UN says lawlessness in Gaza impedes aid via Kerem Shalom despite Israel's military pause
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations said on Tuesday it has been unable to distribute aid in the Gaza Strip from the Israel-controlled Kerem Shalom crossing because of lawlessness and panic among hungry people in the ar...
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Houthis believed to have sunk second ship in the Red Sea, UKMTO says
By Adam Makary and Lisa Baertlein CAIRO/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Yemen's Houthi militants are "believed to have sunk" a second ship in the Red Sea, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) said on Tuesday. The Houthis and other sources p...
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Mexico's Sheinbaum says Indigenous rights a priority for constitutional reforms
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexican President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum on Tuesday said she considers constitutional reforms for social programs concerning the rights and recognition of Indigenous people as a key priority for upcoming talks. "There's one prio...
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Sudan and UAE clash at UN Security Council over Sudan civil war
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Sudan and the United Arab Emirates clashed at the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday over accusations by the army-aligned Sudanese government that the UAE is providing weapons and support to a rival warr...
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US says Mexico's Sinaloa Cartel used group tied to Chinese underground banking
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department alleged on Tuesday that Mexico's Sinaloa Cartel conspired with groups based in California and tied to Chinese underground banking to launder drug-trafficking proceeds of over $50 ...
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Russia's Putin arrives in North Korea, Interfax reports
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in North Korea on Tuesday for his first visit in 24 years, Interfax news agency reported. The visit at the invitation of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un underscores Moscow's growing relati...
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Italian PM Meloni's 'mother of all reforms' gets first OK in parliament
By Crispian Balmer ROME (Reuters) - An ambitious overhaul of the Italian constitution to allow for the direct election of a prime minister won the Senate's approval on Tuesday, the start of what is likely to be an uncertain path to the statute book...
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Three bodies found near migrant shipwreck off Italy
ROME (Reuters) - Three bodies have been recovered near the site of a migrant shipwreck between Italy and Greece from which more than 60 people were reported missing, a spokesperson for the Italian coast guard said on Tuesday. The migrants were on a...
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NATO worried Russia may support North Korea's missile and nuclear programs
By Humeyra Pamuk and David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) - NATO is concerned about support Russia could provide for North Korea's missile and nuclear programs, the alliance's head said on Tuesday as Russian President Vladimir Putin headed to the ...
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Iran prisoner says Sweden left him behind in jail, daily Expressen reports
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - A Swedish-Iranian dual national has accused Sweden's prime minister of leaving him out of a prisoner swap in a call from the Iranian jail where he remains incarcerated, daily Expressen reported on Tuesday. The two countries c...
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Hungarian opposition party to join European Parliament's centre-right bloc
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungarian opposition party Tisza will join the centre-right European People's Party bloc in the European Parliament, the party's leader Peter Magyar said on Tuesday. The political newcomer has emerged as a new threat to Prime M...
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Dutchman Rutte to be NATO's new secretary-general, Dutch news outlet NOS reports citing sources
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Dutch outgoing Prime Minister Mark Rutte will be NATO's new secretary-general, succeeding Jens Stoltenberg, Dutch news outlet NOS reported on Tuesday citing sources close to the matter. Reuters could not immediately obtain a c...
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Ukraine investigates suspected beheading of soldier by Russia, prosecutors say
KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine is investigating the suspected beheading of one of its servicemen by Russian forces in an occupied part of the eastern Donetsk region, the Ukrainian general prosecutor's office said on Tuesday. Russia, which has repeatedly ...
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Kenyan parliament panel recommends scrapping some new taxes amid protests
By Humphrey Malalo NAIROBI (Reuters) - A Kenyan parliamentary panel has recommended that the government scrap new taxes on items like cars and bread that were proposed as part of next year's budget, its chairman said, as protesters angered by the m...
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EU will help finance Poland's border security, says Tusk
WARSAW (Reuters) - The leaders of European Union countries agree that the bloc should help finance security measures on Poland's border with Belarus, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Tuesday. The border has been a flashpoint since migrants...
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US imposes sanctions targeting Bosnian Serb leader Dodik's network of firms
SARAJEVO (Reuters) - The United States on Tuesday imposed sanctions on two individuals and a network of companies generating wealth for Bosnian Serb nationalist leader Milorad Dodik and his family, the U.S. Treasury Department said in a statement. ...
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Turk jailed pending trial in Greece over gun attack at supermarket
ATHENS (Reuters) - A 22-year old Turkish national was jailed pending trial in Greece on Tuesday after killing another Turk and seriously injuring a third in a gun attack, with police sources saying both victims were members of a criminal gang. The ...
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Ecuador reinstates visa requirement for Chinese travelers
(Reuters) - Ecuador's foreign ministry on Tuesday said that it was effectively reinstating a visa requirement for travelers from China, citing an increase in irregular migratory flows from the Asian nation. The ministry, in a statement posted on so...
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Austrian pro-tax heiress gives wealth to social, climate, left-wing groups
VIENNA (Reuters) - An heiress who has denounced the absence of taxes on wealth and inheritance in Austria has given the bulk of her money, 25 million euros ($27 million), to 77 organisations, including social and climate groups, as well as prominen...
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Netanyahu says Blinken assured him US will cancel limits on weapons supplies
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday said that U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken had assured him that the Biden administration was working to cancel restrictions on arms deliveries to Israel. Netanyahu in a statem...
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Fire breaks out at Novo Nordisk building in Copenhagen
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - A fire broke out on Tuesday at a Novo Nordisk building in in Denmark, the pharmaceuticals giant told Reuters. "We can confirm that a fire broke out this afternoon in the roof of an office building rented by Novo Nordisk on Kr...
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I was 'political football' says UK woman branded a Chinese spy
By Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) - A woman publicly branded a Chinese spy and a threat to the nation's security by Britain's intelligence agency MI5 says the "politically-motivated" decision had destroyed her life and left her a prisoner in her o...
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French far-right leader Bardella slams Mbappe on election comments
PARIS (Reuters) - French far-right leader Jordan Bardella criticised star footballer Kylian Mbappe on Tuesday for his call on the youth to vote against the "extremes" in parliamentary elections this month. "I have a lot of respect for our footballe...
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Lebanon's Hezbollah publishes drone footage claiming to show surveillance of Israel's Haifa
BEIRUT (Reuters) -Hezbollah on Tuesday published a nine-minute 31 second-long video of what it said was footage gathered from its surveillance aircraft of locations in Israel, including the city of Haifa's sea and air ports. Haifa is 27 kilometres (17 ...
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UK police search for three children missing after theme park trip
LONDON (Reuters) - British police are searching for three children aged 14, 9 and 7 who were reported missing after a day out at a theme park 20 miles south west of London. The children spent the day at Thorpe Park in Chertsey before they were repo...
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