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BERLIN (Reuters) – The co-chief of Germany’s ruling Social Democrats (SPD) is sceptical about NATO’s goal for each member to spend 2% of economic output on defence, according to a newspaper report, underscoring ambivalence in the country about bolstering the military. Saskia Esken told the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) she had always wondered whether this …

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By Miranda Murray BERLIN (Reuters) – For German director Margarethe von Trotta, “Ingeborg Bachmann – Journey into the Desert,” chronicling six years of the titular Austrian poet’s life, is part of a dialogue with the past about how life for women has changed and how much they have achieved. “Bachmann’s search for liberty and freedom …

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DUBAI (Reuters) -Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister said consensus was building in the Arab world that isolating Syria was not working and that dialogue with Damascus was needed “at some point” to at least address humanitarian issues, including a return of refugees. Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud’s remarks at a Munich security forum on Saturday …

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SYDNEY (Reuters) -The death toll from Cyclone Gabrielle in New Zealand climbed to 11 on Sunday as thousands of people remained missing a week after the storm struck the country’s North Island. The cyclone hit the island’s northernmost region on Feb. 12 and tracked down the east coast, inflicting widespread devastation. Prime Minister Chris Hipkins …

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(Reuters) – Russia’s defence ministry said on Saturday that its forces had captured Hrianykivka, a village in Ukraine’s eastern Kharkiv region that is well to the north of most significant fighting. A briefing note from Ukraine’s General Staff later on Saturday said the village was being shelled, but made no mention of an assault. Reuters …

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PARIS (Reuters) – France wants Russia to be defeated in Ukraine but it does not want to “crush” it, President Emmanuel Macron told paper Le Journal du Dimanche. “I do not think, as some people do, that we must aim for a total defeat of Russia, attacking Russia on its own soil. Those observers want …

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TEL AVIV (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of protesters returned to the streets of Israel on Saturday night to fight a plan to overhaul the country’s court system that the justice minister said he is determined to carry out. The marches have attracted huge crowds on a weekly basis since early January, when Prime Minister …

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By Tarek Amara TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisia expelled the head of the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) on Saturday after she took part in an anti-government protest organised by the country’s UGTT union, one of Tunisia’s leading political forces. The UGTT said the expulsion was “shocking” and opened up a confrontation with labour unions around …

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