(Reuters) – The intrigues of Western countries whose dominance is ebbing away are largely responsible for pitching the world into turmoil, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in an interview published on Thursday. Lavrov, in a year-end interview released by the official Tass news agency, warned that no one world-wide could be certain of escaping …
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(Reuters) – The intrigues of Western countries whose dominance is ebbing away are largely responsible for pitching the world into turmoil, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in an interview published on Thursday. Lavrov, in a year-end interview released by the official Tass news agency, warned that no one world-wide could be certain of escaping …
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By Steve Gorman and Kanishka Singh (Reuters) – Pro-Palestinian protesters blocked morning traffic on Wednesday around Los Angeles International Airport and New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport – two of the nation’s busiest – in coast-to-coast demonstrations that ended with dozens of arrests. Thirty-six people were taken into custody at LAX, where demonstrators became …
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By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) -The New York Times sued OpenAI and Microsoft on Wednesday, accusing them of using millions of the newspaper’s articles without permission to help train chatbots to provide information to readers. The Times said it is the first major U.S. media organization to sue OpenAI, creator of the popular artificial-intelligence …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. will provide up to $250 million in arms and equipment to Ukraine in the final package of aid this year to help Kyiv in its war with Russia, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday. President Joe Biden has asked Congress to provide another $61 billion in aid to …
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By Nidal al-Mughrabi, Bassam Masoud and Dan Williams CAIRO/GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli forces pounded central Gaza by land, sea and air on Wednesday and Palestinian authorities reported dozens more deaths, with the U.N. health agency saying thousands of people were trying to flee the fighting. Reflecting Israeli resolve to wipe out Hamas despite international calls …
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BERLIN (Reuters) – Wheelchair-bound from 1990 when a deranged gunman’s bullets crippled and almost killed him, Wolfgang Schaeuble’s instinct for survival also permeated his professional life as one of Germany’s longest serving politicians. Schaeuble, who has died aged 81, devoted much of his career to reunifying his country and, as Angela Merkel’s loyal, frugal finance …
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(Reuters) -Jacques Delors, a passionate advocate of post-war European integration and a founding father of the European Union’s single currency project, has died, his family said. He was 98. The French socialist served as president of the European Commission, the EU executive, for three terms – longer than any other holder of the office – …
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PARIS (Reuters) – France has declared two employees of Azerbaijan’s embassy persona non grata in a move of “reciprocity”, the Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday. Azerbaijan’s foreign ministry on Tuesday declared two employees of France’s embassy persona non grata over “conduct that is not compatible with their diplomatic status”. The French foreign ministry said in …
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(This Dec. 26 story has been corrected to clarify that new howitzers are intended for Ukraine conflict not for Finnish border) (Reuters) – Russia will soon deploy its newest howitzers against Ukrainian forces as part of what Moscow calls its “special military operation,” the head of the Rostec state defence conglomerate said in remarks published …
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