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Ukraine seeks global help with massive task of landmine clearance at Swiss meeting

17 Oct 2024

By Emma Farge LAUSANNE, Switzerland (Reuters) -Ukraine’s prime minister appealed at a meeting in Switzerland on Thursday for more help clearing landmines and unexploded bombs covering up to a quarter of the country – making it the most mined nation in the world. Switzerland, which is providing financial support, is hosting the conference this week …

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Russia says new UK sanctions show its energy sector prowess irks London, says RIA

17 Oct 2024

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s Foreign Ministry said on Thursday that new British sanctions on Russian oil and gas tankers showed Moscow’s status as “a reliable energy supplier” did not suit London, the state RIA news agency reported. Britain’s government said earlier on Thursday it had imposed sanctions on 18 further Russian oil tankers and four …

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Norway says its embassy in Beirut evacuated over bomb threat

17 Oct 2024

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -Norway’s embassy in Lebanon’s capital Beirut has been evacuated on Thursday following a bomb threat, the Norwegian ministry of foreign affairs said. “We can confirm that the building where the Norwegian embassy in Beirut is located has received a bomb threat today,” the Norwegian ministry said in an emailed statement. “Only a few …

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Israel stops processing key commercial food imports to Gaza, sources say

17 Oct 2024

By John Davison, David Gauthier-Villars and Nidal al-Mughrabi JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israel has stopped processing requests from traders to import food to Gaza, according to 12 people involved in the trade, choking off a track that for the past six months supplied more than half of the besieged Palestinian territory’s provisions.  Since Oct. 11, Gaza-based traders …

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At least 28 dead in Gaza strike, which Israel says targeted gunmen

17 Oct 2024

By Nidal al-Mughrabi CAIRO (Reuters) -At least 28 Palestinians including children were killed on Thursday in an Israeli strike on a shelter in the northern Gaza Strip, a Gaza health ministry official said, while Israel said the attack targeted tens of militants at the site. Dozens were also injured in the strike, said the official, Medhat …

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Madrid cancels sheep herding spectacle to avoid bluetongue spread

17 Oct 2024

MADRID (Reuters) – The Madrid regional government on Thursday cancelled the traditional annual herding of flocks of sheep through the centre of the Spanish capital scheduled for Sunday as a preventative measure against a new variant of the bluetongue disease. Bluetongue, spread by insects, can be deadly for domestic ruminants such as sheep, cattle and …

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Scholz says Germany will supply Israel with weapons to defend itself

17 Oct 2024

BRUSSELS/BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany will continue to help Israel defend itself by supplying weapons, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Thursday, adding that Israel must abide by international law and that a two-state solution was the ultimate goal. “For me, however, it is clear that supporting Israel also means that we are constantly ensuring Israel’s defence …

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Greece court sentences former state officials over deadly 2020 floods in central Greece

17 Oct 2024

ATHENS (Reuters) – A Greek court on Thursday handed a 15-month suspended prison sentence to a former regional governor in central Greece and three other former officials over the handling of deadly floods in 2020. Cyclone Ianos swept through central Greece in 2020, killing three people, flooding cities and highways in the region of Thessaly …

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France says conditions of citizens held in Iran unacceptable

17 Oct 2024

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – France’s foreign ministry said on Thursday that the conditions that three of its nationals were being held hostage in by Iran were unacceptable, and that Paris continued to work to secure their immediate release. Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot met the families of the three citizens on Thursday, deputy spokesperson Pascal Confavreux said …

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