(Reuters) -Moscow’s military “tasks” in Ukraine now go beyond the eastern Donbas region, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday, as the Kremlin’s forces shelled eastern and southern Ukraine. Lavrov also told state news agency RIA Novo…
Italian PM Draghi wins confidence vote, but three parties snub motion
ROME (Reuters) – Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi won a confidence motion in the upper house Senate on Wednesday, but three main coalition parties refused to take part in the vote, effectively torpedoing his administration. The motion asked the hous…
Nearby White House, faces of Americans detained overseas now visible to thousands
By Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Little known are the names of the Americans detained abroad despite their years’ long plight to regain their freedom, but now, thanks to a work of art unveiled on Wednesday in the U.S. capital, the faces of more …
Biden’s new steps on climate to fall short of ’emergency’ designation
By Jeff Mason ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden will unveil new executive steps to address climate in a visit to Massachusetts on Wednesday that are expected to fall short of declaring the federal emergency many Democrats had urg…
Italian PM Draghi looks doomed after parties snub confidence vote
By Giuseppe Fonte and Angelo Amante ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s government crumbled on Wednesday when three of Prime Minister Mario Draghi’s main coalition partners snubbed a confidence vote he had called to try to end divisions and renew their alliance. …
Erdogan wants Ukraine grain sea exports deal in writing this week
By Tuvan Gumrukcu and Michelle Nichols ANKARA/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday said he wants a general agreement reached between Ukraine, Russia, Turkey and the United Nations on a U.N.-led plan to resume Ukrainian Bla…
Ukraine and Russia: What you need to know right now
(Reuters) – Ukraine on Wednesday accused Russia of exploiting its position in a nuclear power plant it had seized to target a nearby town in a rocket attack that killed at least 13 people and left many others seriously wounded. FIGHTING * Russia launch…
Ukrainian first lady appeals to U.S. Congress for more weapons against Russia’s ‘Hunger Games’
By Patricia Zengerle and Rose Horowitch WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Ukrainian first lady Olena Zelenska appealed to U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday to provide more help to her country as it struggles against a five-month-long Russian invasion, saying weapons coul…
Bipartisan U.S. Senate group introduces bill intended to head off another Jan. 6
By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A bipartisan group of U.S. senators introduced two bills on Wednesday to reform election laws, seeking to block a repeat of then-President Donald Trump’s failed attempt to overturn his 2020 election loss to Democra…
Sri Lanka gets new president in six-time PM Wickremesinghe
By Uditha Jayasinghe, Alasdair Pal and Devjyot Ghoshal COLOMBO (Reuters) -Sri Lankan lawmakers voted in acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe as the new president on Wednesday, hoping his long experience in government can help pull the country out of a…