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By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke on Friday to Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid and stressed the importance of concluding Israel’s probes into the killing of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh. “Secretary Blinken underscored the importance of concluding the investigations into the death of Palestinian-American Shireen Abu Akleh,” …

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By David Gauthier-Villars and Gabriela Baczynska ISTANBUL/BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Russian businessman Andrey Melnichenko ceded ownership of two of the world’s largest coal and fertilizers companies to his wife the day before he was sanctioned by the European Union, according to three people familiar with the matter. Melnichenko, who built his fortune in the years following …

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By Orhan Coskun and Jonathan Spicer ANKARA (Reuters) – Talks between Turkish officials and delegations from Sweden and Finland have made little headway overcoming Ankara’s objections to their NATO membership bids, and it is not clear when further discussions will take place, according to two sources. Swedish and Finnish diplomats met in Turkey on Wednesday …

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DAKAR (Reuters) – Fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo over the past week between the army and M23 rebel group has forced more than 72,000 people from their homes, the United Nations said on Friday. The M23, a rebellion claiming to represent the interests of ethnic Tutsis in eastern Congo, is staging its largest …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – It is very important that Turkey’s issues with Finland’s NATO membership be resolved before the alliance holds a summit in Madrid at the end of June, Finnish foreign minister Pekka Haavisto told reporters on Friday following a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Washington. (Reporting by Daphne Psaledakis and …

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By Crispian Balmer JERUSALEM (Reuters) – The Islamist Hamas group that runs the Gaza Strip is looking to impose new red lines in Jerusalem, epicentre of the decades-long conflict between Israelis and Palestinians, even if that risks provoking another war. For years, flag-waving Israeli nationalists have staged an annual march through Jerusalem to celebrate Israel’s …

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By Riham Alkousaa and Lena Toepler SPREEWALD, Germany (Reuters) – Alarmed by the prospect of global food shortages due to the conflict in Ukraine, the EU wants to get as much land in Europe as possible turned over to grains, even at the cost of biodiversity. Berlin’s new greener government is pushing back. A month …

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By Anthony Boadle and Ricardo Brito BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil is preparing to receive a record number of international observers for its October election, according to electoral authorities and participating organizations, amid a polarized presidential race in which President Jair Bolsonaro has questioned the reliability of electronic voting machines. Bolsonaro’s government objected to an invitation …

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