acquire, Rights, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Kherson, Ukraine, Kherson city, Dnipro, Roman, Sadove, Kyiv, Washington

☆ Ukraine to open crossing for trucks on Monday to unblock Polish border
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-03 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Ukrainian trucks are seen near the Poland-Ukraine border, near the village of Korczowa, Poland November 19, 2023. REUTERS/Yan Dobronosov/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsKYIV, Dec 3 (Reuters) - Ukraine and Poland will open an additional border crossing for empty trucks on Monday in order to open up a much-needed route for Kyiv, with some crossings blocked by weeks of protests by Polish drivers, Ukrainian authorities said on Sunday. Those protests, over what Polish truckers see as unfair competition from their Ukrainian peers, started on Nov. 6, with four border crossings now under blockade. Polish hauliers' main demand is to stop Ukrainian truckers having permit-free access to the EU, something that Kyiv and Brussels say is impossible. "The opening of Uhryniv is the first point on the list of measures implemented to unblock the border, reduce queues and increase the capacity of the Ukrainian-Polish border," the border service said.

Persons: Yan, Pavel Polityuk, Bernadette Baum Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Thomson Locations: Poland, Ukraine, Korczowa, Kyiv, Polish, Brussels, Ukrainian

☆ Russia attacks Ukraine with 12 drones, cruise missile - Ukraine air force
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-03 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Dec 3 (Reuters) - Russia launched 12 drones and a cruise missile at Ukraine overnight, with Ukraine's air defence systems destroying 10 drones before they reached their targets, Ukraine's air force said on Sunday. The cruise missile was not destroyed but did not reach its target, the air force said, without giving further details. These are good results that we see every day," Air Force spokesperson Yuriy Ihnat told national television. Reuters could not independently verify the air force's report. The Iranian-made Shahed drones were headed towards Ukraine's northwest, the air force said.

Persons: Yuriy Ihnat, Lidia Kelly, Pavel Polityuk, William Mallard, Bernadette Baum Organizations: Air Force, Reuters, Regional, Thomson Locations: Russia, Ukraine, Ukraine's, Mykolaiv, Melbourne, Kyiv

☆ Trump’s avalanche of dishonesty: Fact-checking 102 of his false claims from this fall
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-01 | by ( Daniel Dale | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +111 min

Below is a fact check of 102 of Trump’s false claims from the 12 speeches. But contrary to Trump’s claim, it’s not true that people had been attempting for decades to create such an initiative. Trump’s aid to farmersIn speech after speech, Trump claimed that he had given US farmers $28 billion from China. Even if the poll result is off, it’s clear that Trump’s claim that “nobody wants them” is not true. He said he was an airline pilot.”Facts First: Trump made a false claim while mocking Biden for making false claims.

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[1/3] Polish trucks are parked as they block crossings at the Ukrainian border near the village of Hrebenne, Poland November 19, 2023. The Polish hauliers' central demand is to stop Ukrainian truckers having permit-free access to the EU, something that Kyiv and Brussels say is impossible. Jan Buczek, head of Poland's main trucker business association, said Kyiv was showing no readiness to compromise and was creating obstacles for EU truckers operating in Ukraine. POLISH POLITICAL TRANSITIONThe Polish truckers say they will continue protesting until their demands are met and want more engagement from politicians from Poland's main political parties. The Federation of Employers of Ukraine, an industry lobby group, has estimated direct losses to the economy at around 400 million euros ($437 million).

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☆ 'Let us be a lesson', say Kazakhs wary of return to nuclear testing
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-30 | by ( Mariya Gordeyeva | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

Many nuclear proliferation experts believe resuming testing by either nuclear superpower more than 30 years after the last test is unlikely soon. "I remember I was about five years old," said Baglan Gabullin, a resident of Kaynar, another village that lived under the shadow of nuclear testing. [1/5]A view shows a model of a nuclear test at the museum of the Semipalatinsk Test Site, one of the main locations for nuclear testing in the Soviet Union, in the town of Kurchatov in the Abai Region, Kazakhstan November 7, 2023. Gabullin, speaking near a small monument to victims of nuclear tests erected in Kaynar, also said losses were common. While villages such as Kaynar and Saryzhal were exposed to direct radiation, steppe winds carried nuclear fallout across an area the size of Italy.

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