By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Monday that the risk of conflict between global powers was at an “historic high” and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov warned the world was at a threshold “possibly even more dangerous” than during the Cold War. Guterres, seated next to Lavrov in the …
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KYIV (Reuters) -Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas supported Kyiv’s calls for accession to the NATO military alliance “as soon as conditions allow” during a visit to Ukraine on Monday. Kallas, whose country is a member of NATO and the European Union, had talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in the northwestern city of Zhytomyr and …
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By Silvio Castellanos and Juan Antonio Dominguez SAN LORENZO DE EL ESCORIAL, Spain (Reuters) – Three people were arrested on Monday after police clashed with sympathisers of Jose Antonio Primo de Rivera, founder of Spain’s fascist Falange movement that supported the Francoist regime, whose body was exhumed from a mausoleum near Madrid. Police struggled to …
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JERUSALEM (Reuters) -A Palestinian man drove his car into a crowd on a Jerusalem street on Monday, injuring five people before being shot dead by a passerby, Israeli police said. Hours earlier, Israeli troops killed a Palestinian during a raid in the occupied West Bank, the latest in a long series of incidents during an …
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BERLIN (Reuters) -Four German air force planes have evacuated more than 400 people from Sudan as of Monday, as countries rush to get their citizens out of Khartoum while a shaky ceasefire held in the Sudanese capital. Sudan’s sudden slide into conflict between the army and a paramilitary group called Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has …
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By Krisztina Fenyo BUDAPEST (Reuters) – When Pope Francis visited Hungary two years ago, Roma pilgrim Csaba Kovesi, accompanied by a cross blessed by Francis and Pope John Paul II, drove around the country calling on people to travel to Budapest to see him. Now Kovesi is on a repeat mission, driving a pick-up resembling …
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By Andrew Gray LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) -EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell expressed confidence on Monday that the bloc would finalise a plan within days to buy ammunition for Ukraine after Kyiv expressed frustration at wrangling among EU member states. “Yes, still there is some disagreement. But I am sure everybody will understand that we are …
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By Francesco Guarascio HANOI (Reuters) – Vietnam is in talks with the Czech Republic for military supplies, including aircraft, radars, upgrades of armoured vehicles and firearms, a Czech government source told Reuters, as Hanoi aims to diversify its mostly Russian arsenal. Security was one of the main topics discussed with Vietnam leaders by Czech Prime …
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By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) – It won’t be a campaign from the basement this time. As U.S. President Joe Biden gears up for a bruising re-election battle, the realities of the 2024 race and differences with 2020 at the height of the coronavirus pandemic create new challenges for him. Biden, a Democrat, says he …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu plans to meet with Republican Florida Governor Ron DeSantis when the expected 2024 presidential candidate visits Israel this week, Netanyahu said on CBS News’ “Face the Nation” on Sunday. DeSantis is traveling abroad to Japan, South Korea, Israel and the United Kingdom. The visit to Israel coincides …
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