MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin met Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in the Kremlin, the president’s press service said on Thursday. “I am very interested in your opinion on how the situation in the region as a whole is developing,” Putin told Assad. “Unfortunately, there is a tendency towards escalation, we can see that. …
(Reuters) – Soon after the attempted assassination of Donald Trump, local law enforcement officers and a U.S. Secret Service agent discussed how pictures of the shooter were shared among officers by a sniper who lost sight of him before he opened fire, a newly released video showed. The three-minute video was recorded on the body-worn …
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(Reuters) – Fox News proposed a presidential debate between U.S. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris on Sept. 17, the network said in a statement released on Wednesday. (Reporting by Brendan O’Brien in Chicago; editing by Susan Heavey)
By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Mohammad Salem CAIRO/GAZA (Reuters) – Israeli forces carried out new raids in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, hours before Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was due to address the U.S. Congress. The latest Israeli attacks destroyed homes in towns east of Khan Younis in southern Gaza and thousands of people were forced …
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By David Lawder RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Finance leaders from the Group of Seven wealthy democracies on Wednesday will try to advance talks on harnessing the earnings from frozen Russian sovereign assets to back a $50 billion loan to Ukraine as the U.S. seeks more certainty, notably from the European Union, that the assets …
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The European Commission has warned Slovakia that it will take immediate legal action if the government pushes ahead with a proposed law requiring NGOs that receive funding from abroad to label themselves “organisations with foreign support”. “I was in Bratislava and I was very clear,” European Commission Vice President Vera Jourova said ahead …
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By Jan Strupczewski and Julia Payne BRUSSELS (Reuters) -European Union member states discussed options for extending the renewal period of sanctions on Russian central bank assets to secure a major Group of Seven loan to Ukraine, an EU draft document showed and diplomats said on Wednesday. Leaders of the Group of Seven major democracies and …
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By Joanna Plucinska FARNBOROUGH, England (Reuters) – A UK initiative to promote green jet fuel will need to be taken up around the world – and built on – if the technology is to have any chance of delivering its promise of radically cleaner flying, airline executives warned at the Farnborough Airshow. Last week, Britain’s …
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BERLIN (Reuters) -Britain and Germany signed a joint defence declaration on Wednesday, pledging to work more closely to strengthen their defence industries, reinforce European security and support Ukraine in its fight to repel Russian forces. Britain’s new defence minister, John Healey, signed the pact in Berlin, where he met German counterpart Boris Pistorius. Healey’s visit …
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By Nidal al-Mughrabi, Maayan Lubell and Hussam Al-Masri CAIRO/JERUSALEM/GAZA (Reuters) -Palestinian residents of eastern neighbourhoods of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip fled their homes on Tuesday as Israeli tanks advanced deep into the area after Israel ordered the population to evacuate. The tanks pushed into the Khan Younis town of Bani Suhaila and …
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