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By Mike Stone WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Pentagon has found $2 billion worth of additional errors in its calculations for ammunition, missiles and other equipment sent to Ukraine, increasing the improperly valued material to a total of $8.2 billion, a U.S. government report revealed on Thursday. The U.S. Department of Defense has faced challenges in …

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(Reuters) -The European Medicines Agency has backed the use of Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy to lower major heart risks and strokes in overweight or obese adults without diabetes, the Danish drugmaker said on Thursday. The backing from the European Union drug watchdog’s committee comes two days after Wegovy secured a similar nod from the UK regulator, …

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BRUSSELS (Reuters) – EU’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell on Thursday urged Israel to revoke its decision to outlaw the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA), calling it nonsense. “Outlawing UNRWA – and labelling it as terrorist, which it is not – amounts to targeting regional stability and human dignity of …

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By Michel Rose and Julien Pretot PARIS (Reuters) -When early proponents of hosting an unprecedented Olympics opening ceremony along the river Seine first pitched the idea to the then-head of Paris police, he was dead-set against it. “It’s madness,” Didier Lallement said in 2021, according to two sources, citing the vast logistical and security challenges …

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By Jan Strupczewski RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) -The Group of Seven wealthy democracies are likely to have a framework deal for a Russian-asset-backed $50 billion loan to Ukraine by October, in time to tap markets by year-end, European Economic Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni said on Thursday. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a G20 meeting …

G7 framework deal on $50 billion Ukraine loan seen in Oct, EU’s Gentiloni says Read More »

By Andreas Rinke BERLIN (Reuters) -German politicians demanded better protection for the country’s airports on Thursday after climate activists were able to breach fences and disrupt air traffic for the second day in a row. German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser, whose ministry wants to punish unauthorised airfield access with up to two years in jail, …

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By Nidal al-Mughrabi CAIRO (Reuters) – Israeli forces advanced deeper into some towns on the eastern side of Khan Younis in southern Gaza on Thursday, hours after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told U.S. lawmakers he was actively engaged in bringing hostages home. Fighting in recent days has centred around the eastern towns of Bani …

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By David Shepardson, Allison Lampert and Chris Prentice (Reuters) -Boeing finalized a guilty plea to a criminal fraud conspiracy charge and agreed to pay at least $243.6 million after breaching a 2021 agreement with the U.S. Justice Department, according to a court filing on Wednesday. The planemaker allowed potentially risky work at its factories and …

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By Giulia Segreti SULMONA, Italy (Reuters) – As it rolls across Italy’s central regions, a vintage diesel locomotive towing carriages from the 1930s and 1950s crosses the forests of the Majella National park and the Abruzzo highlands, giving tourists on board a glimpse of hidden hamlets. Across its just over 100 kilometres (62 miles), the …

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By Layli Foroudi and Juliette Jabkhiro PARIS (Reuters) – French paramedic Seifelislam Benadda had just dropped off a patient at hospital on July 1, he said, when police informed him he was prohibited from leaving his hometown in the Paris suburbs, saying he was a potential threat to the Olympic Games. For the next nine …

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