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By Tom Balmforth KYIV (Reuters) – Kyiv’s troops said on Sunday they had recaptured a village from Russian forces in Ukraine’s southeast, the first liberated settlement they have claimed since launching a counterattack this week. Soldiers hoisted the Ukrainian flag at a bombed-out building in an unverified video published by Ukraine’s 68th Jaeger Brigade, which identified the settlement as Blahodatne in Donetsk region. “We’re seeing the first results of the […]

PARIS (Reuters) – Citizens of the southeastern French town of Annecy gathered on Sunday in support of victims of the knife attack which gravely wounded four toddlers and two pensioners on Thursday. The municipality called the rally at the lakeside Le Paquier park where the attack took place, also to honour those who tried to block the attacker before he was overpowered by police. Annecy Mayor Francois Astorg told the […]

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia on Sunday said it had destroyed at least seven German-made Leopard tanks and five U.S.-made Bradley vehicles over 48 hours while repelling Ukrainian attacks, though Russian bloggers reported Ukraine had briefly pierced part of the Russian line. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy acknowledged on Saturday that his military was engaged in “counter-offensive and defensive operations”, a day after President Vladimir Putin said Russia had repelled the first attacks […]

By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Former U.S. President Donald Trump has become the most high-profile person to ever face criminal charges under the Espionage Act for the unlawful retention of sensitive national defense records. In all, Trump faces 37 criminal counts, 31 of which relate to secret or top secret classified documents. He is also charged with obstructing justice, conspiracy, concealment and false statements. WHAT IS THE ESPIONAGE […]

(Reuters) – Billionaire financier George Soros told the Wall Street Journal in an interview published on Sunday that he was handing control of his massive empire to his son, Alexander Soros. A hedge fund manager turned philanthropist and major backer of liberal causes, Soros, 92, said he previously didn’t want his Open Society Foundations (OSF) to be taken over by one of his five children. But speaking of his decision […]

By Julien Pretot PARIS (Reuters) – While the French Open delivered a vintage women’s final in state-of-the-art facilities, it was the embarrassing sight of empty seats – particularly in the corporate boxes – that will linger in the mind after this year’s edition. Tournament director Amelie Mauresmo said on Sunday that “we have beaten the record with 630,000 people in total for the visitors, compared to 613,000 last year, with […]

(Reuters) – Billionaire financier George Soros told the Wall Street Journal in an interview published on Sunday that he was handing control of his massive empire to his son, Alexander Soros. A hedge fund manager turned philanthropist and major backer of liberal causes, Soros, 92, said he previously didn’t want his Open Society Foundations (OSF) to be taken over by one of his five children. But speaking of his decision […]

CAIRO (Reuters) – Three British tourists were missing and 12 had been rescued after a motor boat caught fire on Sunday off the Egyptian Red Sea coast, Egyptian officials and security sources said. The survivors were brought to safety in the nearby diving resort of Marsa Shagra, about 21km (13 miles) north of the town of Marsa Alam, along with 12 Egyptian crew and guides, according to a statement from […]

(Reuters) -The CEO of gene-sequencing machine maker Illumina Francis DeSouza has resigned from the group, it said on Sunday, weeks after he survived a challenge to his board seat from activist investor Carl Icahn. In May Icahn secured a seat for one of his three nominees to Illumina’s board, marking a partial victory for him and his months-long proxy battle to remove DeSouza. The company said on Sunday senior vice […]