DUBAI (Reuters) -Palestinian group Hamas said on Wednesday an exchange of Palestinian prisoners for the bodies of Israeli hostages would take place through “a new mechanism” that guaranteed Israel’s compliance. The date for the exchange would be announced at the right time, a Hamas statement added. Hamas also said it had not received a proposal …
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ABU DHBAI (Reuters) – Anwar Gargash, the diplomatic adviser to UAE’s president, said on Wednesday a Gaza reconstruction plan cannot happen without a clear path to a two-state solution for Israel and the Palestinians. Investment in the project would need political stability, he added in remarks to the Investopia 2025 conference in Abu Dhabi. “Gaza …
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ATHENS – Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis warned Greeks on Wednesday against any violence during scheduled protests to mark two years since a deadly train accident this week, saying provocative online posts aimed to create political instability. Mass demonstrations are planned in dozens of Greek cities on Friday to pay tribute to the 57 people, mostly …
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By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s designation of drug cartels as terrorist organizations heightens the risk of U.S. criminal prosecutions for American companies operating in parts of Latin America and migrants to the United States, legal experts said. On February 19, the State Department designated the Sinaloa Cartel, Tren de …
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By Jason Lange, Andy Sullivan and Brad Heath WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. government spent more during President Donald Trump’s first month in office than it did during the same period a year ago, in a sign his cost-slashing effort has yet to reduce the nation’s heavy fiscal obligations, a Reuters analysis of federal data …
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(Reuters) – Australia plans to review the impact of U.S. President Donald Trump’s cuts to the U.S. Agency for International Development(USAID) on Southeast Asia and the Pacific region, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday. Australia will examine what potential shortfalls that might emerge as a result of the changes to USAID, the report said, citing government …
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Singapore’s law and home affairs minister and its manpower minister have filed defamation lawsuits against Bloomberg News and one of its reporters, according to a schedule of court hearings. Home Affairs and Law Minister K Shanmugam and Manpower Minister Tan See Leng had threatened legal action in December, saying at the time …
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NAIROBI (Reuters) – International sanctions against Rwanda will reduce the incentive for Kinshasa to engage in peace talks with M23 rebels who have made lightning advances in eastern Congo this year, a proscribed Rwandan minister has said. “As they push for sanctions against Rwanda, (Congo’s president), seeing that Rwanda is being targeted, will refuse to …
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By Fabian Cambero and Alexander Villegas SANTIAGO (Reuters) -A massive power outage across Chile plunged the country’s capital Santiago into darkness on Tuesday and knocked out electricity to major copper mines in the country’s north, buffeting global metal markets. Hours after the outage began and as darkness fell, Chile’s government announced a state of emergency …
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By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called for building a strong, modern army to cope with any war during a visit to a military academy, state media KCNA said on Wednesday. Kim’s trip to the Kang Kon Military Academy comes after North Korea has sent thousands of troops to …
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