By Jenna Zucker, Steve Gorman and Moira Warburton BUFFALO, N.Y. (Reuters) -An 18-year-old white gunman shot 10 people to death and wounded three on Saturday at a grocery store in a Black neighborhood of upstate New York, before surrendering after what …
Russia denies Ukraine forces damaged navy ship in Black Sea
(Reuters) – Russia on Saturday dismissed Ukraine’s claim it had damaged a modern navy logistics ship in the Black Sea and showed photos of what it said was the vessel with no signs of damage. Military authorities in the southern Odesa region said on Th…
G7 to continue economic pressure on Russia, tackle ‘wheat war’
By Alexander Ratz and John Irish WEISSENHAUS, Germany (Reuters) -Group of Seven foreign ministers vowed on Saturday to reinforce Russia’s economic and political isolation, continue supplying weapons to Ukraine and tackle what Germany’s foreign minister…
Ukraine’s Zelenskiy: situation in Donbas region remains very difficult
(Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Saturday said the situation in the Donbas region remained very difficult, adding that Russian forces were still trying to demonstrate some kind of victory. “On the 80th day of a full-scale invasion…
Turkey to hold talks with Sweden, Finland over NATO membership
By Sabine Siebold and John Irish BERLIN (Reuters) -Foreign ministers from Finland, Sweden and Turkey will hold clear the air talks in Berlin on Saturday to resolve disagreements over Finnish and Swedish plans to join NATO, as the alliance meets against…
Ukraine wages counteroffensive against Russian forces in east
By Tom Balmforth and Jonathan Landay KYIV/BEZRUKY, Ukraine (Reuters) -Ukrainian forces have launched a counteroffensive near the Russian-held town of Izium in eastern Ukraine, a regional governor said on Saturday, in what could prove a serious setback …
Portugal blocks mansion sale over ‘strong conviction’ it belongs to Abramovich
By Catarina Demony LISBON (Reuters) – Portugal blocked the sale of a 10 million euro ($10.4 million) luxury house over a “strong conviction” it belonged to sanctions-hit Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich, Foreign Minister Joao Cravinho said on Satur…
We are 100% behind Finnish, Swedish NATO membership, Norway tells Turkey
BERLIN (Reuters) – Norway on Saturday backed Finnish and Swedish plans to join NATO against criticism from Turkey. “We don’t know what Turkey really means but from (the) Norwegian perspective, we are 100% behind Finland and Sweden if they decide to app…
Russia forges new partnerships in face of West’s ‘total hybrid war’ – Lavrov
By Mark Trevelyan LONDON (Reuters) -Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Saturday that Moscow was the target of “total hybrid war” by the West but would withstand sanctions by forging deeper partnerships with China, India and others. In a spe…
ECB policymaker says rates will rise ‘very soon’
FRANKFURT (Reuters) -The European Central Bank (ECB) will likely decide at its next meeting to end its stimulus programme in July, and raise interest rates “very soon” after that, ECB policymaker Pablo Hernández de Cos said on Saturday. The Spanish cen…