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(Reuters) – Russian forces attacked northern and southern stretches of the front in Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region on Friday, even as Kyiv said Moscow’s assault was flagging near the city of Bakhmut. WAR ZONE * Some 10,000 Ukrainian civilians, many elderly and with disabilities, are clinging on to existence in horrific circumstances in and around the besieged city of Bakhmut, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said. * […]

By Steve Scherer OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Friday that he was happy his recent ban on the use of Chinese-owned social media app TikTok from government-issued devices meant his children could no longer access the platform. Speaking at a joint news conference with U.S. President Joe Biden in Ottawa, Trudeau said: “Our concerns around TikTok are around security and access to information that the […]

By Andrea Shalal and Steve Scherer OTTAWA (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau presented a united front on Friday against authoritarian regimes as Biden visited the Canadian capital days after the leaders of China and Russia held a Moscow summit. Images of Biden and Trudeau standing side by side in Ottawa announcing agreements including on semiconductors and migration represented a counter point to the scene […]

By Philip O’Connor STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Belgium striker Romelu Lukaku scored a hat-trick as they claimed a 3-0 win over Sweden which overshadowed Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s much-anticipated return to international football in their opening Group F Euro 2024 qualifier on Friday. The win at the Friends Arena gave new Belgium coach Domenico Tedesco the perfect start as his side seek to bounce back form a disappointing group-stage exit at the Qatar […]

By Julien Pretot PARIS (Reuters) – Three months after a heartbreaking defeat in the World Cup final, France oozed class and confidence as they started their Euro 2024 qualifying campaign with a 4-0 thrashing of the Netherlands on Friday. Antoine Griezmann opened the scoring with a curled shot from Kylian Mbappe before Dayot Upamecano added a second six minutes later. Mbappe made it 3-0 after being played through by Aurelien […]

(Reuters) -Defending champion Carlos Alcaraz motored into the third round of the Miami Open with a 6-0 6-2 win over Argentine Facundo Bagnis on Friday while Canada’s Bianca Andreescu upset Greek seventh seed Maria Sakkari to reach the last 32. The Spanish top seed, looking to back up his Indian Wells triumph with a Miami title to complete the coveted “Sunshine Double”, barely broke a sweat as Bagnis was simply […]

By Idrees Ali and Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden on Friday warned Iran that the United States would “act forcefully” to protect Americans, after the U.S. military carried out air strikes against Iran-backed forces in retaliation for an attack in Syria. Later, officials said that another U.S. service member was wounded on Friday in the latest tit-for-tat strike between Iran-backed forces and U.S. personnel in Syria. That comes […]

By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Evan Corcoran, a lawyer for Donald Trump, appeared on Friday before a federal grand jury looking into Trump’s retention of classified documents following the end of his presidency, testifying only after a U.S. judge rejected Corcoran’s claim that doing so would violate attorney-client privilege. Corcoran’s 3-1/2 hour appearance behind closed doors was another signal that two criminal investigations into Trump led by Special Counsel […]

By Stephen Culp NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stocks closed higher on Friday, marking the end of a tumultuous week as Federal Reserve officials calmed investor fears over a potential liquidity crisis in the banking sector. While all three major U.S. stock indexes started the session sharply lower on the heels of a sell-off among European banks, those losses reversed by closing bell, repeating the intraday roller coaster ride of […]