MOSCOW (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that he had pulled Russia back from the edge of the abyss after the chaos which accompanied the fall of the Soviet Union, and had built the country into a sovereign power able to stand up for itself. Putin, a former KGB spy who took the …
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By Ahmed Tolba, Clauda Tanios and Jana Choukeir CAIRO/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israel launched strikes against ports and energy infrastructure in Houthi-held parts of Yemen on Thursday and threatened more attacks against the Iran-aligned militant group, which has launched hundreds of missiles at Israel over the past year. As Israeli jets were in the air, the Israeli …
ANKARA (Reuters) -There is no talk of a ceasefire deal between Turkey and the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in northern Syria, contrary to a U.S. announcement, a Turkish defence ministry official said on Thursday. The State Department had said a ceasefire round the city of Manbij was extended until the end of this week. …
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By Krishna N. Das DHAKA (Reuters) -Bangladesh’s interim government has accused energy supplier Adani Power of breaching a multi-billion-dollar agreement by withholding tax benefits that a power plant central to the deal received from New Delhi, according to documents seen by Reuters. In 2017, the Indian company controlled by billionaire Gautam Adani signed an agreement …
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By David Sherwood HAVANA (Reuters) – As blackouts, food, fuel and labor shortages in Cuba grow more acute by the day, a trip to the Caribbean island has become a hard sell. Cuban government statistics tell the story: Earlier this week, Tourism Minister Juan Carlos Garcia said Cuba saw 2.2 million international visitors this year, …
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By Kirsty Needham and Renju Jose SYDNEY (Reuters) -People on the Pacific island nation of Vanuatu braced on Thursday for heavy rains and a possible cyclone, two days after a 7.3 magnitude earthquake killed at least 16 people, wrecked buildings and cut power and water supplies. President Nikenike Vurobaravu told people to take particular care …
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By Amina Niasse NEW YORK (Reuters) -U.S. healthcare spending rose by 7.5% to $4.9 trillion in 2023, driven by increased use of medical services as enrollment climbed for private health plans, particularly those under the Affordable Care Act, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said in a report on Wednesday. The agency, which oversees …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – There are no so-called “secret police stations”, China’s foreign ministry said on Thursday, after a New York resident who prosecutors say operated such a station pleaded guilty to conspiring to act as an unregistered foreign agent. China is a country with rule of law and has always strictly abided by international law …
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By David Ljunggren OTTAWA (Reuters) -Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is reflecting on complaints about his leadership by legislators from the ruling Liberal Party who are unhappy that Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland quit, a close ally said on Tuesday. Another Liberal parliamentarian said separately that Trudeau was “delusional” if he thought he could fight the …
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MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s Security Minister Omar Garcia Harfuch confirmed on Wednesday the death of a staff investigator in the violence-racked city of Culiacan, where a deadly conflict pitting two factions of the Sinaloa Cartel has been playing out for months. Garcia Harfuch confirmed the killing in a post on X after local media …
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