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By Andrew Osborn LONDON (Reuters) – Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny on Tuesday used the second anniversary of his incarceration to reinforce his promise to keep up his opposition, as his family and allies started a campaign to free him. Navalny, 46, was arrested exactly two years ago as he returned to Russia from Germany, …

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By Philip Blenkinsop BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The United States has placed the highest priority on addressing European Union fears that the U.S. green subsidies law will lure clean tech businesses to United States at Europe’s expense, U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai said on Tuesday. The United States and the European Union have also signed a tariff …

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KINSHASA (Reuters) – Before dawn, sanitary police armed with crowbars and a bulldozer set about demolishing makeshift trader stalls crowding downtown streets in the capital of Democratic Republic of Congo ahead of a four-day visit by Pope Francis starting Jan. 31. Officials say Kinshasa, a vast impoverished city of 17 million people, is getting a …

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DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) – Ukraine’s first lady told the World Economic Forum on Tuesday she would deliver a letter to China’s delegation setting out President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s proposals for ending Russia’s war against his country. China, like Russia a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council, is an important partner for Moscow and has …

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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Transportation Department (USDOT) said Tuesday it had fined Virgin Atlantic $1.05 million for flying in restricted airspace over Iraq on numerous occasions. USDOT has jurisdiction since the flights carried Delta Air Lines’ code. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) had issued a notice prohibiting U.S. carriers from flying …

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By Jeffrey Dastin DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) -Business titans trudging through Alpine snow can’t stop talking about a chatbot from San Francisco. Generative artificial intelligence, tech that can invent virtually any content someone can think up and type into a text box, is garnering not just venture investment in Silicon Valley but interest in Davos at …

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BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The partnership between the European Union and the United States is “very good”, said European Commissioner for Economy Paolo Gentiloni on Tuesday but he added that the EU must strengthen its competitiveness in the wake of Washington’s “Inflation Reduction Act” (IRA). “We have to strengthen our competitiveness and we have to do …

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DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) – The World Economic Forum (WEF) returned to Davos for its first winter session in three years with high expectations. Record numbers of government officials and business leaders were expected at the elite annual affair. However, the shadow of impending recession hung over the snow-covered Swiss ski resort as two surveys warned …

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By John Irish DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) – Kyiv’s infrastructure could collapse at any second as Russia’s sporadic missile attacks along with freezing winter temperatures put local authorities under increasing strain, the Ukrainian capital’s mayor said on Monday. Kyiv’s mayor Vitali Klitschko and his brother Wladimir told Reuters that Ukraine’s Western allies had to speed up …

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GAZA (Reuters) -Palestinian Islamist militant group Hamas released a video on Monday showing what they said was an Israeli citizen being held captive in the Gaza Strip. The unverified images of the man are the first since his capture in 2014. The undated video shows a man identified by Hamas as Israeli civilian, Avera Mengistu, …

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