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Russia, Ukraine report six civilians killed in attacks on Kherson, Horlivka

25 Dec 2023

By Maria Starkova LVIV, Ukraine (Reuters) – Russian attacks on southern Ukraine’s Kherson region killed five civilians on Sunday, Ukrainian officials said, while Russian-installed officials in the eastern town of Horlivka said one person was killed in result of Kyiv’s shelling. Russian forces abandoned the city of Kherson, the administrative centre of the Kherson region …

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Moldova’s pro-European president Sandu says she will seek second term

25 Dec 2023

By Alexander Tanas CHISINAU (Reuters) -Moldova’s pro-European President Maia Sandu said on Sunday she intended to run for a second presidential term in late 2024 and called on parliament to begin preparations for a referendum on the country’s drive to join the European Union. The country’s most prominent opposition figure, Socialist pro-Russian former President Igor …

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Pope laments war in Holy Land on solemn Christmas Eve

25 Dec 2023

By Nidal al-Mughrabi, Bassam Masoud and Dan Williams CAIRO/GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Pope Francis lamented war in the land of the birth of Jesus on Sunday, where Christmas Eve brought only fresh bloodshed and an intensification of fighting across the length of the Gaza Strip. Hours before midnight tolled for Christmas in the Holy Land, Palestinian health …

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UK to send naval ship to Guyana amid Venezuela border dispute

24 Dec 2023

LONDON (Reuters) -Britain will deploy a naval ship off Guyana later this month, its ministry of defence said on Sunday, as the South American nation faces a border dispute with neighbour Venezuela over the oil-rich Essequibo region. The deployment follows a visit by a British junior foreign minister to Guyana earlier this month, intended to …

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On Christmas eve, Pope Francis laments ‘futile’ war in Holy Land

24 Dec 2023

By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis on Sunday lamented that Jesus’ message of peace was being drowned out by the “futile logic of war” in the very land where he was born, as the pontiff led the world’s Roman Catholics into Christmas. Francis, celebrating the 11th Christmas of his pontificate, presided at …

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Sombre Bethlehem marks Christmas with vigil as bombs rain on Gaza

24 Dec 2023

BETHLEHEM, Occupied West Bank (Reuters) – Palestinian Christians held a sombre Christmas vigil in Bethlehem on Saturday, with candle-lit hymns and prayers for peace in Gaza instead of the usual festive celebrations at the spot where they believe Jesus Christ was born. Most years Bethlehem basks in the central place it holds in the Christian …

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Security hiked at Cologne Cathedral for Christmas amid attack threat

24 Dec 2023

BERLIN (Reuters) -German police said on Saturday they were heightening security at Cologne Cathedral following indications of an attack planned for New Year’s Eve and in the wake of government warnings in recent weeks about the rising threat of Islamist violence. The police said in a statement they would use tracker dogs to check the …

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Russia short of around 4.8 million workers in 2023, crunch to persist – Izvestia

24 Dec 2023

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia was short of around 4.8 million workers in 2023 and the problem will remain acute in 2024, the Izvestia newspaper reported on Sunday, citing experts and research from the Russian Academy of Science’s Institute of Economics. Central Bank Governor Elvira Nabiullina said last month that Russia’s depleted labour force was causing …

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Ukraine says it shoots down 14 of 15 Russian drones

24 Dec 2023

KYIV (Reuters) – Russia launched 15 drones at Ukraine, mostly in the south of the country, overnight with air defences destroying 14 of them, Ukrainian military said on Sunday. “As a result of air combat, Ukraine’s Air Force and defence forces destroyed 14 shaheds in Mykolaiv, Kirovohrad, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipro and Khmelnytskyi regions,” the Ukrainian Air …

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Fighting rages in northern Gaza; Biden speaks with Netanyahu

24 Dec 2023

By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Emily Rose CAIRO/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israel battled Hamas militants on Saturday in pursuit of its elusive goal of full control of northern Gaza after the U.N. Security Council appealed for more aid for the Palestinian enclave but stopped short of demanding a ceasefire. Thick smoke hung over the northern town of Jabalia …

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