BRUSSELS (Reuters) – EU leaders failed to make progress on Friday on negotiations over a massive stimulus plan to bring to life the economies devastated by the coronavirus pandemic, returning to their Brussels hotels shortly before midnight to rest and try again in the morning. Many of the 27 bosses …
Read More »UK says Russia tried to meddle in elections by leaking U.S. trade documents
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain said Thursday that Russia had attempted to interfere in its 2019 general election by raising an online scandal over unlawfully acquired confidential documents about a planned free trade agreement with Washington. FILE PHOTO: A Russian flag is seen on the laptop screen in front of a …
Read More »UK says Russia tried to meddle in elections by leaking U.S. trade documents
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain said Thursday that Russia had attempted to interfere in its 2019 general election by raising an online scandal over unlawfully acquired confidential documents about a planned free trade agreement with Washington. FILE PHOTO: A Russian flag is seen on the laptop screen in front of a …
Read More »Belarusian leader criticizes West after protests over electoral bans
MINSK (Reuters) – Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko dismissed Western criticism on Wednesday after his two main opponents were excluded from next month’s presidential election and police arrested more than 250 protesters. Law enforcement officers detain a man outside the Belarusian electoral commission as people line up to file their complaints …
Read More »Fighting breaks out on the border of Azerbaijan and Armenia
BAKU / YEREVAN (Reuters) – Several Azeri soldiers have been killed and Armenian soldiers and police wounded in border clashes, the two countries said on Monday, accusing each other of invading their territory. The two former Soviet republics have long been in conflict over the separation of Azerbaijan, mainly the …
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