By Charlie Devereux and Aislinn Laing MADRID (Reuters) -Celebrity chef Jose Andres’ disdain for red tape is one of the reasons his food charity found itself coordinating the humanitarian effort in Gaza when seven of its workers were killed in an Israeli airstrike. The aid workers for World Central Kitchen were killed when their convoy …
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NUSEIRAT CAMP, Gaza Strip (Reuters) – His clinic destroyed during Israel’s bombardment of the Gaza Strip, Palestinian dentist Najdat Saqr has retrieved equipment from the ruins and set up a tent to treat patients again. “Around 80% of our work involves root canal treatment. As for anaesthesia, I do have this but it’s about to …
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ISTANBUL (Reuters) -Turkish authorities on Tuesday prevented the newly elected mayor of a pro-Kurdish party taking up his post and announced a re-run vote in another district where President Tayyip Erdogan’s party lost, prompting legal challenges and opposition condemnation. A document seen by Reuters from the election board in the eastern city of Van showed …
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(Reuters) -A Russian missile attack on Tuesday damaged an educational facility in Ukraine’s city of Dnipro and injured 13 people, local authorities said. Five children were among the injured, Serhiy Lysak, the regional governor, said on Telegram. “Eight wounded were hospitalized,” he added, describing the scale of injuries as moderate. Russia has recently stepped up …
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By Lisandra Paraguassu BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil is advocating for the immunity of heads of states that are not party to treaties such as the International Criminal Court (ICC), according to a document seen by Reuters, which could favor Russian President Vladimir Putin attending the Group of 20 summit in Rio this year. The ICC has …
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By Ali Kucukgocmen ISTANBUL (Reuters) – At least 29 people were killed on Tuesday when a fire engulfed Istanbul’s underground Masquerade nightclub during daytime renovation work, Turkish local authorities said, blaming an accident during the work. Firefighters doused the charred and smoking entrance to the club, which occupies two basement floors, as paramedics rushed victims …
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By Andrew Gray and John Irish BRUSSELS (Reuters) – NATO boss Jens Stoltenberg has proposed a 100 billion euro ($107 billion), five-year package of military aid to Ukraine that would give the Western alliance a more direct role in providing support to Kyiv, five diplomats said on Tuesday. Under the plan, NATO would take over …
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By Michele Kambas NICOSIA (Reuters) -Seaborne aid for Gaza is returning to Cyprus after Israel killed seven aid workers of World Central Kitchen, Cypriot officials said on Tuesday, as the U.S.-based charity said it would pause work in the occupied Palestinian territory. World Central Kitchen (WCK) staff had just offloaded 100 tons of food aid …
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By Sergio Goncalves and Catarina Demony LISBON (Reuters) -Portugal’s centre-right minority government of Prime Minister Luis Montenegro was sworn in on Tuesday amid doubts it can survive beyond this year as it faces the most fragmented parliament in 50 years of democracy. The Democratic Alliance (AD) coalition won the March 10 election by a slim …
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MADRID (Reuters) -Israel must clarify the circumstances surrounding the deaths of seven people working for Spanish-American celebrity chef Jose Andres’ World Central Kitchen in an Israeli airstrike in central Gaza, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Tuesday. “I hope and demand that the Israeli government clarifies as soon as possible the circumstances of this …
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