By Michelle Nichols NEW YORK (Reuters) – Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday that without new U.S. military aid his country would be unable to defend a Black Sea shipping corridor that has allowed Kyiv to export millions of tons of grain to global markets. Ukraine launched the shipping corridor hugging its western Black …
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DUBAI (Reuters) -Hamas has received a draft proposal from Gaza truce talks in Paris for a pause in military operations and the exchange of Palestinian prisoners for Israeli hostages, a senior source close to the talks said on Tuesday. U.S. President Joe Biden said Israel has agreed to halt military activities in Gaza for the …
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By Dan Williams, Nidal al-Mughrabi and Jeff Mason JERUSALEM/CAIRO/NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden said on Monday he hopes to have a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas conflict in Gaza start by next Monday as the warring parties appeared to close in on a deal during negotiations in Qatar that also aim to broker …
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By Angelo Amante ROME (Reuters) – Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is set for her first regional election loss since winning power in 2022 after a centre-left candidate appeared to have won the vote for the president of Sardinia, partial results showed on Tuesday. With almost all the votes counted, Alessandra Todde, a member of …
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(Reuters) – Israel and Hamas have been at war in Gaza since gunmen from the Palestinian militant group that runs the enclave ran amok in southern Israel on Oct. 7, killing 1,200 people and capturing 253 hostages. Israel responded with a military campaign in which almost 30,000 Palestinians have been confirmed killed, according to medical …
By James Pearson LONDON (Reuters) – Lockbit, the cybercrime gang that was knocked offline by a comprehensive international police operation earlier this month, says it has restored its servers and is back in business. The group, notorious on the internet’s criminal underground for using malicious software called ransomware to digitally extort its victims, was the …
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ATHENS (Reuters) -Greece’s frigate Hydra departed for the Red Sea on Monday to participate in a mission to protect merchant ships from attacks by Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi militia, a defence ministry official said. Earlier on Monday, the Greek government approved the country’s participation in the European Union naval mission dubbed Eunavfor Aspides in the Red …
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WARSAW (Reuters) – Poland’s new foreign minister, Radoslaw Sikorski, urged Warsaw’s Western allies on Monday to step up aid to Ukraine in its war with Russia to ensure the conflict does not spill over the border elsewhere in Europe. Sikorski also again called on the Republican Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Mike Johnson, …
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By Krisztina Than and Niklas Pollard BUDAPEST/STOCKHOLM, Reuters -Hungary’s parliament approved Sweden’s NATO accession on Monday, clearing the last hurdle before the historic step by the Nordic country whose neutrality lasted through two world wars and the simmering conflict of the Cold War. Hungary’s vote ended months of delays to complete Sweden’s security policy shift …
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RONDA, Spain (Reuters) – Amanda Carreno knew Spain’s Holy Week processions by the smell of the flowers, incense and candle wax or the sounds of trumpets and drums, but touching the centuries-old statues that are carried on elaborate floats gave it a whole new dimension. The visually impaired 26-year-old psychologist on Monday got the opportunity …
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