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(Reuters) – Ukraine can now resume exporting electricity after a six-month gap, given the success of repairs carried out after repeated Russian attacks, Energy Minister Herman Halushchenko said on Friday. Last October, Ukraine halted exports of electricity to the European Union – its main export market for energy since the war began – following Russia …

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(Reuters) -Russian legislators on Friday proposed tougher sentences for those convicted of terrorism, high treason and sabotage, domestic news agencies reported, a move officials have been cited as saying was prompted by the war in Ukraine. The maximum sentence for carrying out “a terrorist act” – defined as a deed which endangered lives and was …

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(Reuters) – Moscow formally protested to Canada on Friday after the country’s U.N. envoy described a murdered Russian blogger as “a vitriolic propagandist” and a hate-monger, the foreign ministry said. Bob Rae, Canada’s permanent representative to the United Nations, made the remarks after Vladlen Tatarsky – a cheerleader for Russia’s military campaign in Ukraine – …

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LISBON (Reuters) – Portuguese party Chega will hold a world summit in Lisbon with several far-right party leaders in May, including former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro and Italian deputy prime minister Matteo Salvini, the president of Chega said on Friday. In a video statement, the president of Chega, Andre Ventura, said Bolsonaro and Salvini “already …

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(Reuters) – WeWork Inc. on Friday said it has adopted a “poison pill” to limit its shareholders from increasing stakes, which would make it difficult for the company to use its net operating loss (NOL) carryforwards to reduce tax. As of Dec. 31, 2021, WeWork had about $6.9 billion of U.S. federal NOLs and $6.6 …

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(Reuters) – Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal is planning to visit Canada to seek supplies of ammunition and armoured vehicles for a counteroffensive against invading Russian forces, the Globe and Mail reported on Friday. Shmyhal said in an interview with the Canadian newspaper that he was not concerned about the lack of new military aid …

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