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PARIS (Reuters) -France summoned the American ambassador Charles Kushner after he wrote a letter to French President Emmanuel Macron alleging France had failed to do enough to stem antisemitic violence, a French foreign ministry spokesperson said on Sunday. Kushner, who is Jewish and whose son is married to U.S. President Donald Trump’s daughter, published the …

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By Max Hunder KYIV (Reuters) -Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Sunday he backed Ukraine’s calls for robust security guarantees as part of any peace deal, saying Canada would not rule out sending troops under such a framework. Three and a half years since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, U.S. …

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MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia and Ukraine exchanged 146 prisoners of war from each side on Sunday after mediation by the United Arab Emirates, the Russian defence ministry and the Ukrainian president said. The Russian ministry said all of the freed Russians were in Belarus receiving psychological and medical assistance. Ukraine also returned to Moscow eight Russian …

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DUBAI (Reuters) -Iran’s supreme leader said the current situation with the United States was “unsolvable”, and that Tehran would never bow to pressure to obey Washington, amid a standoff with Western powers over its nuclear programme, state media reported on Sunday. The Islamic Republic suspended nuclear negotiations with the United States after the U.S. and …

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By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Lili Bayer CAIRO/JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli planes and tanks pounded the eastern and northern outskirts of Gaza City overnight Saturday to Sunday, destroying buildings and homes, residents said, as Israeli leaders vowed to press on with a planned offensive on the city. Witnesses reported the sound of explosions non-stop overnight in …

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MOSCOW (Reuters) -At least one person was killed on Sunday when a gas cylinder exploded in an iconic Moscow toy shop, state news agencies reported. The blast occurred at the Central Children’s Store, known by most Russians as the “Detsky Mir” toy shop. It is located on the Lubyanka square near to the headquarters of …

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