ZURICH (Reuters) – The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe said on Saturday it was trying to secure the release of a number of Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) staff members who had been detained in eastern Ukraine. “The OSCE is extreme…
Ukraine seeks heavy weapons from U.S. at Kyiv talks – Zelenskiy
By Natalia Zinets KYIV (Reuters) – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Ukraine hoped to secure heavy weapons at talks with the U.S. secretaries of state and defence in Kyiv on Sunday, supplies that he said were vital for Ukraine to eventually retake Rus…
Factbox-Macron wants the French to work longer, shake up welfare state
By Michel Rose PARIS (Reuters) – President Emmanuel Macron, a former investment banker who was elected in 2017 on a promise to be neither of the left nor the right, is projected in voter surveys to win a second term against a resurgent far-right Marine…
Argentina will not modify $45 billion debt with IMF -finance minister
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentine economy minister Martin Guzman said late on Friday that a $45 billion debt deal with the International Monetary Fund will not be modified, following a meeting with IMF head Kristalina Georgieva. “We are not going to c…
IMF says it held ‘fruitful’ technical talks with Sri Lanka on loan request
By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The International Monetary Fund said on Saturday that its staff held “fruitful technical discussions” with Sri Lankan authorities on the crisis-wracked country’s request for an IMF-supported loan program this week….
Holy Fire lights up Jerusalem’s Holy Sepulchre
(Fixes spelling in first paragraph) By Henriette Chacar JERUSALEM (Reuters) – With processions, chants and ululations, thousands of Christian Palestinians and pilgrims celebrated the Holy Fire ceremony at Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulchre on Sat…
New Mexico hit hard as wildfires sweep parched Southwest
By Andrew Hay TAOS, N.M. (Reuters) -Wind-driven wildfires in northern New Mexico burned multiple homes and forced hundreds to flee mountain villages as blazes raged in the parched U.S. Southwest at a time when the fire season is just beginning. Two wil…
Strike causes chaos at Amsterdam airport as holiday begins
By Anthony Deutsch AMSTERDAM (Reuters) -Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport urged travellers to stay away for several hours on Saturday as a strike by ground personnel at the start of a school holiday caused chaos at Europe’s third-busiest airport. “The termi…
Ukraine president threatens to quit talks if Russia holds ‘pseudo-referendums’ in occupied areas
KYIV (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Saturday that Kyiv would quit talks with Moscow if Russia destroys Ukraine’s people in the city of Mariupol and holds “pseudo-referendums” to create “pseudo-republics” in Russian-occupied…
Berlin institute taps World War Two experience to document Ukraine war crimes
By Riham Alkousaa and Fanny Brodersen BERLIN (Reuters) – Berlin’s Pilecki Institute, which is dedicated to researching 20th century history including Nazi crimes in World War Two, is tapping that experience to collect testimonies from refugees about po…