MADRID, Nov 29 (Reuters) – About one third of Spanish pork export certificates have been blocked after the first outbreak of swine fever for three decades, Spain’s agriculture minister said on Saturday. “Of the 400 export certificates to 104 countries, a third are blocked. We are working to open them as quickly as possible,” Agriculture …
KHAN YOUNIS/CAIRO/JERUSALEM, Nov 29 (Reuters) – An Israeli attack killed two children in Gaza on Saturday, medics and relatives said, in violence that has persisted in the Palestinian enclave despite a fragile ceasefire. The children’s uncle said an Israeli drone fired on Fadi and Goma Abu Assi, brothers aged 10 and 12, while they were …
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TBILISI, Nov 29 (Reuters) – Georgian authorities arrested a leader of an opposition party on Saturday on suspicion of attempted arson of the court chancellery building in the capital Tbilisi. The Interior Ministry said Aleksandre Elisashvili had broken into the building at dawn by smashing a window with a hammer, and then poured gasoline and …
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MADRID, Nov 29 (Reuters) – Spain’s northeastern region of Catalonia has barred access to a natural park after six wild boar found dead near Barcelona tested positive for African swine fever in the country’s first outbreak since 1994. The Collserola park, a major natural park in the region, was closed for all leisure activities and …
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ISTANBUL, Nov 29 (Reuters) – Turkey said on Saturday that an unmanned vessel reportedly attacked a tanker in Russia’s shadow fleet off Turkey’s Black Sea coast, after the ship was initially struck late on Friday. The Turkish transport ministry said in a statement that the Virat suffered minor damage after the attack but is in …
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MOSCOW, Nov 29 (Reuters) – Falling drone debris sparked a blaze at the Afipsky oil refinery in Russia’s southern Krasnodar region, but the fire has been put out, regional authorities said on Saturday. Some technical equipment on the premises was damaged but no one was injured, the local taskforce said. The Russian Defence Ministry said that …
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(Reuters) -Russian drones and missiles attacked districts of Kyiv early on Saturday, killing one person and injuring 11, officials said, with explosions and falling drone debris triggering fires. It was the second attack on the Ukrainian capital over four days. Seven people died on Tuesday, when Russian forces launched a barrage of drones and missiles. …
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(Reuters) -Ukrainian forces are defending their positions and hunting down sabotage groups in the northeastern city of Kupiansk despite Moscow’s statements that its troops are fully in control of it, Ukraine’s top commander said on Friday. Russia seized Kupiansk in the first weeks of the 2022 invasion, but Ukrainian troops recaptured it later that year. …
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(Reuters) -A Ukrainian delegation is heading to the U.S. for further discussions over a peace plan pushed by President Donald Trump, Bloomberg News reported on Friday, citing a person familiar with the matter. The Ukrainian group, including senior Ukrainian security official Rustem Umerov and First Deputy Foreign Minister Sergiy Kyslytsya, is expected to meet with …
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By Gram Slattery and Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio plans to skip a meeting of NATO foreign ministers in Brussels next week, two U.S. officials said, in a highly unusual absence of the top U.S. diplomat from a key transatlantic gathering. Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau will represent Washington …
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