By Waakhe Simon Wudu JUBA (Reuters) -Up to 7.8 million people in South Sudan, two thirds of the population, may face severe food shortages during next year’s April-to-July lean season due to floods, drought and conflict, United Nations agencies said on Thursday. The shortages are worse than at the height of a civil war in …
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NAIROBI (Reuters) – A ceasefire deal in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region has raised cautious hope among millions of people impacted by the bloody two-year conflict that their anguish could be coming to an end. Many civilians are also reflecting on the terrible losses they suffered, and look to promised aid to rebuild their lives after …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain has a strong relationship with Albania and is grateful for the work they do to tackle people smugglers, a spokeswoman for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said on Thursday, after his Albanian counterpart said Britain was scapegoating his country. Edi Rama on Thursday criticised what he said were derogatory comments by British …
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ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey’s foreign minister said on Thursday that Sweden and Finland have not yet fulfilled all obligations under a deal clearing their bids to join NATO, and they must still take concrete steps. Mevlut Cavusoglu, speaking alongside NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in Istanbul, also said Turkey observed that Sweden’s new government under …
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By Benoit Van Overstraeten and Elizabeth Pineau PARIS (Reuters) – France’s lower house of parliament suspended its session on Thursday after a far-right MP shouted, “Go back to Africa!” as a Black legislator from the far left asked a question about immigration. The comment created a huge commotion. The centrist government and left-wing alliance said …
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By Souleymane Camara CONAKRY (Reuters) – Survivors who were beaten and raped during a massacre in a stadium in Guinea in 2009 are hoping to finally see justice and let the world know the pain they have been carrying as the trial of 11 suspects unfolds in the West African nation. More than 150 people …
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By Ana Mano SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro for the first time on Wednesday asked protesters blocking roads nationwide to lift blockades as demonstrations are restricting people’s right to come and go and bringing losses to the economy. Protests erupted on Sunday after Bolsonaro’s narrow loss to leftist Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva …
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(Reuters) -Harbour Energy on Thursday forecast liabilities from the UK’s windfall tax on energy companies to be about $400 million this year, and urged the government to “carefully consider” the consequences of any increase or extension to the scheme. The UK North Sea’s biggest oil and gas producer now expects its full-year tax liabilities in …
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By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) -CVS Health Corp, Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc and Walmart Inc agreed to pay about $13.8 billion to resolve thousands of U.S. state and local lawsuits accusing the pharmacy chains of mishandling opioid pain drugs, potentially bringing years of litigation close to the finish line. CVS said on Wednesday it had agreed …
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By Maayan Lubell JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was set to return to power in one of the most right-wing coalitions in Israel’s history, causing jitters among Palestinians and Arab neighbours who fear it could ratchet up tensions across the Middle East. With roughly 85% of votes counted, Netanyahu’s conservative Likud and …
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