PARIS (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of people could have died in Mayotte after a devastating cyclone and doctors are also bracing for a surge in disease, a dental surgeon at the islands’ only hospital said on Tuesday. Three days after Cyclone Chido tore through the French overseas territory off East Africa, the hospital’s emergency …
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LVIV, Ukraine (Reuters) – The possible deployment of foreign peacekeeping troops in Ukraine could be raised at a meeting of European leaders in Brussels on Wednesday, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday. The meeting to discuss support for Ukraine, almost three years after Russia’s full-scale invasion, will gather the leaders of Germany, France, Poland and …
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By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union is under fresh pressure from some governments within the bloc to weaken its laws to fight climate change, after already watering down some in response to political pushback, Denmark’s climate minister said on Tuesday. Europe’s green agenda has hit resistance this year, as elections in many …
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By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Concrete movement on an inclusive political transition in Syria will be key in ensuring the country gets the economic support it needs, United Nations special envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen told the Security Council on Tuesday. “There is a clear international willingness to engage. The needs are immense …
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By Vladimir Soldatkin MOSCOW (Reuters) -Spilled oil has washed up along “tens of kilometres” of the Russian Black Sea coast after two tankers were badly damaged in a storm at the weekend, a regional official said on Tuesday, and state media said a third ship was now in trouble. TASS news agency said the third …
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By Jonathan Landay WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The head of a U.S.-based Syrian advocacy organization on Monday said that a mass grave outside of Damascus contained the bodies of at least 100,000 people killed by the former government of ousted President Bashar al-Assad. Mouaz Moustafa, speaking to Reuters in a telephone interview from Damascus, said the …
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By Andreas Rinke and Matthias Williams BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s main political parties presented their competing plans on Tuesday for lifting Europe’s largest economy out of the doldrums as campaigning kicked off for a snap election on Feb. 23. The election, triggered after Social Democrat Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s three-party coalition collapsed last month amid arguments …
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ZURICH (Reuters) – Switzerland’s parliament on Tuesday voted to outlaw Hezbollah, in a rare move by the neutral country that has traditionally followed a policy of promoting international dialogue and mediation. Proponents of the ban, which was passed by the lower house after receiving upper house approval last week, said Hezbollah was a threat to …
By Ali Sawafta and James Mackenzie JENIN, West Bank (Reuters) – Palestinian Authority security forces have battled Islamist fighters in Jenin for days, as they wrestle to exert control of one of the historic centres of militancy in the West Bank ahead of a likely shakeout in Palestinian politics after the Gaza war. Forces of …
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By Andrius Sytas TALLINN (Reuters) – Vessels of Russia’s so-called shadow tanker fleet will be boarded or put on a sanctions list if they do not provide proof of insurance, Estonia’s prime minister said on Tuesday. ‘Shadow fleet’ refers to vessels used by Russia to move oil, arms and grains around in violation of international …
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