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By Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA (Reuters) – Gaza’s Health Ministry accused Israel on Thursday of delaying the entry of several X-ray machines needed to treat patients in the blockaded Palestinian territory. The ministry, run by the Gaza Strip’s ruling Islamist group Hamas, said requests in the past 14 months for eight different types of X-ray machines …

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By Charlie Devereux MADRID (Reuters) – Several bookstores in Spain were selling the much-awaited memoir by Britain’s Prince Harry on Thursday, five days ahead of the book’s official launch date. A Reuters reporter bought a Spanish-language copy of “Spare”, which was due to be published on Jan. 10, at a large bookstore in Madrid. A …

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PARIS (Reuters) -Iran should look at what is going on at home before criticising France, Foreign Minster Catherine Colonna said on Thursday, a day after Paris’ envoy in Tehran was summoned over cartoons published by the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo. Ties between France and Iran have deteriorated in recent months as efforts to revive …

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By Ece Toksabay ANKARA (Reuters) -Turkey’s top court narrowly ruled in favour of freezing pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) bank accounts holding Treasury aid on Thursday while it hears a case on shutting down the party over alleged ties to militants, state media said. The move against the HDP, the third-biggest party in parliament, comes …

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By Nerijus Adomaitis and Christoph Steitz OSLO (Reuters) -Equinor and RWE said on Thursday they plan to develop a supply chain for low-carbon hydrogen, allowing Germany to cut its reliance on coal power and thus its CO2 emissions. The two companies plan to build power plants in Germany that will initially be fuelled by natural …

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By Chiara Elisei (Reuters) – A new bond being sold by Credit Suisse on Thursday met with strong demand from investors, a lead memo seen by Reuters showed, in a positive sign for the embattled Swiss bank. Orders for a new sterling, senior unsecured bond, maturing in March 2026, were at over 875 million pounds …

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By James Davey and Sarah Young LONDON (Reuters) -Britons spent more than expected over Christmas, Next, one of the country’s biggest clothing retailers, said on Thursday in a sign that resilient shoppers helped the sector dodge a cost-of-living crisis that threatened to hit festive sales. But a slowdown looms this year, said Next warning that …

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