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Home of French mayor ram-raided and torched by rioters

[1/7]L’Hay-les-Roses mayor Vincent Jeanbrun reacts at the city hall in L’Hay-les-Roses, the city where his home was ram-raided and set alight while his wife and children were asleep inside during the unrest that has gripped the country following the death of Nahel, a 17-year-old teenager killed by a… Read more PARIS, July 2 (Reuters) – […]

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Death toll rises to nine in Russian attack on Ukraine’s Kramatorsk – mayor

[1/5]Rescues and volunteers carry a woman rescued from the debris at the site of hotel and restaurant buildings heavily damaged by a Russian missile strike, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in central Kramatorsk, Donetsk region, Ukraine June 27, 2023. REUTERS/Oleksandr Ratushniak KRAMATORSK, Ukraine, June 28 (Reuters) – The body of a boy was pulled out […]

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Former Russian mayor fined $3,245 for ‘discrediting’ army

[1/2] Russian opposition politician Yevgeny Roizman, who is accused of discrediting the Russian army, attends a court hearing in Yekaterinburg, Russia April 26, 2023. REUTERS/Natalia Chernokhatova May 19 (Reuters) – Russian opposition politician Yevgeny Roizman was fined 260,000 roubles ($3,245) on Friday after a court found him guilty of “discrediting” the Russian army, Russian news […]

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Taiwan’s Kuomintang picks New Taipei City mayor as presidential candidate

[1/4] Mayor of New Taipei, Hou Yu-ih, gestures following the confirmation as the presidential candidate for Taiwan’s main opposition party the Kuomintang (KMT), at their headquarters in Taipei, Taiwan,… Read more TAIPEI, May 17 (Reuters) – Taiwan’s main opposition Kuomintang (KMT) party picked New Taipei City mayor Hou Yu-ih on Wednesday to be its presidential […]

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Blast heard near mayor’s office in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu

MOGADISHU, Jan 22 (Reuters) – A blast was heard near the mayor’s office in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on Sunday, according to a witness who added the explosion was then followed by gunfire. “As we were in office we were deafened by a blast, we ran away, gunfire followed,” Farah Abdullahi, a worker in the mayor’s […]

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Dnipro mayor says chances are minimal of finding survivors in wrecked apartment building

DNIPRO, Ukraine, Jan 15 (Reuters) – The chances are “minimal” of pulling more survivors from the wreckage of an apartment building in the Ukrainian city of Dnipro that was hit by a Russian missile strike on Saturday, the city’s mayor told Reuters in an interview on Sunday. “I think the chances of saving people now […]

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Russian missiles hit Ukrainian city of Kharkiv: Mayor

KYIV, Dec 29 (Reuters) – Mayors of Ukraine’s eastern city of Kharkiv, the capital Kyiv western Lviv reported on Thursday that Russian missiles had struck the cities and caused a series of explosions. Kharkiv’s Ihor Terekhov said officials were clarifying what had been hit and whether there were any casualties, while Kyiv’s Volodymyr Klitschko warned […]

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Heating restored in freezing Kyiv, Mayor Klitschko says

Dec 18 (Reuters) – Heating has been fully restored to Kyiv after the latest Russian bombardment that targeted water and power infrastructure, the capital’s Mayor Vitali Klitschko said on Sunday. “The city is restoring all services after the latest shelling,” Klitschko said on the Telegram messaging app. “In particular, the capital’s heat supply system was […]

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Kyiv mayor trades verbal jabs with Ukraine president and allies

Nov 27 (Reuters) – The mayor of Kyiv, former professional boxer Vitali Klitschko, traded rhetorical punches on Sunday with Ukraine’s president and his allies over how to help residents withstand power cuts, deriding their disputes as “senseless” amid Russia’s military campaign. Klitschko said 430 “warming centres” were helping residents cope with the effects of Russian […]

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Rocket attack near Iraq’s Erbil kills one, wounds 10 – mayor

BAGHDAD, Nov 14 (Reuters) – At least one person was killed and 10 others were wounded on Monday after rockets hit the headquarters of the Iranian Kurdish party in the city of Koye, near the capital of Iraq’s autonomous Kurdish region Erbil, the mayor of Koye Tariq Haidari said. Reporting by Ahmed Rasheed; Writing by […]