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By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) – Rising unhappiness among younger people has caused the United States and some large western European countries to fall down a global wellbeing index, while Nordic nations retain their grip on the top spots. The annual World Happiness Report, launched in 2012 to support the United Nations’ sustainable development goals, …

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KHARKIV, Ukraine (Reuters) -A Russian missile hit an industrial area in Ukraine’s northern city of Kharkiv on Wednesday, killing at least five people and injuring eight while causing a major fire in a printing house, local authorities said. The mayor of Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second largest city, said five people were missing after the strike. The …

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By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told U.S. Republican senators on Wednesday that Israel will continue its efforts to defeat the Palestinian militant group Hamas in the Gaza Strip, senators told reporters after he addressed a party lunch. “He’s going to do what he said he’s going to do. He’s going …

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CAIRO (Reuters) -Arab foreign ministers and a top Palestinian official will meet U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Cairo on Thursday as he pushes for a pause in fighting between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip during his latest tour of the region. Blinken will meet foreign ministers from Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Qatar …

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By Raneen Sawafta JENIN, West Bank (Reuters) – Israeli forces killed three Palestinians and wounded another in an air strike in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin on Wednesday, the Palestine health ministry said, in what Israel’s military said was an operation targeting Palestinian militants. The Israeli military said an aircraft struck four Palestinian …

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By Jason Hovet (Reuters) – Slovaks vote for a new president on Saturday in an election that could give Prime Minister Robert Fico a boost in his drive to gain more control of public media, soften anti-corruption laws and withhold key support for Ukraine. Opinion polls put ex-prime minister Peter Pellegrini, 48, a former member …

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By Catarina Demony and Sergio Goncalves LISBON (Reuters) – The leader of Portugal’s rightist Democratic Alliance (AD), which won a general election by a slim margin on March 10, said on Wednesday he expected the president to invite him to form a minority government. “On behalf of the AD we expressed our willingness to take …

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By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Humeyra Pamuk CAIRO/JEDDAH (Reuters) -U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken began a tour of the Middle East on Wednesday by holding talks in Saudi Arabia, hoping to secure a ceasefire in the Gaza war as increasing strain shows in Washington’s relationship with its ally Israel. In the Gaza Strip, where hunger …

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(Reuters) – Ukraine received on Wednesday a first 4.5 billion euro ($4.88 billion) tranche from a European Union bridging finance programme, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said. As the war with Russia enters its third year, Ukraine critically depends on financial aid from its Western partners but foreign financing dwindled in the first two months of …

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By Jan Strupczewski BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Commission proposed on Wednesday transferring to Ukraine profits of 2.5 to 3 billion euros ($2.7-3.3 billion) per year generated by Russian central bank assets frozen in Europe after Moscow invaded Ukraine in 2022. Ninety percent will be channelled through the European Peace Facility fund to buy weapons …

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