By Jennifer Rigby and Mariam Sunny LONDON (Reuters) -Cuts to aid budgets are threatening to undermine years of progress in reducing the number of women dying during pregnancy and childbirth, and could lead to a rise in deaths, the United Nations has warned. Globally, there was a 40% decline in maternal deaths between 2000 and …
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RAMALLAH (Reuters) -A Palestinian teenager with U.S. citizenship was killed by Israeli forces in the West Bank town of Turmus Ayya, Palestinian officials said on Sunday, with the Israeli military saying it shot a “terrorist” who endangered civilians by hurling rocks. The incident is the latest in a surge of violence and near-daily confrontations in …
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By Emily Rose and Nidal al-Mughrabi JERUSALEM/CAIRO (Reuters) -Palestinian militant group Hamas said it fired a barrage of rockets at cities in Israel’s south on Sunday in response to Israeli “massacres” of civilians in Gaza. Israel’s military said about 10 projectiles were fired, but most were successfully intercepted. Israel’s Channel 12 reported a direct hit …
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BEIRUT (Reuters) – U.S. envoy Morgan Ortagus said in an interview broadcast on Sunday that Hezbollah and other armed groups should be disarmed “as soon as possible” and that Lebanese troops were expected to do the job. Ortagus spoke to Lebanese broadcaster LBCI at the end of a three-day visit to Beirut, where she met …
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ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey’s main opposition leader on Sunday pledged further protests against the jailing of Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, President Tayyip Erdogan’s chief rival, aiming to sustain Turkey’s biggest demonstrations in more than a decade. The protests began on March 19 when Imamoglu, a member of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), was detained …
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TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan’s President Lai Ching-te on Sunday offered zero tariffs as the basis for talks with the U.S., pledging to remove trade barriers rather than imposing reciprocal measures and saying Taiwanese companies will raise their U.S. investments. President Donald Trump announced across-the-board import tariffs on Wednesday, with much higher duties for dozens of …
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By Luis Jaime Acosta PASTO, Colombia (Reuters) -Colombian armed group Comuneros del Sur, which has broken away from the leftist National Liberation Army (ELN) rebels, handed over war material and signed two agreements with President Gustavo Petro, the government and the group said on Saturday. During an event in Pasto city in the southwestern Andean …
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By Joshua McElwee VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Francis made his first public appearance since being discharged from hospital two weeks ago after treatment for double pneumonia, entering St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican in a wheelchair on Sunday to greet cheering crowds. Francis, 88, had been out of public view since March 23, when he …
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By Parisa Hafezi (Reuters) – Iran is pushing back against U.S. demands that it directly negotiate over its nuclear programme or be bombed, warning neighbours that host U.S. bases that they could be in the firing line if involved, a senior Iranian official said. Although Iran has rejected U.S. President Donald Trump’s demand for direct …
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By Ju-min Park SEOUL (Reuters) – The speaker of South Korea’s parliament on Sunday proposed revising the constitution to curb presidential powers, citing public support for such a move after President Yoon Suk Yeol was ousted for declaring martial law. “I would like to propose to the people that we should now quickly pursue constitutional …
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