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JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Germany believes an independent justice system is a tenet of democracy and is closely watching the Israeli dispute over a government plan for judicial change, its envoy said, as protesters flooded the streets for an eighth straight week on Saturday. The new nationalist-religious government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ploughed ahead this …

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BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The European Union vowed to increase pressure on Moscow “until Ukraine is liberated” as it adopted a tenth package of sanctions on Russia on Saturday, a day after the first anniversary of the invasion of Ukraine. “We now have the most far-reaching sanctions ever – depleting Russia’s war arsenal and biting deep into …

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By Jorgelina do Rosario and Jorge Otaola LONDON/BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentina’s government is in final talks with International Monetary Fund officials to ease foreign exchange reserves targets for 2023 under the country’s $44 billion program, two sources close to the matter told Reuters. The move comes as the South American commodities exporter is facing …

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By David Lawder BENGALURU (Reuters) – U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told Reuters that a strong statement condemning Russia’s war in Ukraine was “absolutely necessary” for a communique from the G20 finance leaders’ meeting in India concluding on Saturday. Yellen said in an interview that leaving a war condemnation out of the communique would be …

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By Ece Toksabay VAKIFLI, Turkey (Reuters) – In Turkey’s only remaining ethnic Armenian village, Vakifli, the elderly population thank God that not one of them died during the devastating earthquakes that struck the region. But they fear for the future of their cherished home. Thirty of the village’s 40 stone houses, which are single or …

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By Sarita Chaganti Singh and Christian Kraemer BENGALURU (Reuters) – G20 finance chiefs have been unable to reach a consensus on describing the war in Ukraine and are likely to end a meeting in India on Saturday without a joint communique, delegates said. The United States and its allies in the G7 group of nations …

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(Reuters) -Russia told the West on Friday that it would view as an attack on itself any actions that threatened Russian peacekeepers in Moldova’s breakaway Transdniestria region, one day after Moscow accused Ukraine of planning an invasion. In Kyiv, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy rejected Moscow’s assertion that Ukraine wanted to take over the region, while Moldova …

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(Reuters) – Dozens of people were detained by police in Russia on Friday for actions to commemorate the first anniversary of Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, in some cases just for placing flowers, a human rights group said on Friday. Russian authorities have remained largely silent during the anniversary, which Ukraine has observed with a ceremony …

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