By Nidal al-Mughrabi CAIRO (Reuters) -Hamas has executed four men for looting some of the aid trucks that have begun entering Gaza, sources familiar with the incident said on Monday, as a clan leader in southern Gaza issued a challenge to the militant group over guarding the convoys. One source said the four were involved …
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HANOI (Reuters) -French President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday that European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and U.S. President Donald Trump had a “good exchange” and that he said he hopes they can get to the lowest tariffs possible. “The discussions are advancing. There has been a good exchange between President Trump and President …
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NICOSIA (Reuters) – Cyprus has received 13 mobile desalination units from the United Arab Emirates, delivered free of charge to help the island deal with a severe water shortage just ahead of the water-intensive tourism season. Cyprus has four large desalination plants with a combined daily water production capacity of about 220,000 cubic metres. The …
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VIENNA (Reuters) -An Austrian appeals court said on Monday that it had overturned conservative former chancellor Sebastian Kurz’s recent perjury conviction and the resulting eight-month suspended prison sentence. The ruling removes Kurz’s only criminal conviction, taking away a serious obstacle to a future political comeback for the 38-year-old, although prosecutors have yet to decide whether …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) -Serious work on Russia’s proposal for a possible peace deal for the Ukraine war is ongoing and a draft has not yet been submitted, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Monday. In a phone call with U.S. President Donald Trump last week, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Russia and Ukraine would work on …
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HELSINKI (Reuters) -Finland’s foreign ministry said on Monday it had summoned Russia’s Helsinki ambassador over a suspected violation of Finnish airspace that took place last week. NATO member Finland on Friday said it believed two Russian military aircraft entered its airspace off the coast of Porvoo in the southern part of the Nordic country, and …
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By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS -The European Union is facing further pressure from member countries to delay and weaken its upcoming law to restrict deforestation, with 11 governments demanding changes, a document seen by Reuters showed. The world-first policy aims to end the 10% of global deforestation fuelled by EU consumption of imported soy, beef, palm …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) -The Kremlin on Monday said that U.S. President Donald Trump’s claim that Vladimir Putin had “gone absolutely CRAZY” might be due to emotional overload, but thanked the U.S. leader for his assistance in launching Ukraine peace negotiations. Trump said Putin had “gone absolutely CRAZY” by unleashing the largest aerial attack of the war …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan on Monday, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. (Reporting by Dmitry Antonov; editing by Guy Faulconbridge)
By Guy Faulconbridge (Reuters) -Russia does not see the Vatican as a serious venue for peace talks with Ukraine because the Holy See is the seat of Catholicism and is surrounded by Italy, a NATO and EU member, three senior Russian sources told Reuters. They also point out that many Russian officials cannot even fly …
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