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KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine and Hungary said they had laid the ground for a meeting of their leaders during talks in western Ukraine on Monday and agreed to work together on the divisive issue of Hungarian minority rights in Ukraine. Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto held talks with his Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba and presidential chief …

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JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel’s military said on Monday it will keep pressure on the city of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, which for weeks has been the focus of Israel’s offensive, and said it has killed more than 2,000 Palestinian militants there. Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari, the military’s spokesperson, said Israeli forces have …

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BUDAPEST (Reuters) -Hungary signalled its readiness on Monday for a compromise allowing a proposed European Union aid package for Ukraine to be financed from the bloc’s budget ahead of an emergency summit on Thursday. Prime Minister Viktor Orban has been a vocal critic of the EU’s financial and military support for Kyiv and maintained close …

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By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) – The social media platform X has blocked users from searching for Taylor Swift after fake sexually explicit images of the pop singer proliferated on social media this week, an executive said on Sunday. Searches for Swift’s name on Sunday afternoon on the social media platform formerly known as …

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MILAN (Reuters) – European environmental lobby group Transport & Environment (T&E) criticised Eni in a report on Monday, saying the Italian energy group’s use of a palm oil by-product in its biofuel output showed it was reneging on previous commitments. Palm oil cultivation results in excessive deforestation, the European Commission said in 2019, telling member …

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PARIS (Reuters) -France said it would push to ease European Union environmental regulations on fallow farmland this week, as tractors blocked major highways out of Paris on Monday and nationwide farmers’ protests intensified. The French government on Friday dropped plans to gradually reduce state subsidies on agricultural diesel and promised a reduction in red tape …

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(Reuters) – The European Union will sabotage Hungary’s economy if Budapest blocks fresh aid to Ukraine at a summit this week, under a confidential plan drawn up by Brussels, the Financial Times reported on Sunday. Brussels has outlined a strategy to explicitly target Hungary’s economic weaknesses, imperil its currency and drive a collapse in investor …

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