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(Reuters) – The U.N.’s nuclear watchdog said on Thursday that officials at Ukraine’s Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant had reported a new attempted drone attack on the facility’s training centre — less than two weeks after other similar incidents. Russia-installed officials at the plant, the largest nuclear facility in Europe, said Ukraine was behind the …

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By Doaa Rouqa GAZA (Reuters) – Traumatised 10-year-old students stare at their destroyed schools in Gaza, a grim reminder of the education and time with friends in the playground lost since the war erupted over six months ago. “We would go out during recess. We would go to the classroom and walk around. The principle …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Donald Trump said on Thursday the survival of Ukraine is important to the United States, a shift in tone days before the Republican-led U.S. House of Representatives is due to vote on a $61 billion aid package. The former president did not endorse the package, and he dedicated most of his post …

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By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Congress moved closer on Thursday to ending a months-long stalemate and voting on legislation to provide billions of dollars in security assistance to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, despite bitter debate over the measure ahead of a weekend vote. Members of the Republican-led House of Representatives Rules Committee …

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By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The World Bank Group on Thursday unveiled a new goal to help countries deliver affordable healthcare to 1.5 billion people by 2030 by expanding services to remote areas, cutting fees and other financial barriers and focusing on lifetime care. The development lender said it would deploy financing, its own …

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By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Israel’s commitments to improve aid access in the Gaza Strip have had “limited and sometimes nil” impact, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Thursday as he pushed for urgent, meaningful and measurable progress to avert famine. The United Nations has long complained of obstacles to getting aid …

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SARAJEVO (Reuters) -Bosnian Serb lawmakers on Thursday adopted a report denying that the killing of 8,000 Muslims in Srebrenica during the Bosnian war constituted genocide, and thousands of Serbs later protested against a United Nation’s resolution to commemorate the atrocity. The massacre in 1995, which happened in the week after the U.N. safe zone of …

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By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Iran told the United Nations Security Council on Thursday that Israel “must be compelled to stop any further military adventurism against our interests” as the U.N. secretary-general warned that the Middle East was in a “moment of maximum peril.” Israel has said it will retaliate against Iran’s April …

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