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By Gram Slattery, Mike Stone and Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. and NATO are working on a novel approach to supply Ukraine with weapons using funds from NATO countries to pay for the purchase or transfer of U.S. arms, according to three sources familiar with the matter. The renewed transatlantic cooperation on Ukraine comes …

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KYIV (Reuters) -Ukrainian rescuers recovered more than a dozen more bodies from the rubble of a collapsed apartment block in Kyiv overnight, bringing the death toll from Russia’s worst air strike of the year on Ukraine’s capital to 31. A two-year-old was among the five children found dead after Thursday’s sweeping Russian drone and missile …

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(Corrects paragraph 6 to not all countries pay on full or on time) By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -A United Nations report seeking ways to improve efficiency and cut costs has revealed: U.N. reports are not widely read. U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres briefed countries on Friday on the report, produced by his UN80 reform …

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By Karen Freifeld and Alexandra Alper (Reuters) -Thousands of license applications by U.S. companies to export goods and technology around the globe, including to China, are in limbo because turmoil at the agency in charge of approving them has left it nearly paralyzed, two sources said. While U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has become a …

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By David Ljunggren, Michel Rose and Alistair Smout OTTAWA/PARIS/LONDON (Reuters) -When Spain, Ireland and Norway announced in May 2024 that they would recognise a Palestinian state, Israel’s closer allies dismissed the move as unhelpful to solving the crisis in Gaza. While France, Britain and Canada stressed their support for establishing two states with recognised borders …

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PARIS (Reuters) -France on Friday started to air-drop 40 tonnes of humanitarian aid to Gaza as it urged Israel to allow full access to the area which it said was slipping into famine. “Faced with the absolute urgency, we have just conducted a food airdrop operation in Gaza. Thank you to our Jordanian, Emirati, and …

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