By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan met Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Thursday in Jeddah, the White House said, as U.S. officials search for ways to reach a deal normalizing ties between Israel and Saudi Arabia. U.S. officials have sought for months to reach what would …
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By Alexandros Avramidis and Stamos Prousalis VOLOS, Greece (Reuters) -Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Thursday said Greece needed to take more steps to combat the effects of climate change as wildfires in the central part of the country flared up, forcing more evacuations after burning farms and factories overnight. The blazes across the country, which …
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By Graham Fahy and Padraic Halpin DUBLIN (Reuters) – Ireland on Thursday mourned the death of Sinead O’Connor, the singer who was remembered for a stirring voice that stopped people in their tracks on stage and told uncomfortable truths off it. O’Connor, best known for the 1990 chart-topping hit “Nothing Compares 2 U”, died on …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden and Italian Prime Minister Giorgio Meloni will discuss the benefits of closer trans-atlantic cooperation with regards to China, the White House said on Thursday. Press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre spoke to reporters shortly before Biden was to play host to Meloni in a White House meeting. (Reporting by Andrea …
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By Gloria Dickie (Reuters) – July 2023 is set to upend previous heat benchmarks, U.N. Secretary-general António Guterres said on Thursday after scientists said it was on track to be the world’s hottest month on record. The U.N. World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service also said in a joint statement …
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PARIS (Reuters) – French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin on Thursday said he understood frustration and anger among the country’s overworked security forces after recent bouts of street violence, but urged police not to let down the population and serve the public interest. His televised remarks, delivered against the backdrop of a Paris police station, came …
(This July 26 story has been corrected to fix the amount of waste to 35, 000 tonnes, not 35 tonnes, in paragraph 2) WARSAW (Reuters) – Warsaw is filing a complaint to the European Commission against Berlin for allegedly failing to remove waste illegally transported from Germany to Poland and stored there, Climate Minister Anna …
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KYIV (Reuters) -Ukrainian soldiers have recaptured the southeastern village of Staromaiorske from Russian forces in Donetsk region, a video published by President Volodymyr Zelenskiy showed on Thursday. “The 35th brigade and the ‘Ariy’ territorial defence unit have fulfilled their task and liberated the village of Staromaiorske. Glory to Ukraine!” said a soldier in a video …
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(Reuters) – Two alleged agents for Ukrainian intelligence have been sentenced by a Russian court to 15 years each in a harsh-regime penal colony for espionage, Russian state media on Thursday quoted the FSB security service as saying. The FSB did not name the accused people or say which court had passed the verdict. Russia …
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LISBON (Reuters) – As Lisbon gears up for a long visit by Pope Francis next week, a local pastry shop has rolled out a brand-new treat to mark the occasion: a cookie with the pontiff’s picture on it that is already selling fast. The idea began as an in-house joke between one of the owners …
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