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By Andreas Rinke and Michel Rose REYKJAVIK (Reuters) -Ways to hold Russia to account for its war against Ukraine, including keeping a tally of losses and damage inflicted by Moscow’s forces, were the focus of talks as European leaders met in Iceland on Tuesday for a two-day summit. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak are among the leaders who are underscoring their […]

(Reuters) – Philadelphia 76ers head coach Doc Rivers was fired on Tuesday after a humiliating Game 7 loss to the Boston Celtics, as the team bounced out in the second round of the NBA playoffs for a third straight year. Rivers is one of the most successful coaches in the NBA and had amassed a record of 154 wins and 82 losses in Philadelphia, coaching center Joel Embiid to his […]

By Mark Trevelyan (Reuters) -The Kremlin said on Tuesday its agencies were tracking Western spy activity after the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency published a video encouraging Russians to make contact via a secure internet channel. The short video in Russian was accompanied by a text saying the agency wanted to hear from military officers, intelligence specialists, diplomats, scientists and people with information about Russia’s economy and its leadership. “Contact us. […]

LONDON (Reuters) -Shares of Chinook Therapeutics Inc tumbled 18% and then pared losses on Tuesday after short-seller Muddy Waters said it was “highly unlikely” that the company’s treatment for chronic kidney disease would receive U.S. regulatory approval. The stock was last down 6.77% at $21.815 a share. But immediately after Muddy Waters announced its short position, a bet the stock would decline, Chinook shares fell as low as $19.20, down […]

By Andreas Rinke and Michel Rose REYKJAVIK (Reuters) -Ways to hold Russia to account for its war against Ukraine, including keeping a tally of losses and damage inflicted by Moscow’s forces, were the focus of talks as European leaders met in Iceland on Tuesday for a two-day summit. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak are among the leaders who are underscoring their […]

By Chayut Setboonsarng BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s influential former premier Thaksin Shinawatra on Tuesday hailed the election-winning Move Forward Party as disruptors who mastered social media, and said aging army generals central to years of turmoil should retire with dignity. The self-exiled tycoon, a towering figure in Thai politics whose family is the driving force behind the dominant Pheu Thai party, said Move Forward proved social media and user-generated content […]

(Reuters) – Formula One personnel were asked to leave the Imola circuit on Tuesday amid fears of flooding as water levels rose in the nearby Santerno river following heavy rain ahead of the weekend’s Emilia Romagna Grand Prix. Local authorities took the precautionary measure while monitoring the situation. Cars are not due to be on track until Friday, when less rain is forecast, but advance team and technical personnel have […]

By Ivan Lyubysh-Kirdey and Sophia Bobok DNIPROPETROVSK REGION, Ukraine (Reuters) – A former IT programmer now serving as a Ukrainian soldier says a four-rotor commercial drone which sells over the counter for $300 can be modified to carry explosives that will destroy Russian tanks. “Our team has done it many times. We have destroyed enemy tanks, heavy military equipment, personnel. It’s a very effective gadget,” the soldier, who uses the […]

By Ryan McNeill and Deborah J. Nelson (Reuters) – For millennia, bat viruses lurked in forests across West Africa, India, South America and other parts of the world. But, undisturbed, they posed little threat to humanity. No longer, a new Reuters data analysis found. Today, as more and more people encroach on bat habitat, bat-borne pathogens pose an epidemiological minefield in 113 countries, where risk is high that a virus […]