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By Sybille de La Hamaide PARIS (Reuters) – Governments should consider vaccinating birds against bird flu to avoid the virus – which has already killed hundreds of millions of birds and infected mammals worldwide – turning into a new pandemic, the head of the World Animal Health Organisation (WOAH) said. The severity of the current outbreak of avian influenza, commonly called bird flu, and the economic and personal damage it […]

TOKYO (Reuters) – Canada will support Ukraine for as long and as much as necessary in its conflict with Russia, including the training of Ukrainian soldiers and possibly pilots, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Sunday. Trudeau, who said he conveyed his backing to President Volodymyr Zelenskiy during the Group of Seven (G7) leaders’ summit taking place in Hiroshima, told reporters at a news conference “we’re always looking to […]

HIROSHIMA, Japan (Reuters) – President Joe Biden announced a new package of military aid of up to $375 million to Ukraine on Sunday and told President Volodymyr Zelenskiy that the United States was doing all it could to strengthen Ukraine’s defense for the war with Russia. Biden, meeting with the Ukrainian leader on the sidelines of the G7 summit of world leaders in Japan, said the military aid package included […]

By Hyunsu Yim SEOUL (Reuters) – Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday he met South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and discussed Kyiv’s efforts in its war with Russia. The meeting, on the sidelines of a summit of Group of Seven (G7) leaders in the Japanese city of Hiroshima, marks the first time the two leaders have met. “Thanked (Yoon) for the humanitarian and non-lethal assistance to Ukraine, in particular, […]

HIROSHIMA, Japan (Reuters) – U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Sunday that it was time to reform both the Security Council and Bretton Woods to align with the “realities of today’s world”. Speaking at a press conference in Hiroshima, Japan, where the Group of Seven summit meeting had been held, Guterres said both institutions reflected the power relations of 1945 and needed to be updated. “The global financial architecture is […]

KYIV (Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy sought global support on Sunday for Kyiv’s plan to end Russia’s war in Ukraine, telling G7 leaders it was “an obvious expression of rationality”. Zelenskiy, who is attending the G7 summit in Japan in person, has in recent months been promoting what his administration has billed as a “peace formula”. “We’re united by one more principle – rationality,” he said in a speech to […]

KYIV (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy told G7 leaders in an address on Sunday that Kyiv’s plan to end Russia’s war in Ukraine is “an obvious expression of rationality”. Zelenskiy, who is attending the G7 summit in Japan in person, has in recent months been seeking global support for a “peace formula”. “We’re united by one more principle – rationality,” he said in the address, which was posted to […]

Aaron Judge collected four hits, reached base five times and hit a tiebreaking two-strike single with one out in the 10th inning as the visiting New York Yankees rallied for a 7-4 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Saturday afternoon. Judge lined an 0-2 pitch from Ian Gibaut (3-1) over third baseman Nick Senzel to plate the go-ahead run. Anthony Rizzo, who hit a tying single in New York’s three-run […]

HIROSHIMA, Japan (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy appeared to confirm the loss of the city of Bakhmut to Russia on Sunday, when asked if it remained in Kyiv’s control. “I think no,” he said ahead of a meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden in Japan. “For today, Bakhmut is only in our hearts.” Russia claimed on Saturday to have fully captured the smashed eastern Ukrainian city, which if true […]