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By James Pearson LONDON (Reuters) -Hackers suspected of working for Russia’s foreign intelligence agency targeted dozens of diplomats at embassies in Ukraine with a fake used car advert in a bid to break into their computers, according to a cybersecurity firm report published on Wednesday. The wide-reaching espionage activity targeted diplomats working in at least …

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By Steve Holland and Trevor Hunnicutt VILNIUS (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden concluded a NATO summit on Wednesday denouncing Russian President Vladimir Putin as craven and promising Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy full support even without membership in the military alliance. Capping a two-day meeting of NATO leaders in Lithuania on Russia’s doorstep, Biden praised the …

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By Leah Douglas (Reuters) – About 735 million people worldwide faced chronic hunger in 2022, a figure much higher than before the COVID-19 pandemic and which threatens progress towards a global goal to end hunger by 2030, said the United Nations on Wednesday. A multi-year upward trend in hunger rates leveled off last year as …

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By Andrew Gray, Sabine Siebold and John Irish VILNIUS (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy meets NATO leaders on Wednesday after they declared his country’s future lay inside the alliance but rebuffed his call for a timeline to membership. Zelenskiy will join the NATO leaders on the second day of their summit in Vilnius for …

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(Reuters) -Spain’s snap parliamentary election on July 23 is unlikely to produce a working majority for any one party, with complex pre- and post-ballot alliances holding the key to governing Spain. Below are the groups vying for power: SPANISH SOCIALIST WORKERS’ PARTY (PSOE) * Leader: Pedro Sanchez * 2019 total votes: 6.8 million * Lower …

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KYIV (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said the priorities at talks with NATO leaders on Wednesday were new military aid packages, a NATO membership invitation and security guarantees for Kyiv while on the path to accession. “We need an understanding that we have an invitation (into NATO) at the time when the security situation …

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By Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA (Reuters) – More than 130,000 Palestinian boys and girls in Gaza have joined summer camps run by the United Nations to give them a break from the stresses of living in a strip of land that is under an economic blockade and often embroiled in conflict with Israel. The Palestine children, …

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