By Giulia Paravicini NAIROBI (Reuters) -Ethiopia’s government and rival Tigrayan forces said on Wednesday they have accepted an invitation by the African Union to participate in peace talks aimed at ending a two-year conflict. The talks, slated for this weekend in South Africa, will be the first formal negotiations between the two sides since the …
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By Krisztina Than and Krisztina Fenyo BUDAPEST (Reuters) – At least 10,000 Hungarian students, teachers and parents blocked a Budapest bridge before filling a main square outside parliament on Wednesday in support of teachers fighting for higher wages and teachers sacked for protesting. Teachers have launched an “I want to teach” campaign and called for …
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LONDON (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered his government on Wednesday to take control of Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, Europe’s largest, as the U.N. nuclear watchdog warned that power supply to the site was “extremely fragile”. However, the boss of Ukraine’s state energy agency announced he was taking over the plant, which has become …
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(Reuters) – Baquer Namazi, an 85-year-old Iranian American who was jailed in Iran on spying charges that the United States called baseless, is en route to Oman on Wednesday after Iranian authorities allowed him to leave for medical treatment, his lawyer said. “I am pleased to confirm that Baquer Namazi, 85-years-old, is safely on his way …
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) -European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will impress upon EU leaders meeting this week the need for a gas price cap and to ensure any financial support measures allow fair competition. EU governments have debated a gas price cap for weeks, without reaching agreement. While a majority of EU members support some …
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DUBAI (Reuters) -U.S. citizen Baquer Namazi has left Iran, the country’s official news agency said on Wednesday, publishing a video showing him boarding a private plane accompanied by a man in Omani traditional dress. The video showed him struggling to climb up the stairs to board the plane, on which the light blue insignia of …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Rebeca Grynspan, secretary general of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), may visit Moscow next week to discuss the Turkish-brokered deal to unblock Ukrainian Black Sea grain exports, Russian state-owned news agency RIA reported, citing the foreign ministry. Russian officials have in recent months levelled increasing criticism at the …
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DAKAR (Reuters) – A roadside bomb killed three United Nations peacekeepers from Bangladesh and injured several others in northwest Central African Republic on Monday, the U.N. said. The attack occurred near the village of Kaita, close to the border with Cameroon, in an area rife with militia activity. “The battalion was carrying out a patrol… …
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(Reuters) – Russian TV journalist Marina Ovsyannikova, famous for staging an on-air protest against Russia’s war in Ukraine, confirmed she had escaped house arrest over charges of spreading fake news again, saying she had no case to answer. “I consider myself completely innocent, and since our state refuses to comply with its own laws, I …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – International Atomic Energy Agency head Rafael Grossi said on Wednesday that he may visit Ukraine’s Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant again, Russian state-owned news agency TASS reported. TASS reported Grossi, who headed an IAEA delegation to the plant last month, as saying that he would continue discussing the creation of a “safety zone” …
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