NAPLES, Italy (Reuters) – The European Union’s foreign policy chief said on Saturday a ceasefire was a priority in the Middle East and the killing of Hamas leader Yaya Sinwar by Israeli forces could increase the chances of achieving it. “After the killing of Sinwar a new perspective is open and we have to use …
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By Bianca Flowers and Disha Raychaudhuri ATLANTA, Georgia (Reuters) – Francisca Shaw said she knew something was deeply wrong as she was rushed into an emergency cesarean for the delivery of her third child, a daughter, at Seattle’s University of Washington Medical Center in 2015. “I remember I told my doctor when I was getting …
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By Max Hunder and John Irish KYIV (Reuters) -The involvement of North Korean regular troops to support Russia’s invasion of Ukraine would be a serious escalation of the war, France and Ukraine’s foreign ministers said at a joint press conference in Kyiv on Saturday. France’s Jean-Noel Barrot, who was making his first trip to Ukraine …
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By Samia Nakhoul, Tom Perry and James Mackenzie DUBAI/JERUSALEM (Reuters) – The killing of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, a mastermind of the attack that ignited the war in the Gaza Strip, marked a major triumph for Israel. But Israeli leaders are also seeking to lock in strategic gains that go beyond military victories – to …
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MUMBAI (Reuters) – HDFC Bank, India’s largest private lender, beat analysts’ forecasts for July-September profit on Saturday, helped by higher core lending income, while margins were slightly lower on a sequential basis. The Mumbai-based lender posted a standalone net profit of 168.21 billion rupees ($2 billion) for the second financial quarter, up 4% from the …
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By Angelo Amante NAPLES, Italy (Reuters) – The global security framework is growing increasingly precarious due to competing world visions, Italian Defence Minister Guido Crosetto told his peers at a meeting of the Group of Seven wealthy democracies that kicked off in Naples on Saturday. The G7 gathering marks the group’s first ministerial meeting dedicated …
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KYIV (Reuters) – The involvement of North Korean troops in the Russian invasion of Ukraine would be a “huge” escalation risk, Ukraine’s foreign minister told a joint press conference alongside his French counterpart in Kyiv on Saturday. Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy accused North Korea this week of deploying officers alongside Russia and preparing to send …
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SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korea said on Saturday it had discovered the remains of a crashed South Korean military drone, suggesting it was on a propaganda mission in the latest confrontation between the two involving cross-border flying objects. “In light of the drone’s shape, the presumptive period of flight, the leaflet-scattering box fixed to the underpart …
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By Dave Sherwood and Marianna Parraga HAVANA (Reuters) -Cuba restored a trickle of power to its grid by mid-evening on Friday, officials said, hours after the island plunged into a countrywide blackout following the collapse of one of its major power plants. The vast majority of the country’s 10 million residents were still in the …
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By Casey Hall SHANGHAI (Reuters) – British Foreign Secretary David Lammy said on Saturday that businesses wanted “stability and clarity” in trade with China, as London seeks to reset relations with Beijing under the new Labour government. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said following a meeting with Lammy on Friday that the bilateral ties “now …
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