TOPSHOT - Hindu devotees of the Tengger community are seen through low-lying clouds at sunrise as they ascend the active Mount Bromo volcano to present offerings of rice, fruit, livestock and other items as part of the Yadnya Kasada festival near Probolinggo, East Java province on June 1, 2026. The Yadnya Kasada ceremony is a ritual of the Tenggerese people, a sub-ethnic group of Javanese in eastern Java, in which offerings are thrown into the crater of Mount Bromo as a form of gratitude, prayer for safety, and fulfillment of a legendary vow to the mountain's deity. (Photo by JUNI KRISWANTO / AFP via Getty Images)

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TALLINN, June 9 (Reuters) – Ukraine has signed a ⁠drone ⁠deal with Latvia, President Volodymyr ⁠Zelenskiy said on Tuesday as he met with Latvian Prime ​Minister Andris Kulbergs on the sidelines of a summit between Ukraine and Nordic and Baltic ‌states in the Estonian capital Tallinn. “These ‌are concrete things to strengthen our joint defense…

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KYIV, June 5 (Reuters) – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s open letter ⁠offering ⁠face-to-face peace talks to end the ⁠war in Ukraine was addressed to Russian President Vladimir Putin but meant to ​echo through the corridors of this week’s St Petersburg investment forum, and beyond. Zelenskiy published the letter on Thursday evening ‌as Putin briefed foreign news…

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