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By Takahiko Wada and Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) -Core inflation in Japan’s capital re-accelerated in February above the central bank’s target as the effects of government fuel subsidies faded, data showed on Tuesday, a sign conditions for ending negative interest rates were falling into place. But an index stripping away the effect of energy costs, …

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By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – A team of United Nations experts reported on Monday that there were “reasonable grounds to believe” sexual violence, including rape and gang rape, occurred at several locations during the Oct. 7 attack on Israel by Hamas militants. The team – led by U.N. special envoy for sexual violence …

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By Stephanie Lecocq and Gonzalo Fuentes VERSAILLES, France (Reuters) -France on Monday enshrined the right to abortion in its constitution, a world first welcomed by women’s rights groups as historic and harshly criticised by anti-abortion groups. MPs and senators overwhelmingly backed the move, by 780 votes against 72, in a special joint vote of the …

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By Humeyra Pamuk and Simon Lewis WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States is working to get aid into Gaza through as many channels as possible to help remedy a humanitarian disaster amid Israel’s war with Hamas militants, the State Department said on Monday, describing the situation as “simply intolerable.” State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller told a …

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JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israel’s military said on Monday that the U.N. aid agency UNRWA in Gaza employed over 450 “military operatives” from Hamas and other armed groups, and that Israel has shared this intelligence with the United Nations. UNRWA is already at the centre of a diplomatic storm over allegations by Israel that many of its …

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By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Bassam Masoud CAIRO/RAFAH, Gaza Strip (Reuters) -Hamas and Egyptian mediators said on Monday they were pressing on with talks on securing a ceasefire in Gaza, despite Israel’s decision not to send a delegation. The ceasefire talks, which began on Sunday in Cairo, are billed as a final hurdle on the way …

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By Horaci Garcia and Albert Gea BARCELONA (Reuters) – Spain’s Catalonia region began providing free reusable menstrual cups, period underwear and cloth pads at pharmacies on Monday, in one of the first initiatives of its kind in the world. The programme is part of a drive by the regional government to reduce “period poverty” after …

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By Sarah Marsh and Andreas Rinke BERLIN (Reuters) – Russian media last week published an 38-minute audio recording of an intercepted online call between senior German military officials about how to support Ukraine against the Kremlin’s invasion. Germany’s government has confirmed the veracity of the call. This is what the officials discussed and the reactions …

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(Reuters) – Russia’s Supreme Court has upheld a ruling barring opposition politician Boris Nadezhdin from running in this month’s presidential election, Nadezhdin said on Monday. Nadezhdin was barred from standing when the Central Election Commission said it had found irregularities, including names of dead people, in the list of supporters’ signatures he had presented in …

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