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Exporters explore cargo flights as way out of deepening Red Sea bottleneck

21 Dec 2023 21 Dec 2023

By Jonathan Saul, Helen Reid and Corina Pons LONDON/MADRID (Reuters) -Exporters are scrambling to find alternative air, land and ocean routes to get toys, apparel, tea and auto parts to retailers as disarray ripples through freight supply chains around the world during a wave of attacks in the Red Sea. Iran-backed Houthi militants in Yemen …

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Ukraine shoots down 34 out of 35 Russian drones – air force

21 Dec 2023 21 Dec 2023

KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s air defence shot down 34 out of 35 Russian drones launched in a major overnight attack on 12 Ukrainian regions, the air force said on Thursday. Russia launched Iranian-made Shahed drones in several waves from about 8:00 p.m. (1800 GMT) to 3:30 a.m., the air force said in a statement. Air …

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Analysis-Russia splashes $12 billion to keep aviation sector in the air

21 Dec 2023 21 Dec 2023

By Gleb Stolyarov (Reuters) – Russia has handed out more than $12 billion in state subsidies and loans to keep its aviation sector afloat since Western sanctions over Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine cut off supplies of key parts and maintenance services, a Reuters analysis shows. Dependent on foreign-made aircraft, Russia faces the daunting task of …

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Jailed American in Russia says he feels abandoned by United States – BBC

21 Dec 2023 21 Dec 2023

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan who was convicted of espionage in Russia said he felt abandoned by the United States which has not come up with proposals acceptable enough for the Russians to agree to a prisoner swap, the BBC reported. Whelan, who denies spying on Russia, was arrested by the Federal …

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China wields ‘peace goddess’ religion as weapon in Taiwan election

21 Dec 2023 21 Dec 2023

By James Pomfret and Yimou Lee DAJIA, Taiwan (Reuters) – The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is ramping up exchanges with folk religious groups in rural Taiwan in an attempt to manipulate political opinion in Beijing’s favour ahead of elections next month, according to Taiwan government documents and security officials. Religious trips across the Taiwan Strait …

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France prepared to change plans on 2024 Olympics opening based on security

20 Dec 2023 20 Dec 2023

PARIS (Reuters) – France is prepared to move the 2024 Olympic opening ceremony from the River Seine to another location should the security situation require it, President Emmanuel Macron said on Wednesday. “Given we’re professionals, there obviously is a Plan B, Plan C, et cetera,” Macron told France 5 television when asked if the security …

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Macron defends new French migration law despite political tensions

20 Dec 2023 20 Dec 2023

By Michel Rose and Tassilo Hummel PARIS (Reuters) -French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday defended a bill to toughen immigration laws despite an embarrassing parliamentary vote that put his ruling alliance on the same side as Marine Le Pen’s Rassemblement national party. The legislation, approved by both houses late on Tuesday, was initially good news …

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Hamas leader visits Egypt amid intensive talks on new ceasefire

20 Dec 2023 20 Dec 2023

By Nidal al-Mughrabi, Bassam Masoud and Dan Williams CAIRO/GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -The leader of Hamas visited Egypt for this first time in more than a month on Wednesday, a rare personal intervention in diplomacy amid what a source described as intensive talks on a new ceasefire to let aid reach Gaza and free more hostages. Hamas …

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Polish government takes public TV news channel off air amid reform drive

20 Dec 2023 20 Dec 2023

By Anna Koper and Pawel Florkiewicz WARSAW (Reuters) -Poland’s new government took a public news channel off the air on Wednesday and dismissed executives from state media to restore “impartiality”, the culture ministry said, as Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s reform drive faced its first big test. Tusk’s pro-European Union coalition took power last week from …

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Ukraine to produce a million FPV drones next year -minister

20 Dec 2023 20 Dec 2023

(Reuters) -Kyiv plans to produce a million FPV (first-person-view) drones, widely in demand on the front line, and more than 11,000 medium- and long-range attack drones next year, Ukraine’s minister for strategic industries said on Wednesday. Ukraine intensively used FPV drones – small drones originally for personal civilian use, but modified for the battlefield – …

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