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Explainer-How Trump’s Gaza proposals could violate international law

5 Feb 2025

By Anthony Deutsch and Stephanie van den Berg THE HAGUE, Netherlands (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said he wants to resettle Palestinians from the Gaza Strip to Egypt and Jordan, demolish remaining buildings to make way for a Riviera-style development project and place the occupied territory under U.S. “ownership”. Forcing people to leave their …

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UN refugee boss urges donors to fill gap left by Trump aid freeze

5 Feb 2025

By Andrew Gray BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The U.N. refugee agency has appealed to donors to bring forward planned payments after the Trump administration put hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of donations on hold as part of its foreign aid freeze, the organisation’s boss told Reuters. Filippo Grandi, the U.N. high commissioner for refugees, said …

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Ukraine accuses Russia of staging bomb attacks on its draft offices

5 Feb 2025

By Yuliia Dysa and Tom Balmforth KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine accused Russian spies of orchestrating multiple bomb attacks on its draft offices, as officials reported a new explosion on Wednesday that killed one person and hurt four more at a conscription centre in the west of the country. The explosion in the Khmelnytskyi region was the …

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Poland says it will appeal after EU court dismisses complaints over fines

5 Feb 2025

(Reuters) -Poland will appeal to the EU Court of Justice over European Union fines related to judicial reforms introduced by the previously ruling Law and Justice government, Poland’s minister of EU affairs Adam Szlapka said on Wednesday. “We want to use every legal possibility to recover the money for Poland,” he said. The European Union’s …

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Global reaction to Trump’s Gaza Strip takeover proposal

5 Feb 2025

(Reuters) – President Donald Trump said the United States would take over the Gaza Strip after Palestinians are resettled elsewhere. Here are some global reactions to the proposal. SAUDI ARABIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY “Saudi Arabia rejects any attempts to displace the Palestinians from their land. Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has affirmed the kingdom’s position …

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Evacuation of Greece’s Santorini island continues as tremors persist

5 Feb 2025

ATHENS (Reuters) -Hundreds more people were expected to leave Greece’s Santorini island on Wednesday as tremors shook the popular summer tourist destination for a sixth day. About 10,000 people have left on ferries and planes in recent days as hundreds of small quakes were registered in the surrounding sea, shaking buildings, kicking up dust on …

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Belgian police hunting two suspects after Brussels metro shooting

5 Feb 2025

BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Belgian police were hunting two suspects on Wednesday after a shooting near the Brussels South international railway station, the city’s prosecutor’s office said. Nobody was injured in the shooting, which happened around 6.00 am (0500 GMT), at the Clemenceau metro station in central Brussels, prosecutors said, adding there were no indications of a …

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German pig prices stable on hopes foot-and-mouth disease contained

5 Feb 2025

HAMBURG (Reuters) – German pig prices were unchanged in the past week on increasing hopes that the foot-and-mouth disease outbreak in the country has been contained, meat traders and industry groups said on Wednesday. Livestock and meat production association VEZG said German slaughterhouse pig prices were unchanged at 1.72 euros a kilo. Prices were down …

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