DOHA (Reuters) -Qatar is engaging with the incoming Trump administration on Gaza after sensing fresh momentum for ceasefire talks following the U.S. election, Qatar’s Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani said on Saturday. The war in Gaza has been raging for over 14 months, with much of the tiny enclave …
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By Alan Baldwin ABU DHABI (Reuters) – The only scary thing about Max Verstappen is his speed, according to McLaren’s Lando Norris. Mercedes rival George Russell has accused Red Bull’s quadruple world champion of bullying and threatening behaviour in a row that blew up in Qatar last weekend and re-ignited in Abu Dhabi. Norris, Verstappen’s …
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DOHA (Reuters) – BRICS countries have no interest in weakening the U.S. dollar at all, India’s foreign minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar said at an event in Qatar’s capital Doha on Saturday. His remarks came a week after U.S. President-elect Donald Trump had demanded that BRICS member countries, which include major emerging economies like India, Russia and …
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SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s opposition-led parliament on Saturday rejected a bill proposing a special investigation into first lady Kim Keon Hee, a televised parliament session showed. (Reporting by Joyce Lee, Cynthia Kim; Editing by William Mallard)
(Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Saturday said a second batch of F-16 fighter jets had arrived in Ukraine from Denmark. “The second batch of F-16s from Denmark has arrived in Ukraine. This is an example of leadership in defending lives that sets Denmark apart,” Zelenskiy said in a post on X. (Reporting by …
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SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s ruling party lawmakers on Saturday decided to oppose an impeachment vote of President Yoon Suk Yeol and a special counsel investigation bill on the first lady, local Yonhap News reported. Opposition parties will need a handful of votes from Yoon’s party to pass the impeachment bill brought on by the …
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s Chugoku Electric Power on Saturday restarted its Shimane nuclear power station in western Japan, shuttered since shortly after the 2011 Fukushima meltdown, the company said. The long-delayed restart of the 820 plant’s megawatt (MW) No. 2 reactor, which was shut down in January 2012, boosts the number of Japan’s operational reactors …
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By Rich McKay and Daniel Trotta (Reuters) -New York City police believe the man who fatally shot a UnitedHealth top executive has left the city, Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said on Friday, as the hunt for the gunman passed the crucial 48-hour mark. Brian Thompson, 50, the CEO of UnitedHealth’s insurance unit, was shot in …
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PARIS (Reuters) -Paris’ Notre-Dame Cathedral reopens on Saturday, Dec. 7, five-and-a-half years after fire destroyed its roof and spire and caused major damage throughout. Here is what you need to know: WHAT IS NOTRE-DAME? A medieval Gothic masterpiece, Notre-Dame de Paris (Our Lady of Paris) is one of the French capital’s most beloved and visited …
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By Kylie Madry MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexico is doing everything it can to protect a regional trade agreement with the U.S. and Canada, the Latin American nation’s deputy economy minister said in an interview published on Friday. The three neighboring nations, and major partners in commerce, have entered a trade tussle after U.S. President-elect Donald …
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