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As deadline looms, countries struggle to agree on protecting nature
By Gloria Dickie and Duncan Miriri NAIROBI (Reuters) - With only two days left to hash out a U.N. draft agreement to protect global biodiversity, organizers on Friday urged delegates in Nairobi to "pi...
Jun 24, 2022
Analysis-Russia’s grinding battlefield gains seen driven by new tactics
By Tom Balmforth KYIV (Reuters) - It took Russia weeks of fierce fighting, an untold number of casualties, and relentless shelling before the exhausted Ukrainian defenders of Sievierodonetsk received ...
Jun 24, 2022
French President Macron: abortion is a fundamental right for women
PARIS (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday that abortion was a fundamental right for women, as he reacted to the U.S. Supreme Court decision earlier to overturn the landmark 197...
Jun 24, 2022
Vatican praises U.S. Court decision on abortion, saying it challenges world
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Vatican's Academy for Life on Friday praised the U.S. Supreme Court's decision on abortion, saying it challenged the whole world to reflect on life issues. The Vatican dep...
Jun 24, 2022
Restricting abortion just makes it more deadly, says U.N. after U.S. ruling
By Michelle Nichols (Reuters) - Restricting abortion access does not stop people seeking the procedure "it only makes it more deadly," a spokesman for U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on F...
Jun 24, 2022
Burkina Faso gives civilians 14 days to evacuate ahead of military operations
OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) - Burkina Faso's army has given civilians two weeks to evacuate vast areas in its northern and southeastern regions ahead of military operations against Islamist insurgents, it s...
Jun 24, 2022
Mexican president to pitch anti-inflation plan to Biden
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Friday that during a planned visit to Washington next month he would propose to his U.S. counterpart Joe Biden that they c...
Jun 24, 2022
Ukraine needs ‘fire parity’ with Russia to defend Luhansk region, top general says
KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine needs "fire parity" with Russia in order to stabilize the difficult situation in the country's eastern region of Luhansk, Ukraine's top general told his U.S. counterpart during...
Jun 24, 2022
Russia says EU candidate status for Ukraine, Moldova will have negative consequences
(Reuters) -Russia on Friday said the decision by European Union leaders to accept Ukraine and Moldova as membership candidates would have negative consequences and amounted to the EU's "enslaving" nei...
Jun 24, 2022
Ukraine will need at least 10 years to demine its territory, official says
KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine will need at least a decade to clear all the mines and explosives from its land and territorial waters once its war with Russia is over, an emergency services official said on...
Jun 24, 2022
