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DUBAI (Reuters) -Saudi Arabia on Wednesday condemned “in the strongest terms” the Israeli ground operation in Gaza City, a day after Israel unleashed a long-threatened ground assault on the enclave. The kingdom also urged members of the U.N. Security Council to act to halt what it described as Israel’s killing, starvation and forced displacement of …

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DILI (Reuters) -East Timor’s lawmakers have agreed to scrap plans to provide lifetime pension allowances for themselves, they said on Wednesday, bowing to pressure from thousands of students who have staged demonstrations against the plans since Monday. East Timor, commonly known as Timor-Leste, has a population of 1.3 million people living on an island slightly …

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BERLIN (Reuters) -German Chancellor Friedrich Merz will visit countries outside the transatlantic region in the coming weeks and months to discuss trade relations, he told the Bundestag lower house of parliament on Wednesday. “New trade agreements with global partners are crucial for our export-oriented economy,” said Merz, which is why he will visit partners “to …

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By Christoph Steitz and Jan Lopatka FRANKFURT/PRAGUE (Reuters) -Commodity trader and investment company ResInvest Group said it is in talks to buy Datteln 4, the 1 gigawatt coal-fired power plant Uniper must sell as part of the German utility’s government rescue in 2022. Datteln 4, located near Dortmund in Germany, is the most valuable asset …

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MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Wednesday that Moscow was ready to deepen discussions with the U.S. on energy cooperation, including on the Sakhalin 1 project, RIA reported. Ryabkov also said that Russia was in contact with the U.S. on various issues, and that dialogue continued. “I can mention Sakhalin-1 as …

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