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TEL AVIV (Reuters) – Germany is prepared to allow further deliveries of Eurofighter jets to Saudi Arabia, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said on Sunday. Berlin halted arms sales to Saudi Arabia following the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in 2018. Chancellor Olaf Scholz had pushed back against …

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By Nidal al-Mughrabi CAIRO (Reuters) -An Israeli air strike on a car near Rafah in southern Gaza on Sunday killed two Palestinian journalists who were out reporting, according to health officials in Gaza and the journalists’ union there. Hamza Al-Dahdouh and Mustafa Thuraya were both freelancers. Al-Dahdouh had done freelance work for Al Jazeera and …

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(fixes typo in penultimate paragraph (may instead of many)) SARAJEVO (Reuters) -Five people have been trapped in a cave in southwestern Slovenia since Saturday afternoon after heavy rainfall raised the water levels, making it impossible for rescuers to take them out safely, local media reported on Sunday. The group, including a family of three and …

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By Julia Payne BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Council President Charles Michel downplayed on Sunday criticism of his plan to resign early to run for a seat in the European Parliament, saying there was plenty of time to choose his successor and the EU had options to “avoid Viktor Orban”. Michel, a former Belgian prime minister, …

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By Sergio Goncalves LISBON (Reuters) – The new leader of Portugal’s ruling Socialist Party (PS) Pedro Nuno Santos pledged on Sunday to increase the minimum wage and boost economic competitiveness through more incentives to select sectors, if he wins an election in March. Socialist Prime Minister Antonio Costa, in office since 2015, resigned on Nov. …

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ROME (Reuters) – The European Union should form its own combined army that could play a role in peacekeeping and preventing conflict, Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said. In an interview with Italian newspaper La Stampa, Tajani said that closer European cooperation on defence was a priority for the Forza Italia party that he leads. …

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(Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin vowed on the eve of Orthodox Christmas to back soldiers who “with arms in hands” defend Russia’s interests, ordering his government greater support of those who fight and calling on his people to be merciful and just. “Many of our men, our courageous, heroic guys, Russian warriors, even now, on …

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(Reuters) – EU Council President Charles Michel will run in the election for European Parliament in June and will leave his post mid-July if he gets elected, he said in an interview with Belgian newspaper De Standaard published on Saturday. “I have decided to run in the European elections in 2024,” Michel said. “If I …

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CHANIA, Greece (Reuters) -Turkey looks set to ratify Sweden’s membership in NATO in the coming weeks, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Saturday, signalling an end to a saga that has frustrated Washington and its allies. The Turkish parliament’s foreign affairs commission approved the bid last week in a key step towards enlarging …

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