By Patricia Zengerle, Emily Green and David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s nominee to be the U.S. ambassador in Ottawa said on Thursday he views Canada as an independent nation, pledging to respect its sovereignty amid a global trade war and hostile rhetoric that has roiled diplomatic relations. “Canada is a sovereign state, …
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By Mike Stone WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. is poised to resume shipments to Ukraine of long-range bombs known as Ground-Launched Small Diameter Bombs (GLSDB), after they were upgraded to better counter Russian jamming, two people familiar with the weapon told Reuters. The munitions will arrive amid reports that Ukraine’s supply of similarly-ranged Army Tactical …
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PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – Armed men set fire overnight to a building in Haiti’s capital that had long served as headquarters for the nation’s oldest radio station, as an alliance of gangs continues to grow its power despite efforts by local security forces. Videos shared on social media on Thursday showed the multi-story building in downtown …
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By Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA (Reuters) -Israel carried out “genocidal acts” against Palestinians by systematically destroying women’s healthcare facilities during the conflict in Gaza, and used sexual violence as a war strategy, United Nations experts said in a report on Thursday. Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected the report’s findings, saying they were biased and …
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(Reuters) – Venezuela and the United States have agreed to resume flights of migrants deported from the U.S., senior officials from each country said on Thursday, after an apparent pause in the repatriation flights which kicked off last month. U.S. diplomat Richard Grenell, a special envoy for President Donald Trump, said in a post on …
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By Samia Nakhoul and Maya Gebeily DAMASCUS (Reuters) – Russia castigated Syria’s new leaders in a closed United Nations briefing this week, two sources briefed on the meeting told Reuters, warning against the rise of jihadists in Syria and comparing sectarian killings of Alawites to Rwanda’s genocide. Moscow’s private criticism of Syria’s Islamist rulers comes …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday night, Politico reported, citing Russian state-owned news outlet Izvestia. (Reporting by Doina Chiacu; Editing by Katharine Jackson)
By Ali Sawafta and Mustafa Abu Ganeyeh JULIS, Israel (Reuters) – The head of the Druze community in Israel on Thursday hailed plans for the first visit by a Druze religious delegation from Syria in five decades, despite escalating cross-border tensions underscored by an Israeli airstrike on Damascus. The Druze, an Arab minority who practise …
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JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israel has sent humanitarian aid to Druze communities in its neighbour Syria over the past few weeks, its foreign ministry said on Thursday, in a further sign of backing for the minority group. Israel has been urging support for the Druze following the overthrow of Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad in December and his …
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By Francesca Landini and Tim Hepher BRINDISI, Italy (Reuters) -On a Saturday morning in May, 2020, Italian police officers caught two men pouring chemical waste into the sewers in the southern port city of Brindisi, near a small plane components factory. Five years on, that routine pollution case has spiralled into a wide-ranging judicial investigation …
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