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By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Abrupt cuts to development aid by major donor countries could cause up to 22.6 million additional deaths in developing countries by 2030, including 5.4 million children under five, according to a new study by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal) and other organizations. The warning comes as the United …

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HELSINKI (Reuters) -It is vital to use frozen Russian assets to help fund Ukraine, Finland’s President Alexander Stubb told reporters in Brussels on Monday. (Reporting by Essi Lehto, editing by Terje Solsvik)

PARIS (Reuters) -It’s a familiar sight in French cities: pigeons with mangled feet and missing toes. But one woman in Paris is on a mission to save the pigeons from their plight. Contrary to the common belief that the pigeons are harmed by their own dirt or disease, scientists say the problem stems from debris …

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By Florence Loeve PARIS (Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Monday said he had signed a letter of intent with France to acquire up to 100 Rafale F4 fighter jets as his country looks to strengthen its defences against Russian aggression. The order sent shares of French defence group Dassault soaring. WHAT IS THE RAFALE? …

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AMSTERDAM (Reuters) -A Dutch court has upheld the substance of a decision denying asylum to U.S. transgender woman Veronica Clifford-Carlos, the court said in a statement on Monday. The court acknowledged that conditions for transgender people in the U.S. had worsened, but that the information provided by Clifford-Carlos did not show they are systematically denied …

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(Reuters) -Russia’s financial watchdog has added former prime minister Mikhail Kasyanov and leading economist Sergei Guriev to its list of “extremists and terrorists” in its latest moves against prominent exiled critics of the Kremlin. The watchdog, Rosfinmonitoring, added the two men to a list that now comprises 19,131 people and 823 organisations, according to its …

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ROME (Reuters) -The Olympic torch will go on a 12,000 km (7,455 mile) journey across Italy in the two months leading up to the Winter Olympics in February, Games organisers said on Monday. The relay will take in famous tourist spots including the Colosseum in Rome and the Grand Canal in Venice, as well as …

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WARSAW (Reuters) -This weekend there was one confirmed act of sabotage on Polish railways and one incident highly likely to be sabotage, Polish Interior Minister Marcin Kierwinski said on Monday after an explosion damaged a Polish railway track on a route to Ukraine. Polish Special Services Minister Tomasz Siemoniak added during the same press conference …

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