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Trump says Israel has agreed to conditions to finalize 60-day Gaza ceasefire

2 Jul 2025

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump said on Tuesday Israel had agreed “to the necessary conditions to finalize” a 60-day ceasefire in Gaza during which efforts will be made to end the U.S. ally’s war in the Palestinian enclave. “Israel has agreed to the necessary conditions to finalize the 60 Day CEASEFIRE, during which time we …

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Exclusive-Iran made preparations to mine the Strait of Hormuz, US sources say

2 Jul 2025

By Gram Slattery and Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Iranian military loaded naval mines onto vessels in the Persian Gulf last month, a move that intensified concerns in Washington that Tehran was gearing up to blockade the Strait of Hormuz following Israel’s strikes on sites across Iran, according to two U.S. officials. The previously unreported …

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‘Lucrative’ business deals help sustain Israel’s Gaza campaign, UN expert says

1 Jul 2025

By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) -A U.N. expert has named over 60 companies, including major arms manufacturers and technology firms, in a report alleging their involvement in supporting Israeli settlements and military actions in Gaza, which she called a “genocidal campaign.”  Italian human rights lawyer Francesca Albanese, U.N. Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories, …

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Putin, Macron discuss Iran, Ukraine in first phone call in nearly three years

1 Jul 2025

MOSCOW/PARIS (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin had a “substantial” phone call with French President Emmanuel Macron on the Iran-Israel conflict and Ukraine, the Kremlin said on Tuesday, the first such exchange between the two leaders since September 2022. In Paris, Macron’s office said the call lasted two hours and that the French leader had called …

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French PM Bayrou survives latest no-confidence motion

1 Jul 2025

By Elizabeth Pineau PARIS (Reuters) -French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou survived his latest no-confidence motion in parliament on Tuesday, after far-right National Rally (RN) lawmakers refrained from backing a measure brought by his opponents on the left.  The measure garnered 189 votes, falling well short of the threshold needed to oust the government. Despite surviving …

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As USAID stops foreign aid, Rubio says future US assistance will be limited

1 Jul 2025

By Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Agency for International Development will on Tuesday officially stop implementing foreign aid, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said, adding that America’s assistance in the future will be targeted and limited. In a statement marking the transfer of USAID to the State Department as part of President Donald Trump’s …

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Swiss village’s loss in rockslide puts focus on Alpine disaster readiness in Kandersteg

1 Jul 2025

(Changes reference in first paragraph to ‘weeks ago’ from ‘last month’.) KANDERSTEG, Switzerland (Reuters) -In the Swiss Alpine resort of Kandersteg, officials have been closely monitoring a deteriorating mountain peak that towers above its picturesque homes and hotels, after a glacier collapse and massive rockslide buried a neighbouring village weeks ago. The destruction late in …

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Germany launches additional measures against Russia’s ‘shadow fleet’

1 Jul 2025

BERLIN (Reuters) -Germany has pledged additional measures to further counter Russia’s so-called “shadow fleet” operating in the Baltic and North Sea, the foreign ministry said on Tuesday in a statement. Western sanctions aimed at cutting Russia’s oil revenues following its invasion of Ukraine have led to the rise of a vast “shadow fleet” of tankers …

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Russia launches accounts with withdrawal guarantees for foreign investors

1 Jul 2025

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia has launched a new type of investment account that contains withdrawal guarantees, according to a decree signed by President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday, as Moscow looks to attract foreign investors to the Russian stock market. Since sweeping international sanctions were imposed against Moscow over the Ukraine conflict, Russia has frozen billions of …

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