ROME (Reuters) – Italy is discussing joint investments with Saudi Arabia in the automotive, mining, oil & gas, defence, hydrogen and space sectors, Industry Minister Adolfo Urso said on Monday. Since taking office in October 2022, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has sought to forge closer ties with the Gulf, shrugging off the concerns of …
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KYIV (Reuters) – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Sunday thanked Ukraine’s military for fighting Russian attacks and its rescue services for tackling the consequences of extreme winter weather that he said had deprived about 400 settlements in 10 regions of power. In his nightly video address, Zelenskiy said relentless, intense battles were ongoing in the eastern …
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WARSAW (Reuters) – Poland’s president will on Monday swear in members of a government that will likely only last until December, in what opposition parties say is a “farce” intended to delay them from taking power after they won a majority in an October election. The nationalist Law and Justice (PiS) party, in power since …
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GENEVA (Reuters) – Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Sunday that evidence suggested a misfired rocket was the likely cause of an explosion that resulted in heavy casualties at a hospital in Gaza on Oct. 17. The explosion at the Al-Ahli hospital triggered outrage across the Arab world. Palestinians blamed an Israeli air strike, while …
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By James Mackenzie JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Hamas freed 17 hostages held in Gaza, including a four-year-old American girl, on Sunday while Israel was also seen releasing prisoners on the third day of their truce. The International Committee of the Red Cross said it had successfully transferred 17 hostages from Gaza. Hamas said it had handed over …
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By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) – A U.N. official who took part in a humanitarian aid convoy to northern Gaza said on Sunday aid groups were on track to deliver the biggest shipment in over a month, describing thin, gaunt residents slaking their thirst as soon as water arrived. Before a four-day truce between Israel …
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(Reuters) – Hamas announced in a statement on Sunday that it is seeking to extend its four-day truce with Israel should serious efforts be made to increase the number of Palestinian detainees released from Israel. (Reporting by Nidal Al Mughrabi, Writing by Ahmed Tolba and Adam Makary, Editing by Louise Heavens)
(This Nov. 25 story has been corrected to fix Kuleba’s title and first name in paragraph 3) By Max Hunder KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s capital suffered what officials said was Russia’s largest drone attack of the war on Saturday, leaving five people wounded as the rumble of air defences and explosions woke residents at sunrise …
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ROME (Reuters) – Pope Francis will recite his weekly Angelus prayer on Sunday from the chapel of his Vatican residence instead of the usual venue overlooking St. Peter’s Square, the Vatican said in a statement. Francis went to a hospital in Rome on Saturday for a scan, which the Vatican said had ruled out lung …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia thwarted a major Ukrainian drone attack involving at least 24 unmanned aerial vehicles on five regions including Moscow, the Russian defence ministry said on Sunday. The ministry said that Ukrainian drones were shot down over Moscow, Tula, Kaluga, Smolensk and Bryansk. One person was injured in Tula when an intercepted drone hit …
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