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BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Austria has given its approval to a 12th package of EU sanctions on Russia after Ukraine removed Raiffeisen Bank International from a blacklist, Ukraine’s government website and an EU diplomat said on Saturday. Austria had been pushing to remove the bank from a Ukrainian list dubbed “international sponsors of war” – which …

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By Maayan Lubell JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Three Israeli hostages killed mistakenly in Gaza by Israeli forces had been holding up a white flag, a military official said on Saturday, citing an initial inquiry into the incident that has shaken the country. A soldier saw the hostages emerging tens of metres from Israeli forces on Friday in …

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By Ahmed Hagagy KUWAIT (Reuters) -Kuwait’s Emir Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmad al-Sabah died on Saturday aged 86, according to the royal court, just over three years after assuming power in the U.S.-allied Gulf oil producer. The cause of his death was not immediately disclosed. The emir was admitted to hospital late last month due to what …

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By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A contractor for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) in Gaza was killed with his wife and two daughters aged four and two in an Israeli air strike in November, his employer said on Saturday. “We are deeply saddened to confirm the tragic loss of our colleague, Hani …

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BERLIN (Reuters) – Europe must race to ensure it can better defend itself as new military threats could emerge by the end of the decade even as the focus of security ally the United States shifts towards the Indo-Pacfic, Germany’s defense minister said. Russia was hiking its weapons production considerably to sustain its invasion of …

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By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -“Friends” star Matthew Perry died from the “acute effects” of the powerful sedative ketamine that, combined with other factors, caused the actor to lose consciousness and drown in his hot tub, according to an autopsy released on Friday. The report from the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner came nearly …

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