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(Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Monday congratulated U.S. President Donald Trump on his inauguration and hailed the opportunity to achieve a just peace in his country which has been battling a Russian invasion for almost three years. Trump has repeatedly called for a ceasefire and has promised to promptly end the war, although he …

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By Mohammed Salem, Nidal al-Mughrabi and James Mackenzie GAZA/CAIRO/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Hamas released three Israeli hostages and Israel released 90 Palestinian prisoners on Sunday, the first day of a ceasefire suspending a 15-month-old war that has devastated the Gaza Strip and inflamed the Middle East. The truce allowed Palestinians to return to bombed-out neighborhoods to begin …

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By Hatem Khaled, Mohammed Salem and Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA/CAIRO (Reuters) -Palestinians began searching on Monday for thousands of Gazans believed still buried under rubble, as residents expressed shock at the devastation wrought by 15 months of war on the enclave on the second day of a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.  The truce in the …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday said he would immediately declare a national energy emergency, promising to fill up strategic reserves and export American energy all over the world. “We will be a rich nation again, and it is that liquid gold under our feet that will help to do it,” he …

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By Andrew Mills and Ahmed Mohamed Hassan DOHA/CAIRO (Reuters) – Sunday’s delayed start to the Gaza ceasefire and incidents on Monday in which Israeli troops shot at Palestinians approaching them underline some of the hiccups likely to face a deal that will play out in the shadow of mutual mistrust and bitterness. Qatar and Egypt, …

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By Ali Sawafta RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) – The longest-serving Palestinian inmate in Israeli jail, revered by militants as the “dean” of their prisoners, is among more than 200 Palestinians set to be deported under the Gaza ceasefire and hostages-for-prisoners swap. Nael Barghouti, 67, has spent 44 years incarcerated by Israel, more than any other …

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By Max Schwarz and Yves Herman DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) – Climate activists sprayed green paint over Amazon’s base in Davos on Monday and disrupted helicopter landings at the start of the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting. Swiss police swarmed to close down both protests as global business and political leaders descended on the mountain resort …

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NICOSIA (Reuters) -Leaders of war-divided Cyprus said on Monday they supported opening further crossing points along the 1974 ceasefire line splitting the island to meet popular demand, and would work with the United Nations towards that objective. President Nikos Christodoulides, the Greek Cypriot leader, and Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar discussed the modalities of new …

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