WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States issued fresh sanctions on Wednesday on several Russia-based entities over their involvement in the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, the State Department said, including new measures against the operator of the project. The U.S. State Department said in a statement that it was re-imposing sanctions on a number of entities …
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By Nidal al-Mughrabi CAIRO (Reuters) -The United States, joined by Arab mediators, sought to conclude an agreement between Israel and Hamas to halt the 14-month-old war in the Gaza Strip, where medics said Israeli strikes killed at least 20 Palestinians on Wednesday. A Palestinian official close to the negotiations said on Wednesday that mediators had …
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By John Irish PARIS (Reuters) – France said on Wednesday it would host an international meeting on Syria in January and that the lifting of sanctions and reconstruction aid would be conditional on clear political and security commitments by the transitional authority. A team of French diplomats met an official from the Syrian transition team …
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KYIV (Reuters) – Moscow has intensified its attacks on Ukrainian forces battling to hold an enclave in Russia’s Kursk region and increased pressure in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region, Ukraine’s top army commander said on Tuesday. As the war approaches its fourth year, Ukrainian troops are weary and outnumbered along the 1,170-km (727-mile) frontline. “For the …
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By Tassilo Hummel PAMANDZI, Mayotte (Reuters) -Authorities in Mayotte struggled on Tuesday to stop hunger, disease and lawlessness from spreading in the French overseas territory after the weekend’s devastating cyclone, while Mozambique reported dozens of deaths from the storm. Hundreds or even thousands could be dead in Mayotte, which took the strongest hit from Cyclone …
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By Tassilo Hummel MAMOUDZOU, Mayotte (Reuters) – Authorities in the French overseas territory of Mayotte could still confirm only 31 deaths on Wednesday from Cyclone Chido, more than four days after it swept through the Indian Ocean archipelago, causing mayhem and killing possibly thousands. Mayotte, France’s poorest overseas territory, is home to large numbers of …
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By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The World Bank said on Wednesday its executive board approved $2.05 billion in Development Policy Operation funding for Ukraine that includes the first grant from a new $20 billion U.S. loan fund for Kyiv that is backed by income from frozen Russian sovereign assets. The new package aimed at boosting …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday backed a call for the FBI to investigate fellow Republican former congresswoman Liz Cheney over her role in leading Congress’s probe of the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol by his supporters. Trump, who will return to the White House on Jan. 20, has vowed …
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By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) -European Union countries on Tuesday approved a year’s delay to the bloc’s anti-deforestation law, confirming the postponement of the world-first green policy, the Council of the EU said in a statement. The delay to the law, which was scheduled to be implemented later this month, is a blow to the …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Sergei Polunin, a former star at London’s Royal Ballet, said on Wednesday that he had decided to leave Russia with his family, complaining that his “soul” did not feel like it was in its right place. Ukrainian-born Polunin, 35, has had a sometimes tempestuous but garlanded career so far. He became the …
