MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia and Ukraine carried out the latest in series of prisoner of war exchanges on Saturday, with both sides returning around 50 people, officials in Moscow and Kyiv said. Ukraine’s military intelligence directorate reported the retu…
Kosovo should give Serbs more time to change car plates, EU says
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union urged Kosovo on Saturday to allow for a longer transition period phasing out old Serbian license plates still in use by the ethnic Serb minority in the country. Kosovo said on Friday it would delay a rule to conf…
Iran’s Guards head warns protesters: ‘Today is last day of riots’
DUBAI (Reuters) -The head of Iran’s powerful Revolutionary Guards warned protesters that Saturday would be their last day of taking to the streets, in the clearest sign that security forces may intensify their fierce crackdown on nationwide unrest. Ira…
Dogecoin surges on Elon Musk’s Twitter deal
(Reuters) -Dogecoin surged more than 70% on Saturday, extending this week’s gains after Elon Musk sealed a $44-billion deal to take over Twitter last week. The Tesla Inc CEO, a vocal proponent of cryptocurrencies, has heavily influenced prices of dogec…
Car bombs at Somali education ministry leave scores of casualties
MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Two car bomb explosions at the education ministry in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu killed or wounded scores of people on Saturday, police and the state news agency said. It was not known who was behind the blasts but the Islamist gr…
U.N. chief delays travel to try to bring Russia back into Black Sea grain deal
By Pavel Polityuk and Michelle Nichols KYIV/NEW YORK (Reuters) – The head of the United Nations said he was “deeply concerned” by Russia’s decision to suspend its participation in a U.N.-brokered grain deal and delayed a foreign visit to try to revive …
Ukraine questions Twitter takeover amid precarious ties with Musk
KYIV (Reuters) – A senior Ukrainian official expressed scepticism on Saturday about the takeover of Twitter by Elon Musk, whose relations with Kyiv have been precarious since the billionaire suggested in early October Ukraine should give up occupied la…
Russia is ready to supply up to 500,000 T of grain to poorest countries – TASS
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia is ready to supply up to 500,000 tonnes of grain to poor countries in the next four months, with assistance from Turkey, TASS news agency cited Agriculture Minister Dmitry Patrushev as saying on Saturday. Russia said on Friday…
UK’s next National Lottery operator Allwyn in talks to buy Camelot UK
(Reuters) – UK’s incoming National Lottery operator Allwyn Entertainment is in talks to buy former operator Camelot’s UK operations, the companies said in a joint statement on Saturday. An agreement could be struck in the coming weeks, with a deal valu…
Russia says U.S. lowering ‘nuclear threshold’ with newer bombs in Europe
By Guy Faulconbridge LONDON (Reuters) -Russia said on Saturday that the accelerated deployment of modernised U.S. B61 tactical nuclear weapons at NATO bases in Europe would lower the “nuclear threshold” and that Russia would take the move into account …