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By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Michele Kambas CAIRO/LARNACA, Cyprus (Reuters) -The head of the European Commission said on Friday a maritime aid corridor could start operating between Cyprus and Gaza this weekend, part of accelerating Western efforts to relieve the humanitarian crisis in the war-ravaged Palestinian enclave. Ursula von der Leyen’s comments came a day after …

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By Phil Stewart and Michelle Nichols WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden’s plan to build a floating U.S. military port to speed up aid to Gaza could take up to 60 days to become a reality and involve more than 1,000 American troops, the Pentagon said on Friday. The Pentagon offered the timeline a day …

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(Reuters) – Tens of thousands of women marched in demonstrations across Spain on Friday to protest against gender inequality and to mark International Women’s Day. To mark the occasion, Spain’s Equality Minister Ana Redondo announced on Friday the government would revive a human trafficking law which was proposed last year but was not passed because …

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(Reuters) – The U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees said some employees released into Gaza from Israeli detention reported having been pressured by Israeli authorities into falsely stating that the agency has Hamas links and that staff took part in the Oct. 7 attacks.     The assertions are contained in a report by the U.N. Relief …

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By Zeba Siddiqui and Raphael Satter (Reuters) -Microsoft said on Friday that hackers linked to Russia’s foreign intelligence were trying again to break into its systems, using data stolen from corporate emails in January to gain new access to the tech giant whose products are widely used across the U.S. national security establishment. The disclosure …

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By Catarina Demony and David Latona LISBON (Reuters) – Surrounded by upbeat supporters, Portuguese party leaders braved the pouring rain on Friday to wrap up two weeks of campaigning for what is set to be a tight election that could end eight years of Socialist rule. Sunday’s race, two years ahead of schedule, was called …

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By Can Sezer and Yuliia Dysa ISTANBUL (Reuters) -Turkey is ready to host a summit between Ukraine and Russia to end the war, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday after talks with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskiy in Istanbul. In a meeting lasting about an hour, Erdogan and Zelenskiy discussed developments in the Ukraine-Russia war, …

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