By Nidal al-Mughrabi CAIRO (Reuters) – Israeli airstrikes on Tuesday killed at least 17 Palestinians in two of the Gaza Strip’s historic refugee camps and Israeli tanks pushed deeper into the enclave’s southern city of Rafah, residents and medics said. Residents reported heavy bombardments from tanks and planes in several areas of Rafah, where more …
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PARIS (Reuters) – Far-right party leader Jordan Bardella called on French voters on Tuesday to give his party an absolute majority in upcoming parliamentary elections so that it is able to govern effectively. Bardella, whose National Rally (RN) party has its first real chance of winning national power in the June 30 and July 7 …
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(Adds Orban’s full name in paragraph 2) AMSTERDAM (Reuters) -Hungary has dropped its opposition to Mark Rutte as the next NATO secretary-general, Dutch media reported on Tuesday, after the outgoing Dutch prime minister and his Hungarian counterpart met on the sidelines of a EU leaders meeting in Brussels. Citing sources, Dutch outlets NOS and RTL …
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By Jonathan Landay, Daphne Psaledakis and Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) -More than 20 NATO members will meet the alliance’s target of allocating at least 2% of GDP to defense this year, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Monday, highlighting how allies have raised military spending since Russia seized Crimea from Ukraine in 2014. Stoltenberg …
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PARIS (Reuters) – Campaigning kicked off on Monday for France’s snap parliamentary election, which opinion polls suggest the far-right National Rally will win ahead of a left-wing alliance, with President Emmanuel Macron’s centrist group trailing in third. Political uncertainty has triggered heavy selling of French bonds and stocks since Macron unexpectedly called the election after …
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(Reuters) – A Russian official said on Monday that fighting was gripping parts of Ukraine’s northeastern Kharkiv region which Moscow has been trying to seize and added that Ukraine’s military was pouring men and equipment into the contested area. Ukrainian President Voldodymyr Zelenskiy said Kyiv’s forces were gradually pushing Russian troops out of the contested …
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VIENNA (Reuters) – Austria’s ruling coalition of conservatives and Greens flirted with collapse on Monday after a minister went it alone to tip the balance in the European Union in favour of a nature restoration law, but the alliance will limp on. Environment Minister Leonore Gewessler of the Greens shifted Austria’s position at the last …
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By Andrius Sytas VILNIUS (Reuters) – Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas is tipped to become the European Union’s next foreign policy boss, but her tough stance on Russia may raise doubts as to whether she can represent views from across the bloc. EU leaders’ informal talks on Monday, their first since the European Parliament election, …
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By Guy Faulconbridge MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia’s espionage trial of detained Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who denies charges of collecting secrets for the U.S. CIA, will be held behind closed doors, the trial court said on Monday. Gershkovich, 32, was detained by the Federal Security Service on March 29, 2023, in a steak house …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Kremlin said on Monday that a Swiss-hosted conference on the Ukraine war had produced negligible results and showed the futility of holding talks without Russia. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters the results of the meeting were “close to zero”. Russia remains open to dialogue with all countries that intend to …
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