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ガザ民間人犠牲、ハマス壊滅作戦の代償＝イスラエル軍当局者
[パルマヒム空軍基地（イスラエル） １９日 ロイター] - イスラエルとイスラム組織ハマスによる戦闘でパレスチナ自治区ガザで民間人の犠牲が拡大していることに国際的な懸念が高まる中、イスラエル軍当局者は１９日、イスラエルのハマス壊滅に向けた集中的な作戦と、ハマスによる市街戦戦略の代償として、多くの民間人が犠牲になっているとの見解を示した。 イスラエルとハマスの戦闘でガザ地区でこれまでに少なくとも約２万人が死亡、５万人が負傷したと推定されている。 こうした中、イスラエル軍の当局者２人がガザ地区との境界から約４５キロの距離にあるパルマヒム空軍基地で記者団の取材に応じ、イスラエルの攻撃による民間人の犠牲は軍事的優位性の評価とバランスが取れているとの認識を示した。 軍の法律顧問を務めているという当局者のうち１人は、病院が戦闘員によって使用されている場合、合法的な軍事標的になりうると指摘。イスラエル空軍はハマスの地下トンネルを突破するために「大きな火力を必要とする攻撃」を行っているとし、「その結果、悲劇的なことに多くの民間人が犠牲になっている」と語った。...
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Calabria hit by forest fires, heat in Italy intensifies
Home/World/Calabria hit by forest fires, heat in Italy intensifies World 16 Views ROME, July 23 (Reuters) – Firefighters battled blazes in the southern Italian region of Calabria and properties on the island of Sicily were hit by blackouts as temperatures soared again during a heatwave that has wreaked havoc in parts of Europe.
Pope Francis Appoints Bishop for Shanghai, Chides China for Lack of Consultation
Pope Francis Approves New Bishop of Shanghai Amid Vatican-China Dispute VATICAN CITY, July 15 – Pope Francis has approved the appointment of Bishop Joseph Shen Bin as the new bishop of Shanghai, despite the Vatican’s criticism of China for transferring him without consultation. The move is seen as a violation of the bi-lateral accords between the Vatican and China.
Ukraine spy chief says nuclear threat at Zaporizhzhia plant subsiding
KYIV, July 6 (Reuters) – Ukraine’s military spy chief said on Thursday that the threat of a Russian attack on the vast Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant was receding, but that it could easily return as long as the facility remained under occupation by Moscow’s forces. The intelligence chief, Kyrylo Budanov, made the comment in an interview with Reuters after days of warnings by Ukrainian and Russian officials accusing each other of plotting an attack at Europe’s largest nuclear plant.
Russia’s Medvedev says standoff with West to last decades, Ukraine conflict ‘permanent’
LONDON, July 3 (Reuters) – Dmitry Medvedev, Russia’s former president, has warned that Moscow’s confrontation with the West will last decades and that its conflict with Ukraine could become permanent. Medvedev, once seen in the West as a liberal moderniser, has emerged as one of Russia’s most outspoken hawks since Moscow launched what it called a “special military operation” in Ukraine last year.
‘Farmgate’: Watchdog clears South Africa’s President Ramaphosa of … – Reuters.com
The Namibian supreme court’s historic ruling recognising same-sex marriages that are formalised abroad came just before the start of LGBTIQ Pride Month. It made Namibia only the second African country after South Africa to recognise same-sex marriage and came as a relief to the country’s LGBTIQ community.
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UK, France, Italy, Germany and U.S. condemn Kosovo violence
Britain, France, Italy, Germany and the United States condemned Kosovo's decision to force access to municipal buildings in northern Kosovo on Friday, calling on the authorities to step back and de-escalate the situation. "We are concerned by Serbia's decision to raise the level of readiness of its Armed Forces at the border with Kosovo and call all parties for maximum restraint, avoiding inflammatory rhetoric.
Boris Johnson severs ties with lawyers after police referral
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Boris Johnson cut ties with his government-appointed lawyers on Wednesday after he was referred to the police over more potential breaches of COVID-19 lockdown rules, a move the former prime minister's aides have...
