AMMAN (Reuters) – Karam Nawjaa, 17, was so badly injured when an Israeli strike hit his home in Gaza nearly a year ago that his own cousin, pulling him from the rubble, did not recognise him. After rushing Karam to hospital he returned to continue searching for his cousin all night in the rubble. In …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia said on Wednesday it had held “frank” discussions with Syria’s new de facto leader as it tries to retain its two military bases in the country, but it declined to comment on what he was demanding in return. A Syrian source familiar with the discussions told Reuters that the new leader, Ahmed …
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BERLIN (Reuters) – Fewer German engineering firms had a negative outlook in January compared with three months ago, according to a survey published by the VDMA industry lobby on Wednesday, but headwinds persisted in their home market as other regions pulled ahead. Of the 1,021 companies surveyed, the number that expected their situation to deteriorate …
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By John Geddie and Tim Kelly TOKYO (Reuters) – Shipping firms may need to pay a fee to use the Baltic Sea, one of the world’s busiest shipping routes, in order to cover the high costs of protecting undersea cables, Estonia’s defence minister said on Wednesday following a spate of breaches. NATO said last week …
By Aleksandar Vasovic BELGRADE (Reuters) -Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic floated the possibility of a snap election in April after his prime minister resigned on Tuesday amid growing anti-government protests. Prime Minister Milos Vucevic became the highest-ranking official to step down in the wake of a roof collapse at a railway station in the city of …
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By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Ukraine needed broader security guarantees and Russian President Vladimir Putin was not afraid of Europe, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy told Fox News in an interview in which he urged U.S. President Donald Trump to be on Ukraine’s side. WHY IT’S IMPORTANT Trump, who took office on Jan. 20, has promised …
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By Steve Holland, Luc Cohen and Andy Sullivan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump’s attempt to freeze hundreds of billions of dollars in federal aid was temporarily blocked in court on Tuesday, even as it sowed chaos throughout the government and stirred fears that it would disrupt programs that serve tens of millions of Americans. Minutes before …
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BERLIN (Reuters) – The German Catholic and Protestant churches warned on Tuesday against the conservative opposition’s plan to crack down on immigration, which they said could break a convention against mainstream parties cooperating with the far-right. “The timing and tone of the current debate appear deeply strange to us. It is likely to defame all …
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(Reuters) -The U.S. FDA has approved Novo Nordisk’s Ozempic for reducing the risk of kidney failure and disease progression, as well as death due to heart problems in diabetes patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), the Danish drugmaker said on Tuesday. Novo’s blockbuster diabetes drug Ozempic belongs to a class of drugs known as GLP-1 …
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Tuesday sharply criticized Elon Musk’s backing of the right-wing parties in the European Union, calling it “really disgusting” and said it was hindering democracy in the bloc. The U.S. billionaire and ally of U.S. President Donald Trump has multiple times attacked the chancellor and his government, calling …
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