By Julien Pretot PARIS (Reuters) – England played a wonderful kicking game against South Africa but their inability to score tries and their inferiority in the scrums eventually proved their undoing in their World Cup semi-final loss on Saturday. Steve Borthwick’s team led until the 78th minute after Owen Farrell had slotted in four penalties …
By Aidan Lewis and Nafisa Eltahir CAIRO (Reuters) -Arab leaders at a Cairo summit on Saturday condemned Israeli bombardment of Gaza as Europeans said civilians should be shielded, but with Israel and senior U.S. officials absent there was no agreement towards containing the violence. Egypt, which called the meeting and hosted it, said it had …
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(Reuters) -Egypt is hosting an international conference on Saturday to discuss the escalating war between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas in Gaza. The list of attendees expected at the Cairo Peace Summit include: Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas Jordanian King Abdullah United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Bahraini …
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(Reuters) -Egypt holds a summit on the Gaza crisis on Saturday amid growing fears of a wider Middle East war but the absence of a top official from Israel’s main ally the U.S. and some other leaders has dampened expectations for what it can achieve. The hastily-convened Cairo Peace Summit as the conflict still rages …
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(Refiles to correct media identifier only) LONDON (Reuters) -British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak met the leaders of Egypt and the Palestinian Authority in Cairo on Friday, agreeing with them on the need to let humanitarian aid into Gaza and avoid civilian casualties in Israel’s war with Hamas. Sunak met Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and …
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NIAMEY (Reuters) – Another French military convoy is scheduled to leave Niger for Chad in the coming days, marking the half-way point of the promised withdrawal of the 1,450 French troops based in the West African nation, Niger colonel Mamane Sani Kaiou said on Friday. Last week, French military convoys began leaving bases in southwest …
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DAKAR (Reuters) – Niger’s ousted President Mohamed Bazoum is being held in a secret location by the junta that seized power in the West African state, lawyers representing him said on Friday, denying accusations that the president had tried to escape. Bazoum has been in detention since a July 26 coup, and there have been …
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ROME (Reuters) – Italy on Friday signed a deal to take in some 4,000 workers from Tunisia, in line with pledges to help the northern African state stem the pressure from migrants at its borders. The deal was signed during a visit by Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani to Tunis, where he was scheduled to meet …
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RABAT (Reuters) – Morocco plans to build a large stadium in Benslimane, near Casablanca, and upgrade six others in preparation for co-hosting the 2030 World Cup, the prime minister’s office said on Friday. A deal was signed the same day between the government and state-owned fund CDG to finance the new stadium to be ready …
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NIAMEY (Reuters) – Niger’s junta said on Thursday that it had thwarted an escape attempt by ousted President Mohamed Bazoum who has been imprisoned by the military since a July 26 coup despite international calls for his release. The interim authorities said that Bazoum and his family, with the help of accomplices in the security …
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