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By Jessica DiNapoli NEW YORK, Dec 14 (Reuters) – Ukraine’s offer to forgo joining the NATO military alliance probably will not significantly change the course of peace talks, two security experts said on Sunday. During negotiations with U.S. envoys over a potential Ukraine-Russia peace deal, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Sunday offered to drop Ukraine’s NATO …

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By Friederike Heine, Matthias Williams and Olena Harmash BERLIN/KYIV, Dec 14 (Reuters) – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy offered to drop Ukraine’s aspirations to join the NATO military alliance as he held five hours of talks with U.S. envoys in Berlin on Sunday to end the war with Russia, with negotiations set to continue on Monday. Trump’s …

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By Friederike Heine BERLIN, Dec 14 (Reuters) – Major cities including Berlin, London and New York stepped up security around Hanukkah events on Sunday following the attack on a Jewish holiday celebration at Sydney’s Bondi Beach. Berlin police said they were ramping up measures around the German capital’s Brandenburg Gate, where a large electric menorah …

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By Hussein Waaile and Sarah Marsh NEW YORK/BERLIN, Dec 14 (Reuters) – A senior German far-right lawmaker called for an alliance between U.S. and German nationalist parties at a MAGA gala on Saturday where he was being honored, buoyed by a new U.S. security strategy praising Europe’s patriotic parties. Markus Frohnmaier was among some 20 …

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SYDNEY, Dec 14 (Reuters) – At least 11 people were killed and dozens wounded when gunmen opened fire during a Jewish holiday event at Sydney’s Bondi Beach on Sunday, Australian officials said. Following are comments from world leaders in the wake of the deadly shooting: ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER OF AUSTRALIA “This is a targeted …

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By Nidal al-Mughrabi, Menna AlaaElDin and Dawoud Abu Alkas CAIRO/GAZA CITY, Dec 14 (Reuters) – Israel’s assassination of a senior Hamas commander threatens the viability of the Gaza ceasefire, the chief negotiator of the militant group said on Sunday, calling on U.S. President Donald Trump to demand Israel comply with the terms of the truce. …

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By Christine Chen SYDNEY, Dec 14 (Reuters) – A bystander captured on video tackling and disarming an armed man during Sunday’s deadly attack at Sydney’s Bondi Beach has been hailed as a hero whose actions saved lives. Footage circulating on social media shows a man, named by local media as 43-year-old fruit shop owner Ahmed …

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