CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt hosts Israeli and Palestinian officials on Sunday in the resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh in a U.S. and Jordanian backed effort to calm a surge of violence in the West Bank ahead of the holy Muslim month of Ramadan. The five-way meeting follows a Feb. 26 U.S.-brokered summit in Jordan, the …
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By Dominique Vidalon and Manuel Ausloos PARIS (Reuters) -Paris police clashed with demonstrators for a third night on Saturday as thousands of people marched throughout the country amid anger at the government pushing through a rise in the state pension age without a parliamentary vote. The growing unrest and strikes have left President Emmanuel Macron …
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By Oliver Hirt and Stefania Spezzati (Reuters) – UBS Group AG is seeking government guarantees of about $6 billion for a potential takeover of Credit Suisse Group AG, a person with knowledge of the discussions told Reuters on Saturday. The talks are still ongoing and the figure could change as several scenarios are still under …
By Fatos Bytyci OHRID, North Macedonia (Reuters) -A fresh round of talks between Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and EU officials on Saturday on implementing a deal to normalise ties between Belgrade and Pristina ran into the night without any apparent progress. The two leaders held separate meetings with European Union …
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TEL AVIV (Reuters) -Israelis packed city streets on Saturday in nationwide demonstrations now in their 11th week against plans by the hard-right government to curb the Supreme Court’s powers, which critics see as a threat to judicial independence. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who says his aim is to balance out branches of government, wields a …
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By Sergio Goncalves and Miguel Pereira LISBON (Reuters) – Thousands of protesters filled downtown Lisbon on Saturday to demand higher wages and pensions, as well as government intervention to cap soaring food prices they say are strangling already tight budgets. Metalworker Paula Gonçalves, 51, said people were “protesting against low wages, precariousness and for more …
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By Jeff Mason and Simon Lewis WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden said on Friday that Russian President Vladimir Putin has clearly committed war crimes and the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) decision to issue an arrest warrant for him was justified. The ICC earlier on Friday called for Putin’s arrest on suspicion of unlawful deportation …
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(Reuters) -Novak Djokovic will miss next week’s Miami Open after the Serbian was denied an exemption that would have allowed him to enter the U.S. despite not being vaccinated against COVID-19, tournament director James Blake said on Friday. “We tried to get Novak Djokovic to be allowed to get an exemption, but that wasn’t able …
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By Bart H. Meijer and Olena Harmash AMSTERDAM/KYIV (Reuters) – The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Friday issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin, alleging Moscow’s forcible deportation of Ukrainian children is a war crime, as the Kremlin reacted with outrage. Russia has not concealed a programme under which it has brought thousands …
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(Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said that the International Criminal Court’s decision to issue an arrest warrant against Russian President Vladimir Putin was historic and blamed Putin for the deportation of thousands of Ukrainian children. “This is an historic decision which will lead to historic accountability,” he said in his nightly video address. The …
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