By Ece Toksabay, Mert Ozkan ANKARA (Reuters) -Two attackers killed five people and wounded 22 others on Wednesday in what Ankara called a terrorist attack at the Turkish Aerospace Industries headquarters, where witnesses said they heard gunfire and an explosion. Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said both attackers were killed after the attack, adding two of …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s commerce ministry on Thursday expressed opposition to the U.S. sanctions on Chinese firms involved in making and shipping attack drones for Russia. “China firmly opposes unilateral sanctions and long-arm jurisdiction without the basis of international law and the authorization of the UN Security Council,” ministry spokesperson He Yadong said at a …
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JERUSALEM (Reuters) -The Israeli military named on Wednesday six Palestinian Al Jazeera reporters in Gaza it said were also members of the Hamas or Islamic Jihad militant groups, an allegation which the Qatari network rejected as an attempt to silence journalists. “Al Jazeera condemns Israeli accusations against its journalists in Gaza and warns against (this) …
By David Lawder and Susan Heavey WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. on Wednesday finalized its $20 billion portion of a long-awaited $50 billion loan to Ukraine backed by frozen Russian assets, announcing plans to start making funds available by year-end for economic and military aid. U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Ukrainian Finance Minister Serhiy Marchenko …
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By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin told his Israeli counterpart on Wednesday that Washington had concerns about strikes against the Lebanese armed forces while urging Israel to take steps to ensure the safety of the Lebanese army and the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Lebanon, the Pentagon said. Austin also told Israeli …
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By Anna Mehler Paperny TORONTO (Reuters) -Canada will sharply lower the number of immigrants it allows into the country for the first time in years, marking a notable shift in policy for the government as it tries to remain in power. Canada will bring in 395,000 new permanent residents in 2025, 380,000 in 2026 …
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By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) – NASA and Chinese officials are engaged in talks to let American scientists analyze rocks retrieved by China from the moon, according to the head of the U.S. space agency, as Washington pursues improved communication with Beijing on issues involving space. With its uncrewed Chang’e-5 mission in 2020, China became …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department said on Wednesday that a Venezuelan television news network owner was charged in an alleged $1.2 billion money laundering scheme. Raul Gorrin Belisario, 56, was indicted by a federal grand jury in Florida for his role in a scheme “to launder funds corruptly obtained from Venezuela’s state-owned and …
HAVANA (Reuters) – Cuba said on Wednesday it would keep schools closed and non-essential workers home through Sunday as the crisis-racked Caribbean island nation struggled to recover from the collapse of its power grid last Friday and Hurricane Oscar this week. The island’s far eastern province of Guantanamo was particularly hard hit by Oscar, which …
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By Lucy Papachristou and Felix Light TBILISI (Reuters) – The founder of Georgia’s ruling Georgian Dream party, Bidzina Ivanishvili, doubled down on Wednesday on a pledge to ban opposition parties should his party clinch victory in a crucial parliamentary election this weekend. If it wins a majority in parliament, Georgian Dream will make opposition parties …
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