By John Irish PARIS (Reuters) – France’s President Emmanuel Macron on Friday welcomed the release of two American hostages in Gaza, highlighting Qatar’s role and saying he hoped similar initiatives would happen in the coming days, including for French nationals. The armed wing of Hamas released two Americans on Friday, who Israel said were en …
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By Boldizsar Gyori BUDAPEST (Reuters) – The United States is concerned about Hungary’s relationship with Russia, and finds Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s decision to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin “troubling”, the U.S. Embassy in Budapest said on Friday. Orban held a bilateral meeting with Putin on Tuesday on the sidelines of the Belt and …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian prosecutors were asking a court on Friday to place Russian-American journalist Alsu Kurmasheva in pre-trial detention, the court said, after her arrest on suspicion of breaking a law on “foreign agents”. Kurmasheva is a Prague-based journalist for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), which is funded by the U.S. Congress and designated by …
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By Alvise Armellini and Angelo Amante ROME (Reuters) -Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Friday she had separated from her television journalist partner Andrea Giambruno, who has drawn criticism in recent weeks for sexist comments. Meloni told reporters last month she should not be judged over Giambruno’s remarks and in future would not answer …
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KYIV (Reuters) – Bipartisan support from the United States is “incredibly encouraging” for Ukraine and its troops, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said following a phone call with U.S. President Joe Biden. Biden, who discussed military support for Kyiv with Zelenskiy in Thursday’s call, will ask Congress for $100 billion in new spending, including $60 billion …
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LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani agreed on Friday on the need to prevent escalation in violence across the Middle East and urgently get humanitarian aid into Gaza, Sunak’s office said. “They underlined the imperative of avoiding any escalation in the violence across the region …
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By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Emily Rose GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant told troops gathered at the Gaza border on Thursday that they would soon see the Palestinian enclave “from inside”, suggesting an expected ground invasion with the aim of annihilating Hamas could be nearing. Israel pounded Gaza with more air strikes on Thursday …
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By Dan Peleschuk KYIV (Reuters) – Vira Levko, a judge in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, typically handles dozens of administrative cases and several criminal hearings every day. And she says there are others who are far busier than her. When Levko tells colleagues abroad about her workload, they find it hard to believe. …
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KYIV (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Thursday discussed Washington’s continued military support for Kyiv’s drive to evict Russian forces, with the Ukrainian leader expressing thanks for supplying long-range missiles. The two men spoke in advance of Biden’s scheduled address on the need to spend billions of dollars in …
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By Doron Berti and Miro Maman EILAT, Israel (Reuters) – The date Oct. 7 will be forever etched in Israeli history, marking the day Hamas gunmen rampaged through southern communities, killing 1,400 people, in the country’s deadliest attack since its founding in 1948. Now, many Israelis are getting the date tattooed on their bodies to …
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