By Christy Santhosh and Jennifer Rigby (Reuters) -Gaza is suffering man-made mass starvation caused by a blockade on aid into the Palestinian enclave, World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Wednesday. He spoke following an appeal by more than 100 aid agencies warning of hunger in Gaza while tons of food, clean water …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia accused German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Thursday of pursuing a path of “militarisation” and said this was a cause for concern. Merz, a conservative who took office in May, has taken a more robust stance in support of Ukraine than his Social Democrat predecessor Olaf Scholz, while promising to increase pressure on …
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By Dan Peleschuk KYIV (Reuters) -Polina Morhun was just a child when an uprising toppled a pro-Russian president and set Ukraine on a Western course in 2014, yet she and thousands of other young people in Kyiv are at the forefront of protests to preserve that legacy. Their energy has created a festival-like atmosphere tinged …
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PARIS (Reuters) -Efforts to set up a European space project alliance involving Italy’s Leonardo, France’s Thales and Airbus and aimed at challenging Elon Musk’s Starlink are making progress, said France’s industry minister on Thursday. “It’s a project which we support. Talks are moving forward in a constructive manner,” said France’s Marc Ferracci during a meeting …
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ATHENS (Reuters) -Greece will deploy a salvage vessel in the Red Sea to assist in maritime accidents and protect seafarers and global shipping, the shipping minister said on Thursday, following attacks on two Greek vessels by Yemen’s Houthi militants this month. Two Liberia-flagged, Greek-operated cargo ships, Magic Seas and Eternity C, sank off Yemen after …
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BERLIN (Reuters) -German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and French President Emmanuel Macron agreed on Wednesday to try to resolve differences over the FCAS Franco-German-Spanish fighter jet project by the end of August, a German government spokesperson said. At a dinner on the outskirts of Berlin, the two leaders discussed the project, worth more than 100 billion …
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By Olena Harmash and Dan Peleschuk KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy vowed on Wednesday to retain the independence of anti-corruption agencies, bowing to pressure from the first wartime street protests and rare rebukes from European allies. For a second day in a row, thousands of people across the country – from Kharkiv in the …
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ATHENS (Reuters) -Greece has invited Libya’s internationally recognised government in Tripoli to start talks on demarcating exclusive economic zones in the Mediterranean Sea, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said late on Wednesday. The move is aimed at mending relations between the two neighbours, strained by a controversial maritime deal signed in 2019 between the Libyan government …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) -The Kremlin said on Thursday that it was hard to see how Russian President Vladimir Putin could meet his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskiy before the end of August, Russian state news agency RIA reported. A Ukrainian delegate said after the latest brief round of peace talks between the two countries on Wednesday that …
By Jonathan Stempel and Michel Rose (Reuters) -French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte filed a defamation lawsuit in the U.S. on Wednesday against right-wing influencer and podcaster Candace Owens, centered on her claim that France’s first lady is male. The Macrons said in a complaint filed in Delaware Superior Court that Owens has …
