BERLIN (Reuters) -The German government will give 2 billion euros ($2.2 billion) to the federal state to cover the cost of caring for and integrating Ukrainian refugees in Germany, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Thursday. “The agreement is a good basis for our country to stand together in the long term,” Scholz said after a …
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KYIV (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Thursday warned that the situation in the Ukrainian town of Borodyanka is “significantly more dreadful” than in nearby Bucha. The killing of civilians in the town of Bucha have been widely condemned by the West as war crimes, increasing pressure for stricter sanctions against Russia. Moscow has …
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TEL AVIV (Reuters) -A suspected Arab gunman killed at least two people in an attack at a bar on a main Tel Aviv boulevard on Thursday, police and hospital officials said, the latest in a string of deadly street assaults that have shaken Israel. Mayor Ron Huldai said the shooting, at the start of the …
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By Jorge Nieto and Lizbeth Diaz TIJUANA, Mexico (Reuters) – The number of Ukrainians arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border to seek asylum in the United States since Russia’s invasion of its neighbor has more than doubled in less than a week, officials said. Lying on plastic mattresses, hundreds of Ukrainians including families waited in a …
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ATHENS (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelenskiy’s address to the Greek parliament on Thursday caused an outrage from opposition parties after a man who identified himself as an ethnic Greek member of Ukraine’s ultranationalist Azov battalion appeared on a video. Zelenskiy spoke about the destruction of the Russian-besieged Ukrainian port of Mariupol – home to …
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RABAT (Reuters) – Morocco said on Thursday it will open a new page in its ties with Spain, apparently ending a diplomatic crisis after Madrid supported Rabat on the question of sovereignty over Western Sahara. During a meeting in Rabat, King Mohammed VI and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez “reiterated their willingness to usher a …
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By Alvaro Murillo SAN JOSE (Reuters) – Costa Rica’s Juan Santamaria International Airport will remain closed until 6 p.m. local time on Thursday after a Boeing 757-200 cargo aircraft operated by DHL made an emergency landing before skidding off the runway and splitting, aviation authorities said. The pilot and copilot were evacuated, airport operator Aeris …
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KINSHASA (Reuters) – An explosion in a bar at a military camp in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo killed eight people and wounded three more on Thursday, Congo’s government spokesman, Patrick Muyaya, said. The cause of the incident at Katindo camp, in the city of Goma, was not immediately clear. Services have been deployed to …
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By Natalia Zinets (Reuters) – Ukraine was trying to evacuate as many trapped civilians as possible on Thursday as Russian forces pounded cities and towns in the east and south of the country. Deputy Prime Minister Irena Vereshchuk announced agreement with Russia on opening 10 safe corridors, mostly in southern and eastern Ukraine, but said …
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By Tassilo Hummel and Ingrid Melander PARIS (Reuters) -French far-right candidate Marine Le Pen shrugged off market jitters triggered by her good ratings ahead of Sunday’s first round of the presidential election, saying her “serious” programme was meant to work for voters, rather than markets. Long unfazed by this ballot and what looked like an …
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