By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Dawoud Abu Alkas GAZA/CAIRO, Dec 15 (Reuters) – Authorities in Gaza warned on Monday that more war-damaged buildings may collapse because of heavy rain in the devastated Palestinian enclave and said the weather was making it hard to recover bodies still under the rubble. Two buildings collapsed in Gaza on Friday, …
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(Corrects formatting of hyperlink in first paragraph) OSLO, Dec 15 (Reuters) – Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Corina Machado fractured a vertebra while fleeing Venezuela on a small boat last week to receive the award in Oslo, a spokesperson for the opposition leader said on Monday, confirming a Norwegian media report. Machado went to Norway …
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By Andrew Osborn MOSCOW, Dec 15 (Reuters) – The founder of Russia’s opposition Yabloko party, which wants a ceasefire in Ukraine, has said his party will keep campaigning despite the arrest of two senior figures, a move he said was meant to derail it before next year’s parliamentary election. Yabloko, one of Russia’s main liberal …
KYIV, Dec 15 (Reuters) – Ukrainian long-range drones struck a Russian oil production platform in the Caspian Sea for the third time in a week, a security source told Reuters on Monday. The latest attack involved the Korchagin oil rig, which Ukrainian forces struck last week, the source said, adding that production had been halted. …
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BERLIN, Dec 15 (Reuters) – Prosecutors in Berlin have filed charges against the far-right Alternative for Germany’s (AfD) Matthias Moosdorf for allegedly greeting another party member with the banned Nazi salute during a parliamentary session, they said in a statement on Monday. The Bundestag lower house of parliament voted in October to lift the Russia-friendly …
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BERLIN, Dec 15 (Reuters) – Germany will deepen its commitment to Ukraine’s defence through joint ventures, further market integration and possible federal investment guarantees under a 10-point plan unveiled on Monday during President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s Berlin visit. European leaders have sought to send a message to Donald Trump that the continent stands behind Ukraine as …
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By Dominique Vidalon, Noemie Olive and Lauren Bacquie PARIS, Dec 15 (Reuters) – The Louvre in Paris was closed on Monday after staff began a rolling strike to demand better working conditions and urgent renovations, disrupting access at the world’s most-visited museum at one of the busiest times of the year. The walkout comes as …
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BRUSSELS, Dec 15 (Reuters) – EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte will be among leaders in Berlin on Monday evening for talks on a possible peace agreement for Ukraine. Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy is currently in Berlin where he is holding negotiations on a possible peace plan with …
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By Dan Peleschuk KYIV, Dec 15 (Reuters) – Three-quarters of Ukrainians reject major concessions in any peace deal, a Kyiv pollster said on Monday, highlighting the challenge facing President Volodymyr Zelenskiy as he negotiates under White House pressure to end the war with Russia. Ukraine has sought to push back on an original U.S.-backed plan …
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BRUSSELS, Dec 15 (Reuters) – The European Union on Monday broadened its sanctions on Belarus’ regime to include actions seen to undermine democracy, the rule of law, and the overall security in member states. The sanctions follow the incursions into Lithuania’s airspace of meteorological balloons from Belarus, which have repeatedly disrupted air traffic in recent …
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