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By Kate Abnett and Bart H. Meijer BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Ministers from European Union countries will attempt on Monday to agree their negotiating position for this year’s U.N. climate talks, including on the contentious topic of compensation for the damage climate change is inflicting on the world’s poorest. The EU, the world’s third-biggest emitter of greenhouse …

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(Reuters) – Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson said on Monday that the United States lacked the political will for the revival of the 2015 nuclear deal. “We do not do talks for the sake of talks. Iran is ready for the revival of the 2015 nuclear deal, but it seems Washington does not have the political …

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LONDON (Reuters) -The Russian-installed administration of Ukraine’s Kherson region said on Monday it was organising some local men into militia units. In a notice on Telegram, the occupation authorities said men had the “opportunity” to join territorial defence units if they chose to remain in Kherson of their own free will. However, men in other …

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PARIS (Reuters) -French President Emmanuel Macron and new Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni held talks in Rome on Sunday in the first, though informal, meeting between the two political leaders. Macron, who’s currently on an official visit to Italy, in a post on Twitter in Italian after the meeting, said the two countries had to …

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CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – South African president Cyril Ramaphosa on Sunday submits his response to recommendations from a state inquiry into alleged corruption during his predecessor’s presidency. A judicial commission of inquiry was established to examine allegations of high-level graft during former president Jacob Zuma’s nine years in power from 2009 to 2018. The inquiry …

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NABLUS, West Bank (Reuters) – A senior member of a Palestinian militant group was killed overnight on Sunday in the occupied West Bank in what Palestinians described as a targeted explosion carried out by Israel. Tamer Kilani, a leader in a group known as the “Den of Lions” in the city of Nablus, where clashes …

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LJUBLJANA (Reuters) – Polls opened in the Slovenian presidential election on Sunday with former foreign minister in the rightist government, Anze Logar, expected to lead the seven candidates after the first round of voting. Opinion polls suggest that no candidate will win the more than 50% of the votes that would secure victory after the …

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BEIRUT (Reuters) -The Lebanese and Syrian presidents discussed delineating their countries’ shared maritime border on Saturday before a visit to Damascus next week by a Lebanese delegation tasked with negotiating the issue, a Lebanese official said. A dispute over their shared sea boundary emerged last year after Syria granted a licence to a Russian energy …

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