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Al Qaeda will pursue attacks undeterred by Zawahiri loss, experts say
(Refiles to fix typo in para 3) By Michael Georgy and John Davison DUBAI/BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The U.S. Hellfire missiles that killed Ayman al-Zawahiri dealt al Qaeda a powerful symbolic blow, but its f...
Aug 03, 2022
French parliament adopts 20 billion euro inflation relief package
PARIS (Reuters) - France's parliament on Wednesday approved a bill that will lift pensions and allow companies to make higher tax-free bonus payments to employees after President Emmanuel Macron promi...
Aug 03, 2022
Ukraine starts pullout of peacekeepers from Kosovo – report
BELGRADE (Reuters) - Ukraine will start the pullout of its peacekeepers from the NATO-led mission in Kosovo, the RBK-Ukraine news portal reported on Wednesday citing sources from Ukraine's military co...
Aug 03, 2022
Spanish farmers fear olive oil output could plunge a third
By Corina Pons MADRID (Reuters) - Farmers in southern Spain fear extreme drought and consecutive heatwaves this year could cut olive oil output in the world's largest producer by nearly a third in the...
Aug 03, 2022
Karabakh separatists declare partial mobilisation amid skirmishes with Azerbaijan
(Reuters) - Separatist authorities in the ethnically Armenian enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh declared a partial mobilisation on Wednesday, amid growing frictions with Azerbaijan, the office of the presid...
Aug 03, 2022
Ukraine brushes off Schroeder war comments, tells Russia to withdraw troops
KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine said on Wednesday that any negotiated peace settlement with Moscow would be contingent on a ceasefire and the withdrawal of Russian troops, brushing off comments by ex-German ...
Aug 03, 2022
Ukraine says Russia creating strike force aimed at Zelenskiy’s hometown
KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine said on Wednesday that Russia had started creating a military strike force aimed at President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's hometown of Kryvyi Rih and warned that Moscow could be prep...
Aug 03, 2022
Taiwan scrambles jets as 22 Chinese fighters cross Taiwan Strait median line
By Yimou Lee TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan scrambled jets on Wednesday to warn away 27 Chinese aircraft in its air defence zone, the island's defence ministry said, adding that 22 of them crossed the medi...
Aug 03, 2022
UK’s Truss urges China to de-escalate tension with U.S
(Fixes typo in headline) LONDON (Reuters) -British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss on Wednesday urged China to de-escalate tensions with the United States following U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit...
Aug 03, 2022
Volcano eruption resumes in Iceland – Meteorological Office
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - A volcanic eruption has resumed on the Fagradalsfjall mountain in southwest Iceland where an outbreak also took place last year, the Icelandic Meteorological Office said on Wedn...
Aug 03, 2022
