(Reuters) – Greece’s Aegean Airlines and Germany’s Condor cancelled flights to Beirut on Tuesday, the latest airlines to suspend services to the Lebanese capital in recent days as tensions escalate between Israel and armed political group Hezbollah. Aegean said it would suspend flights until Thursday, while Condor cancelled Tuesday’s flight from Dusseldorf. Air France and …
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KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine guarantees oil transit for companies that are not subject to sanctions and is ready to resolve transit issues with Slovakia in line with a European Union association agreement, a deputy energy minister said on Tuesday. Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said on Monday his country would halt diesel supplies to Ukraine unless …
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By Helen Reid PARIS (Reuters) -The men’s triathlon at the Paris Olympics will not go ahead as planned on Tuesday as pollution levels in the Seine remain too high, World Triathlon said in a statement, dealing a blow to organisers and leaving athletes facing more uncertainty. The race was postponed to Wednesday at 10:45 a.m. …
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By Giorgos Moutafis EVIA, Greece (Reuters) – More than 200 firefighters backed up by helicopters and water-carrying planes battled a wildfire on Greece’s second-biggest island of Evia for a second day on Tuesday as authorities ordered the evacuation of two villages. The fire broke out near the village of Petries in the centre of the …
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By Silvia Ognibene FLORENCE (Reuters) – Italian tax police seized real estate assets and holdings worth around 41 million euros ($44.4 million) from a Russian businessman on Monday, Florence prosecutors said. The man was under investigation in Ukraine for alleged corruption, fraud and money laundering, and the seizure was made at the request of Ukraine’s …
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By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Ramadan Abed CAIRO/DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (Reuters) -Thousands of Palestinians fled a community in the central Gaza Strip on Monday in the face of new Israeli evacuation orders, worsening the humanitarian plight in an area already inundated with displaced people fleeing an assault in the south. Islamist group Hamas accused Israel …
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By Maya Gebeily, Laila Bassam and Timour Azhari (Reuters) -The United States is leading a diplomatic dash to deter Israel from striking Lebanon’s capital Beirut or major civil infrastructure in response to a deadly rocket attack on the Golan Heights, five people with knowledge of the drive said. Washington is racing to avert a full-blown …
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By Mariela Nava, Mircely Guanipa and Vivian Sequera CARACAS/MARACAIBO/MARACAY, Venezuela (Reuters) -Protesters gathered in towns and cities across Venezuela on Monday after President Nicolas Maduro claimed victory in a tense weekend election, despite growing evidence of a resounding win for the opposition. During the afternoon crowds appeared in urban streets, as well as outside national …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States announced a new security assistance package for Ukraine on Monday that is valued at up to $200 million and includes air defenses and anti-tank weapons, White House national security spokesman John Kirby said. “This includes a presidential drawdown authority package to provide Ukraine with key capabilities for the fight …
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(Reuters) -Leaders across the Americas and beyond reacted to the Venezuelan electoral authority’s announcement just after midnight on Monday that President Nicolas Maduro had won a third term in office, despite multiple exit polls that pointed to an opposition win. U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE ANTONY BLINKEN “We have serious concerns that the result announced does …
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