MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday that the potential bankruptcy or sale of the operator of the completed but never launched Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline would amount to “theft”. Lavrov, speaking at a news conference in Moscow, was commenting on the matter after a court in Switzerland extended the …
By Dmitry Antonov and Vladimir Soldatkin MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia says it has detected a shift from U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and his team towards recognising the “realities” on the ground in Ukraine, and sees this as a welcome sign as it prepares to study his plan for ending the war. The Kremlin says it is …
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DUBAI (Reuters) – Qatar has handed over drafts of a possible ceasefire agreement to both Hamas and Israel, Qatari foreign ministry spokesperson Majed Al-Ansari said on Tuesday, adding that this is the closest point to a deal over the past months. (Reporting by Nadine Awadalla, Jana Choukeir and Andrew Mills; Editing by Alison Williams)
ROME (Reuters) – Italy and Saudi Arabia have signed an agreement to boost energy cooperation, including for the possible supply to Europe of Saudi-made hydrogen, Italy’s energy and environment minister Gilberto Pichetto Fratin said on Tuesday. The memorandum of understanding, lasting five years, was signed in Riyadh as Pichetto met his Saudi counterpart Prince Abdulaziz …
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PARIS (Reuters) – French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou has told political leaders that he will not suspend or repeal President Emmanuel Macron’s controversial pension reform law, a source from Macron’s camp told Reuters. Bayrou has proposed that employers and unions open discussions on the issue by autumn, the source added. Socialist leader Olivier Faure told …
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(Updates story date to Jan 14 from Jan 13.) By Chad Terhune, Jorge Garcia LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Los Angeles firefighters braced on Tuesday for intense winds that could fuel two monstrous wildfires that have already killed two dozen people, leveled entire neighborhoods and scorched an area the size of Washington, D.C. Hurricane force winds of …
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By Laila Bassam and Tom Perry BEIRUT (Reuters) -Lebanese President Joseph Aoun summoned Nawaf Salam, head of the International Court of Justice, to designate him prime minister after most lawmakers nominated him on Monday, a big blow to Hezbollah, which accused opponents of seeking to exclude it. The choice of Salam underlined the major shift …
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The number of migrants entering the European Union by irregualr routes dropped overall by 38% in 2024, reaching the lowest level since 2021, the EU border agency Frontex said on Tuesday. However, the number of people crossing from the EU’s borders with Belarus and Russia jumped 192% to 17,000, Frontex said. Significant …
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JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli far-right police minister Itamar Ben-Gvir threatened on Tuesday to quit Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government if he agrees to a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal being negotiated at talks in Qatar. Ben-Gvir, whose departure would not bring down Netanyahu’s government, urged Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich to join him in a …
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OSLO (Reuters) – Norway’s Queen Sonja, 87, will have a pacemaker inserted in a scheduled surgery later this week after suffering a heart problem during the weekend, the Norwegian royal court said on Tuesday. Sonja, the wife of Norway’s head of state King Harald, was briefly hospitalised on Saturday and diagnosed with cardiac fibrillation following …
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