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PARIS (Reuters) – Vladimir Putin’s chief envoy on Ukraine told the Russian leader as the war began that he had struck a provisional deal with Kyiv that would satisfy Russia’s demand that Ukraine stay out of NATO, but Putin rejected it and pressed ahead…

By Steve Scherer OTTAWA (Reuters) – A growing number of Canadians do not want a foreign monarch to represent them despite deep historical ties to Britain and affection for the queen, but risks that come with constitutional reform mean there is little p…

By Karen Sloan (Reuters) – The former Prince Charles is not the only one getting used to having “King” in his title all of a sudden. About 1,900 elite UK lawyers and hundreds of others in Commonwealth countries who held the rank of “Queen’s Counsel” be…

By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The European Union’s executive plans to raise more than 140 billion euros ($140 billion) to shield consumers from soaring energy prices by skimming off revenues from low-cost electricity generators and making fossil f…

By Tom Balmforth IZIUM, Ukraine (Reuters) – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy promised he would lead Ukraine to victory in its war against Russia as he visited shrapnel-blasted, recently recaptured towns on Wednesday, while pro-Russian officials claimed to…

By Sarah Wu TAIPEI (Reuters) – The United States will hold talks with Taiwan next month to discuss new U.S. legislation designed to boost the American semiconductor industry, the top U.S. diplomat in Taipei said on Wednesday. Last month, U.S. President…

By David Shepardson and Lisa Baertlein WASHINGTON/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -President Joe Biden’s administration on Tuesday made contingency plans aiming to ensure deliveries of critical goods in the event of a shutdown of the U.S. rail system while press…

By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Tuesday ruled that prosecutors cannot show pictures of “lavish properties” owned by Tom Barrack, a former top fundraiser for Donald Trump, at Barrack’s upcoming trial on charges of acting as an illegal …

By Max Hunder KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine said on Tuesday it feared Russia would step up attacks on its energy system to turn the screws on Kyiv this winter, and that it was pleading with Western powers for air defence technology to avert this. A series of…

By Syed Raza Hassan DADU, Pakistan (Reuters) -Authorities in Pakistan are scrambling to protect a vital power station supplying electricity to millions of people against a growing threat of flooding, officials said on Monday. Floods from record monsoon…