Russia battles cross-border raids; nothing to do with us, says Ukraine
KYIV, May 22 (Reuters) – Russia said on Monday it was battling a cross-border incursion by saboteurs who burst through the frontier from Ukraine, in what appeared to be one of the biggest attacks of its kind since the war began last year. The governor of Russia’s Belgorod region said a Ukrainian “sabotage group” had entered Russian territory in the Graivoron district bordering Ukraine, and was being repelled.
Turkey’s lira falls, credit swaps rise after election
Business 10 Views LONDON, May 14 (Reuters) – Turkey’s lira held near a two-month low in early trade, and the cost of insuring exposure to the country’s debt rose, as the country’s presidential race appeared headed for a runoff. The lira was trading at 19.64 against the dollar at 0608 GMT, after falling to a two-month low of 19.70 in after-hours trading, not far from its lowest level this year after deadly earthquakes in February. It was on track for its worst trading session since early November.
Israel kills senior Gaza commanders as rockets cause first death in Israel
GAZA, May 11 (Reuters) – Israel killed the head of Islamic Jihad’s rocket force and his deputy, pressing an operation that has cost 28 lives in Gaza including women and children, while Palestinian cross-border rocket salvoes inflicted a first fatality in Israel on Thursday. Amid mediation efforts by Egypt, neither side seemed ready to douse the worst flare-up since August, now in its third day.
Sudan factions agree to ceasefire, US says
US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken on Monday said the truce deal followed two days of intense negotiations and would begin on Tuesday. The two sides have not abided by several previous temporary truce deals. Ahead of the evening truce announcement, air strikes and ground fighting shook Omdurman, one of three adjacent cities in the capital region, and there were also clashes in capital Khartoum, a Reuters reporter said.
Shootouts in Sudan capital Khartoum on Eid holiday
Gunfire has ripped through several neighbourhoods of Sudan's capital Khartoum on the first day of the Muslim holiday of Eid al Fitr, after the army deployed on foot for the first time in its almost week-long fight with a paramilitary force. Soldiers and gunmen from the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) shot at each other on Friday in residential areas of the north, west and centre of the city, including during the call for special early morning Eid prayers, witnesses said.
Ex-Balli Steel CEO jailed in London for trade financing fraud
LONDON (Reuters) -The former CEO of a collapsed British steel trader was sentenced to six and a half years in jail by a London court on Tuesday for his part in a "widespread and systematic" trade financing fraud. Nasser Alaghband, who was the chief...
Tons of uranium missing from Libyan site, IAEA tells member states – [your]NEWS
VIENNA, March 15 (Reuters) – U.N. nuclear watchdog inspectors have found that roughly 2.5 tons of natural uranium have gone missing from a Libyan site that is not under government control, the watchdog told member states in a statement on Wednesday seen by Reuters.
Britain's early retired resist calls to work, despite higher living costs – [your]NEWS
LONDON, (Reuters) – In their fifties and deciding there was more to life than work, Liz and Ian Woodbridge quit stressful jobs during the pandemic – part of a cohort of British early retirees now resisting a government call to return, despite rising living costs.
French defence group Thales to recruit 12,000 staff as orders boom – [your]NEWS
PARIS, (Reuters) – French defence and technology group Thales (TCFP.PA) plans to hire 12,000 new staff this year as there is strong demand across its product range, CEO Patrice Caine said in an interview with French weekly Le Journal du Dimanche. He said that over the past eight years Thales, which has total staff of 80,000 of which 40,000 in France, had recruited 5,000 to 8,000 people per year and that last year already it had hired 11,500 new staff.
Yellen says will talk deficit-reduction with Republicans, not debt limit – [your]NEWS
BENGALURU, Feb 25 (Reuters) – U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Saturday she was willing to negotiate with Republicans in Congress over the Biden administration’s budget proposal to be unveiled next month – but not as a condition of raising the debt ceiling. Yellen told Reuters in an interview that the Biden budget for fiscal 2024 would contain “substantial deficit reduction over the next decade.
Newborn, toddlers survive days in rubble, bringing joy amid earthquake tragedy
ANTAKYA - Crouched under concrete slabs and whispering "inshallah" (God willing), the rescuers carefully reached into the rubble, then passed down the line their prize - a 10-day-old newborn who survived four days with his mother in the collapsed building. His eyes wide open, Turkish baby Yagiz Ulas was wrapped in a shiny thermal blanket and carried to a field medical centre in Samandag, Hatay province, on Friday.
