BERLIN (Reuters) – Director Alonso Ruizpalacios dug deep into his past to make “La Cocina”, a frenetic look at the lives, loves and chaos surrounding the migrants who work in a restaurant on New York City’s Times Square. The Mexican-U.S. drama, one of 20 films competing for the festival’s Golden Bear top prize, was, he …
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PARIS (Reuters) – The recognition of a Palestinian state is no longer a taboo for France, President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday, suggesting Paris could make the decision if efforts for a two-state solution stalled because of Israeli opposition. A unilateral French recognition would do little to change the situation on the ground without true …
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By Sandra Stojanovic VANCOUVER (Reuters) – Britain’s Prince Harry tried wheelchair curling on Friday, one of the many winter adaptive sports that will be part of the 2025 Invictus Games, an international sporting event for wounded army veterans. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, who founded the games in 2014 for injured and sick service …
KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine’s military said it had withdrawn outnumbered troops from the southeastern part of the city of Avdiivka amid escalating battles, adding that the decision provided no strategic advantage for Russia. Oleksandr Tarnavskyi, the commander of Ukraine’s southeastern sector, said on Telegram Ukrainian units pulled back with minor losses. “In a difficult battlefield situation, …
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By Andrew Osborn LONDON (Reuters) -Alexei Navalny, reported to have died on Friday by Russia’s prison service, was the fiercest domestic opponent of Vladimir Putin, whom he accused of trying to kill him and of having him jailed on bogus charges and deprived of medical care. He was 47. The Kremlin dismissed the allegations and …
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PRISTINA (Reuters) – Global police agency Interpol has issued international arrest warrants for ethnic Serb gunmen accused of storming a village last year in north of Kosovo and battling police in a shootout, which left four dead, Kosovo’s interior minister said on Friday. On Sept. 24, police said around 80 gunmen entered Kosovo from Serbia …
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By Nidal al-Mughrabi CAIRO (Reuters) – Gaza’s largest functioning hospital was under siege on Friday in Israel’s war with Islamist group Hamas, leaving patients and doctors helpless in the chaos, as warplanes struck Rafah, the last refuge for Palestinians in the enclave, officials said. Israeli forces said on Thursday they had raided the medical complex …
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By Patricia Zengerle and Makini Brice WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. lawmakers expressed shock and outrage at the death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny on Friday, but the news looked unlikely to bridge deep divides over whether the United States should continue its military support for Ukraine. “There are some (members of Congress) that I …
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By Humeyra Pamuk and John Irish MUNICH (Reuters) – Senior U.S., Arab and European officials met in Munich on Friday to discus progress on formulating a plan for post-war Gaza that would be linked to normalizing ties between Israel and Saudi Arabia, officials and diplomats said. U.S Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Saudi Arabian Foreign …
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By Jana Choukeir, Ahmed Tolba and Daphne Psaledakis CAIRO (Reuters) -A Panamanian-flagged tanker carrying crude oil bound for India was struck with a missile in the Red Sea, the U.S. State Department said on Friday. The missile launched from Yemen hit the M/T Pollux on its port side, according to the State Department. Earlier on …
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