Putin says Russia has stockpiled cluster bombs and will use them in Ukraine if it has to

MOSCOW (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin said Russia had a “sufficient stockpile” of cluster bombs and reserved the right to use them if such munitions, the use of which he said he regarded as a crime, were deployed against Russian forces in Ukraine. Ukraine said on Thursday it had received cluster bombs from the United…

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Tennis – Wimbledon 2023 prize money: How much do the winners get?

(Reuters) – Along with offering a place in the tennis history books, the four Grand Slams – the biggest events on the tennis calendar – also provide serious financial incentives for the champions. Here is what you need to know about the prize pot on offer at Wimbledon: WHAT IS THE TOTAL PRIZE FUND IN…

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Alzheimer’s diagnosis revamp embraces rating scale similar to cancer

By Julie Steenhuysen (Reuters) -Alzheimer’s disease experts are revamping the way doctors diagnose patients with the progressive brain disorder – the most common type of dementia – by devising a seven-point rating scale based on cognitive and biological changes in the patient. The proposed guidelines, unveiled by experts on Sunday in a report issued at…

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Ukraine, Poland say Wagner fighters arrive in Belarus

(Reuters) -Fighters from the Wagner group have arrived in Belarus from Russia, Ukrainian and Polish officials said on Saturday, a day after Minsk said the mercenaries were training the country’s soldiers southeast of the capital. “Wagner is in Belarus,” Andriy Demchenko, a spokesman for the Ukrainian border agency, said in a statement on the Telegram…

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Microsoft signs agreement to keep Call of Duty on Playstation

(Reuters) -Microsoft has signed an agreement to keep Call of Duty on PlayStation following the acquisition of Activision Blizzard, Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer said in a tweet on Sunday. A deal to keep Call of Duty on Playstation could further ease concerns surrounding the acquisition’s impact on competition. Speaking on the agreement, Microsoft President…

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Biden’s election war chest trails Trump’s in size, filings show

(This July 15 story has been refiled to fix typographical errors in paragraphs 3 and 7) By Jason Lange WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Joe Biden’s re-election campaign ended last month with about $20 million in the bank, just trailing the $22 million plus reported by Republican front-runner Donald Trump, according to financial disclosures released on…

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Azerbaijan says Russia, Armenia not fulfilling Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire deal

BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Azerbaijan said on Saturday that Russia and Armenia are not fulfilling the Nagorno-Karabakh enclave ceasefire deal, hours after the European Union urged Azerbaijan and Armenia to refrain from “violence and harsh rhetoric”. Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, Azerbaijan and Armenia have fought two wars over Nagorno-Karabakh, a small mountainous enclave that…

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China, Russia to start joint air and sea drill in Sea of Japan

By Yew Lun Tian BEIJING (Reuters) – A Chinese naval flotilla set off on Sunday to join Russian naval and air forces in the Sea of Japan in an exercise aimed at “safeguarding the security of strategic waterways”, according to China’s defence ministry. Codenamed “Northern/Interaction-2023”, the drill marks enhanced military cooperation between China and Russia…

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