LONDON (Reuters) – Britain and Jordan have air-dropped four tonnes of aid including medicines, fuel and food to Tal Al-Hawa Hospital in northern Gaza, Britain’s Foreign Office said on Wednesday. The UK-funded aid was delivered by the Jordanian Air Force. “Thousands of patients will benefit and the fuel will enable this vital hospital to continue …
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union on Wednesday approved its 13th package of sanctions against Russia, EU sources told Reuters. The new package will see nearly 200 entities and individuals added to the list but no fresh sectoral measures. (Reporting by Julia Payne, Gabriela Baczynska; Writing by Charlotte Van Campenhout; Editing by Gareth Jones)
ATHENS (Reuters) – Greek farmers honked their tractor horns in front of parliament on Wednesday after spending the night in central Athens as their protest against rising fuel and production costs stretched into a second day. At least 8,000 farmers, beekeepers and livestock breeders joined the protest on Syntagma Square on Tuesday, echoing grievances at …
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By Stelios Misinas ATHENS (Reuters) -Thousands of farmers from across Greece descended on Athens’ central square on Tuesday, parking tractors in front of parliament in their biggest protest yet over rising costs. Police estimate at least 8,000 farmers with 130 tractors joined the protest on Syntagma square, echoing grievances at similar demonstrations in France, Belgium, …
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PARIS (Reuters) -The French government will prepare by the summer a new law to better safeguard farmers’ income and strengthen their position in negotiations with retailers and consumer goods companies, Prime Minister Gabriel Attal said on Wednesday. Attal made the announcement on updating the so-called Egalim law in his latest speech aimed at easing tensions …
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DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran’s nuclear chief on Wednesday dismissed a suggestion that the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Grossi would visit Iran next month but instead invited Grossi to a conference in Tehran in May. Grossi said this week Iran was continuing to enrich uranium well beyond the needs for commercial …
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Parliament and EU member states reached a deal late on Tuesday to strengthen air quality standards across the 27-nation European Union, they said in a statement. The new rules set out air quality standards for 2030 in the form of pollutant limits and target values that are closer to the …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s top general, Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov, visited troops fighting in the war in Ukraine to discuss the next steps after the taking the town of Avdiivka, state media reported on Wednesday. President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday Russian troops would push further into Ukraine to build on their …
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By Steve Holland and Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. will announce a major package of sanctions against Russia on Friday over the death of opposition leader Alexei Navalny and the two-year Ukraine war, President Joe Biden said on Tuesday. Biden, speaking to reporters as he departed on a trip to California, did not give …
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(Reuters) – Ukraine’s military on Tuesday dismissed a statement by Russia’s defence minister that Moscow’s forces had secured full control over the village of Krynky on the eastern bank of the Dnipro River in southern Kherson region. A statement on Telegram by the Ukrainian military’s southern district said Russian forces had made no headway on …
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