DOHA (Reuters) – Hamas received the Paris truce proposal for a ceasefire and release of hostages in Gaza but did not give a response to any of the parties, the media adviser to the head of political bureau of the Islamist movement, told Reuters on Thursday. “We say that the current stage of negotiation is …
By Jeffrey Dastin and Akash Sriram (Reuters) -Alphabet disappointed Wall Street on Tuesday as holiday-season advertising sales came in below expectations and the company said its spending on items such as servers to power artificial intelligence would jump this year. Alphabet shares fell 6% in after-hours trade. Against a backdrop of mixed U.S. economic signals, …
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By Tom Balmforth KYIV (Reuters) -Army chief Valeriy Zaluzhnyi laid out a set of priorities for Ukraine and named challenges blighting the country’s war effort in an opinion piece published on Thursday after several media outlets reported that he could be dismissed from his post. General Zaluzhnyi made no mention of a rift with President …
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PANAMA CITY (Reuters) -Prosecutors in Panama have launched an investigation into the whereabouts of Roman Catholic Cardinal Jose Luis Lacunza, according to a post on X, who has not been seen in two days. Lacunza, the 79-year-old bishop of the Diocese of David, is the senior Catholic cleric in the largely Catholic Central American country. …
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(Reuters) – A Russian strike killed two French volunteer aid workers on Thursday in the southern Ukrainian region of Kherson, the regional governor and other officials said. Kherson Governor Oleksandr Prokudin, writing on the Telegram messaging app, said the Russian attack on the town of Beryslav killed the two French nationals and wounded three other …
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By Tim Reid (Reuters) – The campaigns of Donald Trump and Nikki Haley went into full attack mode on Thursday in South Carolina, the state to hold the next major Republican presidential nominating battle on Feb. 24. Haley, Trump’s last remaining rival, has infuriated the former president by refusing to drop out of the nominating …
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By Julia Payne, Jan Strupczewski and Sabine Siebold BRUSSELS (Reuters) – To get Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban to end his block on a 50 billion euro ($54.3 billion) aid package for Ukraine, other European Union leaders teamed up ahead of a crunch summit to deliver a stark message: You’re on your own this time. …
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BRATISLAVA (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of people attended rallies across Slovakia on Thursday against plans by Prime Minister Robert Fico’s government to scrap the office that probes high-profile financial crimes, including cases close to the premier. Chanting “Enough of Fico” and holding signs saying “Hands Off Our Democracy,” protesters filled Bratislava’s main square. Similar …
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(Reuters) – Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Thursday there was no “Plan B” on European Union aid for Ukraine and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban who is stalling it must decide if Hungary is “part of our community”. “We need to play hard and play fair, but there is no room for compromise. …
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ROME (Reuters) – Ongoing disruption in the Red Sea threatens to destabilise Italy’s economy and marginalise ports in southern Europe, Italy’s defence minister said on Thursday. Attacks since mid-November on commercial vessels by Iran-aligned Houthi militants, who control the most populous parts of Yemen, have disrupted international shipping, forcing some companies to suspend transit through …
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