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BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany will see its working-age population decrease by 2% by 2045, according to a forecast released on Wednesday that is likely to add to fears over growth constraints in Europe’s largest economy. Though its overall population will grow by 0.9% or 800,000 people within that timeframe due to net migration, the number …

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VLADIVOSTOK, Russia (Reuters) -A U.S. soldier was sentenced on Wednesday to nearly four years in a Russian penal colony after being found guilty by a Russian court of stealing $113 from his girlfriend and making threats to kill her, a Reuters witness reported from the courtroom. The judgement brings an end to a tempestuous love …

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By Edward McAllister and Renee Maltezou ATHENS (Reuters) – Europe has a duty to host children hurt and traumatised by war in Gaza for as long as the conflict continues, Greek Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis told Reuters on Wednesday. Gerapetritis is seeking partners in what he hopes would be a project to temporarily bring the …

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ATHENS (Reuters) – A 55-year-old American has been found dead on the Greek island of Mathraki, the police said on Monday, the third tourist death in a week following a period of unusually hot weather. Temperatures soared above 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) earlier this month, just as the holiday season began across Greece’s remote …

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(Reuters) – Police in New Caledonia arrested protest leader Christian Tein on Wednesday at the headquarters of the biggest pro-independence political party, the Caledonian Union, as he prepared to hold a press conference, the party said in a statement. Local media reported the arrest of eight people including Tein in a police operation on Wednesday …

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By Maya Gebeily and Steven Scheer BEIRUT/JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz warned on Tuesday that a decision on an all-out war with Hezbollah was coming soon, even as the United States tries to avert any escalation. U.S. envoy Amos Hochstein was sent to Lebanon to try and cool tensions following an increase …

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By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United Nations said on Tuesday it has been unable to distribute aid in the Gaza Strip from the Israel-controlled Kerem Shalom crossing because of lawlessness and panic among hungry people in the area, despite Israel’s daytime pause in military activity. Israel’s military said on Sunday there would …

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By Adam Makary, Jaidaa Taha and Lisa Baertlein CAIRO/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Yemen’s Houthi militants are believed to have sunk a second ship in the Red Sea, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) said on Tuesday. The Houthis and other sources previously identified the imperilled ship as the Greek-owned Tutor. It was struck by missiles …

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