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By Sabine Siebold BERLIN (Reuters) – Faced with U.S. demands to provide the military muscle to enforce a future Ukraine peace deal, Europe finds itself in a bind. Experts say that sending European peacekeepers to Ukraine might stretch and weaken NATO’s own defences, and that the mission would still need U.S. support to succeed. While …

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By Humeyra Pamuk RIYADH (Reuters) – Senior U.S. officials said on Tuesday after talks with a Russian delegation in Saudi Arabia that all sides will need to make concessions in order to bring about an end to the three-year-old Ukraine war. “Today is the first step of a long and difficult journey but an important …

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By Ali Sawafta JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of Palestinians living in refugee camps in the occupied West Bank have left their homes as a weeks-long Israeli offensive has demolished houses and torn up vital infrastructure in the heavily built up townships, Palestinian authorities said. Israeli forces began their operation in the refugee camp …

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RIYADH (Reuters) – The United States and Russia agreed on Tuesday to address “irritants” to the U.S.-Russia relationship and begin working on a path to end Russia’s war in Ukraine, the State Department said, making clear the effort was in its early stages. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, U.S. national security adviser Mike Waltz and …

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By Leigh Thomas PARIS (Reuters) – President Emmanuel Macron braved strikes and street protests to force through a deeply unpopular reform in 2023 raising France’s retirement age by two years to 64, saying it was the only way to keep the generous but costly pension system afloat. Now an assessment this week by the country’s …

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By Joshua McElwee VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis, who is spending his fifth day in hospital for what doctors described as a “complex” respiratory infection, will not take part in this weekend’s Holy Year events, the Vatican said on Tuesday. The 88-year-old pontiff has been suffering from a respiratory infection for more than a …

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MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Kremlin said on Tuesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin was serious about negotiating a settlement to end the war in Ukraine as high-level talks began in Saudi Arabia, and that Russia would prefer to achieve all its aims peacefully. Putin sent Russia’s army into Ukraine in 2022. He has repeatedly said …

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VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis will not take part in this weekend’s Holy Year events because of his continued ill health, the Vatican said on Tuesday. The 88-year-old pontiff has been suffering from a respiratory infection for more than a week and was admitted to Rome’s Gemelli hospital on Friday. (Reporting by Crispian Balmer, …

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BERLIN (Reuters) – A slim majority of Germans are in favour of deploying Bundeswehr forces as part of a possible peacekeeping force in Ukraine to monitor any ceasefire that is agreed, a poll showed on Tuesday. European leaders, alarmed at being sidelined from talks on the future security of Ukraine, are considering possible contributions to …

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BERLIN (Reuters) – An higher proportion of foreigners in Germany does not lead to a higher crime rate, a research institute said on Tuesday, five days ahead of an election in which violent attacks linked to migrants have pushed security to the top of the agenda. In an analysis of police statistics from 2018 to …

Higher proportion of migrants does not mean more crime, German institute says Read More »