(Reuters) – The United States transferred some 90 Patriot air defense interceptors from Israel to Poland this week to then deliver them to Ukraine, Axios reported on Tuesday, citing three sources with knowledge of the operation. “We have seen the reports but have nothing to provide at this time,” a Pentagon spokesperson said in response …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that Ukraine could find a legal way to hold peace talks with Russia on ending their nearly three-year-old war, but Moscow sees no willingness on Kyiv’s part to engage. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy immediately dismissed Putin’s statements questioning his legitimacy, saying that the Kremlin chief had …
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By Dominique Vidalon PARIS (Reuters) – France will launch a six-year renovation of the Louvre in Paris, enlarging the world’s most-visited museum to make room for the huge crowds who now cram inside the palace on the banks of the Seine, President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday. A new entrance will make it easier to …
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By Ryan Patrick Jones WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet with President Donald Trump at the White House on Feb. 4, the two governments said on Tuesday. The meeting is set to take place amid a fragile six-week ceasefire that has brought a temporary pause to 15 months of fighting between Israel …
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) -NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte and Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen agreed at a meeting on Tuesday that allies need to focus on strengthening defences in the Arctic, a source familiar with the talks told Reuters. “They agreed that in this effort all allies have a role to play,” the source said after the …
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BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Tuesday called U.S. President Donald Trump’s suggestion to relocate Palestinians from war-ravaged Gaza to Jordan and Egypt “unacceptable.” “Any resettlement plans, the idea that the citizens of Gaza will be expelled from there to Egypt or Jordan, is unacceptable,” Scholz said, referring at a campaign event in …
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By Daphne Psaledakis WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A purge of senior staff at the U.S. Agency for International Development appeared designed to silence any dissent over President Donald Trump’s plans to dramatically reshape U.S. foreign aid, current and former USAID officials told Reuters. Trump, who ordered a 90-day pause in most foreign aid and said his …
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By Suleiman Al-Khalidi and Jehad Shalbak Near KISSUFIM, Gaza Strip (Reuters) – Jordan’s air force launched on Tuesday the biggest air bridge so far to bring urgent medical supplies to Gaza under a U.S.-sponsored deal to step up deliveries following a ceasefire, officials said. The operation involves 16 helicopter flights a day that will at …
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By Sergiy Karazy and Yurii Kovalenko KYIV (Reuters) – Six months ago, doctors were performing an operation at Ukraine’s Center for Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery when a missile struck the adjacent building inside the Kyiv compound of Ukraine’s biggest children’s hospital. “I remember the ceiling falling down on me,” recalled Vadym Tkachuk, head of …
WARSAW (Reuters) -Poland and Canada have signed an agreement that provides a legal framework for more intensive cooperation on nuclear power, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Tuesday after meeting his Canadian counterpart Justin Trudeau. Poland, which is working to reduce its reliance on coal, has chosen Westinghouse Electric to build its first nuclear …
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