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South Korea may consider supplying weapons to Ukraine over North Korea-Russia ties

22 Oct 2024

By Hyunsu Yim SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea may consider directly supplying weapons to Ukraine as part of measures to counter military ties between North Korea and Russia, officials said on Tuesday, after accusing Pyongyang of sending troops to fight for Russia in Ukraine. South Korea’s spy agency said last week that North Korea had …

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Hezbollah says it fires volley of rockets into Israel, Blinken returns seeking ceasefire

22 Oct 2024

By Maya Gebeily and Maayan Lubell BEIRUT/JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Hezbollah said it had fired rockets at two bases near the Israeli city of Tel Aviv and a naval base west of Haifa on Tuesday morning just hours before U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Israel to make another push for an elusive ceasefire. …

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Sirens sounded in central Israel after a projectile crossed from Lebanon, Israeli army says

22 Oct 2024

CAIRO (Reuters) – Sirens sounded in central Israel as a projectile was identified crossing from Lebanon and falling into open ground, the army said on Tuesday. Alerts sounded in the Samaria area and in Modi’in Illit, the Israeli military added in a statement. Israel’s multi-layered air defences have intercepted the vast majority of missiles and …

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Ukraine drones target Russian alcohol plants, Russian officials says

22 Oct 2024

(Reuters) – Ukraine overnight drone attacks caused an explosion and a fire at an ethanol manufacturing plant and damaged two other alcohol producing enterprises in Russia, Russian officials said on Tuesday. A blast shook the Biokhim biochemical plant in Russia’s Tambov region, sparking a short-lived fire, Tambov governor Maxim Yegorov said on the Telegram messaging …

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Russian state media flatters Trump, but Kremlin cool on him and Harris

22 Oct 2024

By Andrew Osborn and Guy Faulconbridge MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian officials from President Vladimir Putin down say it makes no odds to Moscow who wins the White House on Nov. 5. Yet anyone watching Kremlin-guided state media’s coverage of the U.S. election would conclude Donald Trump is strongly favoured. State TV’s main Channel One news …

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Qatar’s emir heads to Berlin for talks aimed at boosting economic ties

22 Oct 2024

By Riham Alkousaa BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will host Qatar’s Emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, at a baroque palace just north of Berlin on Tuesday for talks aimed at deepening economic and diplomatic ties. The energy-rich Gulf Arab state has increasingly become a strategic partner for Germany since Russia’s 2022 …

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Blinken heads to Israel to revive Gaza ceasefire talks after Sinwar death

22 Oct 2024

By Humeyra Pamuk TEL AVIV (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrives in Israel on Tuesday, the first stop of a wider Middle East tour aimed at reviving Gaza ceasefire talks and discussing the enclave’s future following the death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, but any breakthrough ahead of the looming U.S. election …

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Ukraine blasts U.N.’s Guterres over invitation to BRICS summit in Russia

22 Oct 2024

(Reuters) – Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry blasted U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Monday for what it said was his acceptance of an invitation from Russian President Vladimir Putin to a BRICS summit, while staying away from a “peace summit” on the war in Ukraine. “The U.N. Secretary General declined Ukraine’s invitation to the first Global …

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Russian attacks kill three in Zaporizhzhia, three in Donetsk region, officials say

21 Oct 2024

KYIV (Reuters) – Russian attacks on Monday killed three people in the southern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia and three in Donetsk region near the front line in the 2-1/2-year-old war against Russia, regional governors said. Zaporizhzhia Governor Ivan Fedorov, writing on Telegram, said a morning strike on a residential district killed three people. In Donetsk …

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Explainer-What’s on the agenda at the COP16 nature summit in Colombia?

21 Oct 2024

By Oliver Griffin and Jake Spring BOGOTA (Reuters) – During this month’s U.N. Biodiversity Summit, known as COP16, in the Colombian city of Cali, nearly 200 countries will be debating how they can save nature from the current rapid rate of destruction. Here is what to watch for: NATIONAL ACTION PLANS Two years after brokering …

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