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Drone shot down in Crimea’s Dzhankoi, says Moscow-installed official

(Reuters) – A drone was shot down in Dzhankoi in Crimea, a Russian-installed official in the peninsula that Moscow annexed from Ukraine in 2014, said on Sunday. “There is damage to windows in several houses in a residential district” from the overnight incident, Oleg Kryuchkov, an adviser in the Moscow-installed administration of Crimea, posted on …

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Exclusive-Walt Disney’s Pixar targets ‘Lightyear’ execs among 75 job cuts

By Dawn Chmielewski (Reuters) -Walt Disney’s Pixar Animation Studios has eliminated 75 positions including those of two executives behind box office disappointment “Lightyear,” sources said on Saturday, the first significant job cuts at the studio in a decade. The cuts included “Lightyear” director Angus MacLane, a 26-year animator who was part of the senior creative …

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Soccer: Man City edge closer to treble after FA Cup final win over Man Utd

By Martyn Herman LONDON (Reuters) – Manchester City moved to within one victory of completing a momentous treble as they deservedly beat arch-rivals Manchester United 2-1 in the FA Cup final thanks to Ilkay Gundogan’s record-breaking double on Saturday. City captain Gundogan scored the fastest goal in FA Cup final history with a stunning volley …

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Turkey’s Erdogan signals economic U-turn in picking orthodox Simsek

By Huseyin Hayatsever and Ezgi Erkoyun ANKARA (Reuters) -President Tayyip Erdogan signalled on Saturday his newly-elected government would return to more orthodox economic policies when he named Mehmet Simsek to his cabinet to tackle Turkey’s cost-of-living crisis and other strains. Simsek’s appointment as treasury and finance minister could set the stage for interest rate hikes …

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UK’s Sunak wants to cut taxes by up to 2% before election -Telegraph

LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak wants to cut taxes by as much as 2 pence in the pound before the next national election which is expected in 2024, the Telegraph newspaper reported. Government officials believed that a slower-than-expected fall in Britain’s high inflation rate would not prevent a tax cut from April, …

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Horse racing-Protester runs onto track as 31 arrested over Epsom Derby disruption

(Reuters) – Police arrested 31 people in connection with plans to disrupt Saturday’s Epsom Derby, including a man who was detained after running onto the track, as major sporting events in Britain continue to be affected by protests. Last month, protest group Animal Rising issued a call for volunteers to help disrupt the event by …

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Prigozhin says Kremlin factions are destroying the Russian state

By Guy Faulconbridge MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin said on Saturday that Kremlin factions were destroying the state by trying to sow discord between him and Chechen fighters. That row had now been settled but infighting in the Kremlin had opened a Pandora’s Box of rifts, he said. Prigozhin, a 62-year-old former restauranteur …

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