RIGA (Reuters) – The euro zone should not weaponize its own currency in a global conflict as that could ultimately undermine it, an influential European Central Bank policymaker said on Friday, just as the EU was contemplating seizing Russian state assets. European officials have been debating for months whether to confiscate frozen Russian assets, including …
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ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey is expected to send the final instrument of ratification for Sweden’s NATO membership to Washington within days, now that President Tayyip Erdogan signed it off, in a move Ankara hopes will clear the way to its purchase of U.S. F-16 fighter jets. A source familiar with the issue said the document …
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ANKARA (Reuters) -Turkey’s president finally approved Sweden’s bid to join NATO on Thursday, ending months of delay and leaving only Hungary standing in the way of Stockholm’s membership of the military alliance. Tayyip Erdogan signed off on the Turkish parliament’s earlier ratification of the bid, the presidency’s official gazette showed, about 20 months after Stockholm …
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(Reuters) – Unionized journalists at Forbes said they were staging a three-day walk-out from Thursday to protest alleged denial of rights and slow contract negotiations that have stretched for more than two years. The planned walk-out, which started at 9 a.m. ET and will continue through Jan. 29 till 11:59 p.m. ET, marks the first …
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By Fadi Shana, Nidal al-Mughrabi and Dan Williams GAZA/DOHA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) – An Israeli strike on Gaza City killed 20 Palestinians and wounded 150 who were queuing for food aid on Thursday, Gaza’s Hamas-run health ministry said, in what a Palestinian coalition called a “war crime.” The Israeli military said it was looking into the report. …
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By Jonathan Landay and Andrew Mills WASHINGTON/DOHA (Reuters) – U.S. Central Intelligence Agency Director William Burns and his Israeli counterpart will meet with Qatari officials in coming days for talks on a second potential Gaza hostage deal, three sources familiar with the matter told Reuters on Thursday. Burns and the head of Israel’s Mossad intelligence …
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ROME (Reuters) – Italy approved a decree to sell a stake in postal service Poste Italiane, a statement from Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s office said on Thursday. The sale is part of government plans to raise roughly 20 billion euros ($21.67 billion) through asset sales between 2024 and 2026 to keep in check the euro …
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MOSCOW/KYIV (Reuters) -A senior Russian lawmaker said Ukrainian military intelligence had been given a 15-minute warning before a Russian military transport plane carrying Ukrainian prisoners of war entered an area where it was shot down on Wednesday, killing all on board. Moscow accuses Kyiv of downing the Ilyushin Il-76 plane in Russia’s Belgorod region, killing …
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BRATISLAVA (Reuters) – Slovakia’s parliament will fast-track debate on proposals to scrap an anti-corruption prosecutor’s office and lower sentences for financial crimes after lawmakers approved the move on Thursday despite objections and mass protests. Opposition parties had delayed the vote on whether to fast-track the criminal law reforms for weeks, looking to slow four-time Prime …
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KYIV (Reuters) – Russia launched 14 attack drones and five missiles at Ukraine overnight, Ukraine’s air force said on Thursday, with air defence systems destroying 11 of the drones. The air force said on its Telegram messaging channel that Russia targeted mainly southern Ukraine. Odesa regional Governor Oleh Kiper said on Telegram that two people …
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