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By Harold Isaac PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) -A powerful gang leader in Haiti has issued a threatening message aimed at political leaders who would take part in a planned transition council, as fires broke out amid a fresh surge of violence in the capital. After unpopular Prime Minister Ariel Henry announced on Monday he would step down …

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BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz assured Ukraine its international partners will cooperate closely on military support in a telephone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, a government spokesperson said on Thursday. The phone call took place ahead of talks on Friday between Scholz, French President Emmanuel Macron and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk …

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WARSAW (Reuters) -Polish opposition party Law and Justice (PiS) has asked the top court to declare laws allowing a parliamentary committee to summon the central bank chief for hearings unconstitutional in a bid to block a probe planned by the ruling coalition. Lawmakers from Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s coalition are planning to submit a preliminary …

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By Michel Rose PARIS (Reuters) -French President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday Europe should prepare for war if it wants peace, calling President Vladimir Putin’s Russia an adversary that would not stop in Ukraine if it defeated Kyiv’s troops in the two-year-old conflict. Macron caused controversy last month after he said he could not rule …

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By Simon Lewis WASHINGTON (Reuters) – European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on Thursday after meetings in Washington that the United States should put more pressure on Israel to allow more aid into Gaza, amid what he called a man-made disaster in the strip. Borrell, in a briefing with reporters at the EU’s …

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CAIRO (Reuters) -The leader of Yemen’s Houthis, Abdul Malik al-Houthi, said on Thursday the group’s operations targeting vessels will escalate to prevent Israel-linked ships from passing through the Indian Ocean towards the Cape of Good Hope. “Our main battle is to prevent ships linked to the Israeli enemy from passing through not only the Arabian …

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By Simon Lewis WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The EU’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on Thursday after holding meetings in Washington that securing new support for Ukraine could not wait since the outcome of the war in Ukraine will be decided this spring and summer. Amid doubts over continuing U.S. military aid to Kyiv, Borrell told …

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By Julia Payne BRUSSELS (Reuters) – EU lawmakers have gone part of the way to meeting pharmaceutical industry concerns about the exclusivity period for new medicines after reaching a compromise on the biggest overhaul of EU pharmaceutical rules in 20 years, a parliament proposal showed. A European parliamentary committee is set to vote on its …

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