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BUDAPEST (Reuters) – The EU must not start membership talks with Ukraine, Prime Minister Viktor Orban told state radio on Friday, stressing this was Hungary’s “clear stance” on the issue. EU countries’ leaders are due to decide in mid-December on whether to accept the Commission’s recommendation to invite Kyiv to begin membership talks as soon …

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By Peter Henderson (Reuters) – California climate technology company Heirloom on Thursday unveiled what is says is the first U.S. commercial plant to suck planet-warming carbon dioxide from the air, a milestone in the effort to scale up nascent carbon removal technologies and hit global climate goals. Scientists expect the world will need to remove …

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By Samrhitha A (Reuters) -The twin summer Hollywood strikes from writers and actors are over, but the effects will linger into next year – and some companies are decidedly worse off than others. While actors were celebrating news of a tentative $1 billion agreement between the SAG-AFTRA union and studios after a four-month work stoppage, …

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By Gleb Stolyarov (Reuters) – In the two years before the war in Ukraine, a private Boeing 737 linked to Russian oligarch Vladimir Yevtushenkov criss-crossed the globe, taking in the French Riviera, the Maldives and Seychelles along with world capitals and financial centres. This year, instead of traditional playgrounds of the well-heeled, the jet has …

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By James Mackenzie JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s declaration this week that Israel would take control of security in Gaza for an indefinite period has added to uncertainty over the future of the besieged enclave, more than a month into the war. Israeli officials have since tried to make clear they do not intend …

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By Alvaro Murillo MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Costa Rican authorities detained eight employees from the country’s largest commercial bank on Wednesday in connection to the theft of more than $6 million, the biggest crime in the bank’s 109-year history. The eight detainees, as well as the bank’s legal director, are suspected of crimes that include …

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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House said President Joe Biden would veto a Senate Republican effort on Wednesday to reverse his administration’s decision to waive some “Buy America” requirements for government-funded electric vehicle charging stations. The White House said the Republican bill, which is set to be voted at 5:30 p.m. ET …

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By Henriette Chacar and Jennifer Rigby (Reuters) – Tahreer Azzam, a nurse at Makassed Hospital in east Jerusalem, has been caring for young, desperately-ill Palestinian patients for 16 years. Since the Israel-Hamas war erupted last month, she now struggles to find them. Usually, around 100 patients from Gaza receive care each day for complex health …

Gaza health crisis deepens for the chronically ill as war intensifies Read More »