GENEVA (Reuters) – The head of the World Health Organization on Friday urged countries to agree to an accord to help fight future pandemics as negotiations approach a deadline this month. The new pact and a series of updates to existing rules on dealing with pandemics are intended to shore up the world’s defenses against …
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By Felix Light and Ali Kucukgocmen TBILISI (Reuters) – Mariam Tsertsvadze, the co-founder of an animal charity in the Georgian capital, has managed only three or four hours of sleep a night in the past few weeks, but says she is full of energy. Tsertsvadze has joined thousands of other Georgians in nightly protests in …
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LONDON (Reuters) – A Russian military court sentenced an anti-war activist in the far eastern city of Khabarovsk to 15 years in prison on Friday for crimes including setting fire to a military commissariat and desecrating the graves of Russian soldiers killed in Ukraine. In a statement, the court identified Angel Nikolayev as “an opponent …
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By Aleksandar Vasovic and Fatos Bytyci TETOVO, North Macedonia (Reuters) – Ekrem Ramadani used to work in the once flourishing textile industry in the town of Tetovo in North Macedonia. Today, 76 and still working, he scrapes by selling beans, onions and garlic from his modest farm. He has watched Tetovo, set in a lush …
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By Lucy Papachristou LONDON (Reuters) – Roberto Carnero, an Italian literature professor at the University of Bologna, was shocked when he received a call from his Italian publisher in March about the Russian translation of his new book. The Russian publisher, AST, would agree to publish his critical essay on the openly gay Italian film …
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(Reuters) – Italian construction group Webuild said on Friday it has pitched a project to rebuild Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, which collapsed in March after a container ship crashed into a support pillar. The project includes the design and planning for the reconstruction, which envisages a cable-stayed bridge with the aim to improve safety, …
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(Reuters) – Pro-Palestinian protests demanding a ceasefire in Gaza and divestment from companies linked to Israel have spread across U.S. universities in the two weeks since Columbia University administrators called in police to dismantle an encampment on their New York City campus. Below is a timeline of significant events in the biggest wave of U.S. …
(Reuters) -At least eight children were injured in Ukraine’s northeastern Kharkiv region on Thursday when Russian guided bombs struck a site close to a sports complex where they had been training, local officials said. The town of Derhachi where the incident occurred is a frequent target of Russian aerial strikes. Police said the bombs had …
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By Sam Tobin LONDON (Reuters) – An Israeli private investigator wanted by the United States was arrested in London over allegations that he carried out a cyberespionage campaign on behalf of an unidentified American PR firm, a London court heard on Thursday. An initial attempt to extradite Amit Forlit to the United Sates was thrown …
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By Angeliki Koutantou ATHENS (Reuters) – When firefighters arrived at a blaze in a pine forest on the Greek island of Rhodes last July, flames were already leaping above the trees into the night sky. The volunteers needed to act fast, but dense vegetation on the forest floor blocked access. With crews unable to get …
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