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By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Hatem Khaled CAIRO/GAZA (Reuters) – Israel’s block on deliveries into the war-stricken Gaza Strip has led to price increases and fears of food shortages, prompting punitive measures from the Hamas-run authorities against merchants, according to Hamas sources and witnesses. Members of the Hamas-run police force were deployed in local markets across …

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OSLO (Reuters) – Finland’s foreign minister said on Tuesday that Washington’s pivot towards Russia is unlikely to bring an end to the war in Ukraine, and that President Donald Trump would likely discover this in the end. Elina Valtonen said she was “a little bit concerned” by a recent U.S. order to pause offensive cyber …

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(Reuters) – Russia wants to widen its source of migrant workers beyond ex-Soviet republics to Asian nations including Myanmar, the Interfax news agency cited the economy minister as saying on Tuesday. With unemployment at a record low 2.3%, President Vladimir Putin has flagged labour shortages as a problem and on Friday steelmaker Severstal criticised a …

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CAIRO (Reuters) – An Arab summit draft communique on Tuesday adopted an Egyptian plan for Gaza’s future and called on the international community and financial institutions to provide support for the plan quickly. An Arab plan for Gaza would counter U.S. President Donald Trump’s ambition for a Middle East Riviera in the enclave. Trump enraged …

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By Colleen Howe and Lewis Jackson BEIJING (Reuters) – New Chinese tariffs on American agricultural goods will affect some $21 billion worth of U.S. exports, a Reuters analysis of U.S. census data showed. The biggest blow by value will be to the U.S. soybean trade, the country’s largest agricultural export to China, which will be …

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(Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump has paused military aid to Ukraine following his clash with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy last week, a White House official said. The decision comes as Trump pivots towards Moscow in the war, three years after Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered a full-scale invasion of his neighbour. The United States …

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