Iran reveals an underground air force base, IRNA says – [your]NEWS
DUBAI, (Reuters) – Iran on Tuesday revealed an underground air force base, called “Eagle 44” and the first of its kind large enough to house fighter jets, the official IRNA news agency said. The “Eagle 44” base is capable of storing and operating fighter jets and drones, IRNA said. The report did not elaborate on the location of the base. IRNA said it was one of the country’s most important air force bases, built deep underground, housing fighters equipped with long-range cruise missiles.
Major new Russian assault in Ukraine unlikely to achieve breakthough, UK says – [your]NEWS
KYIV, (Reuters) – A large Russian force has advanced hundreds of metres in a major new assault on a Ukrainian-held bastion in southeastern Ukraine this week, though it is unlikely to force a significant breakthrough there, Britain said on Tuesday. Russian officials claimed the advance had secured a foothold in the coal-mining town of Vuhledar. Kyiv has acknowledged heavy fighting there but says it has repelled the push so far while inflicting heavy losses on the attackers.
Fighting intensifies in east Ukraine, Kyiv seeks more weapons – [your]NEWS
KYIV, (Reuters) – Russia has stepped up attempts to break through Ukraine’s defences with heavy fighting in the north and east of the country, underlining Kyiv’s need for more Western weapons, Ukrainian officials said on Friday. The Ukrainian military said fierce battles were under way, a day after Russian missiles and drones killed at least 11 people in what appeared to be a response to promises by Western nations to supply Ukraine with tanks.
Cuba Begins London Court Battle Over Unpaid Castro-Era Debt
- Advertisement - Students hold images of the late Cuban President Fidel Castro during an event commemorating the five year anniversary of his death, in Havana, Cuba, November 24, 2021. REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini/File Photo LONDON, Jan 23 (Reuters) – Cuba began a high-stakes legal battle in London’s High Court on Monday over unpaid Fidel Castro-era government debt now held by one of the communist-run country’s creditors.
U.S. calls for allies to 'dig deeper' on Ukraine as pressure builds for tanks – [your]NEWS
RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany, (Reuters) – U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin urged allies on Friday to dig deeper to support Ukraine at the start of a meeting of dozens of defense ministers at an air base in Germany, as pressure piled up on Berlin to provide tanks to Kyiv. NATO and defense leaders from roughly 50 countries are meeting at Ramstein Air Base, the latest in a series of arms-pledging conferences since Russia invaded Ukraine nearly 11 months ago.
Unemployment rate dips in Q3
Job seekers wait beside a road for casual work offered by passing motorists in Eikenhof, south of Johannesburg, South Africa, 3 March 2022. Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko South Africa has some of the highest unemployment metrics in the world, with the government acknowledging that far higher economic growth rates are needed to create jobs.
COP27: We're on a highway to climate hell, UN boss says
“Humanity has a choice: cooperate or perish,” Guterres told delegates gathered in the seaside resort town of Sharm el-Sheikh. He called for a pact between the world’s richest and poorest countries to accelerate the transition from fossil fuels and funding to ensure poorer countries can reduce emissions and cope with the climate impacts that have already occurred.
US envoy Hochstein in Lebanon next week with maritime deal to sign
BEIRUT — US energy envoy Amos Hochstein will be in Beirut next week carrying a copy of the maritime agreement with Israel for Lebanese officials to sign, Lebanese negotiator Elias Bou Saab told Reuters on Wednesday. The deal— hailed by all three parties as a historic achievement — marks a diplomatic departure from decades of war and hostility and once in force will open the door to offshore energy exploration.
Bahrain pulls out of UN human rights body election after criticism
GENEVA — Bahrain will no longer run in an election to the UN's top human rights body later this month, a UN website showed, after critics drew attention to alleged human rights violations. A UN site showed that Bahrain withdrew its candidacy on Sept. 26 to run for a three-year seat at the Geneva-based body, without giving details.
Ukraine opposes Belarus bid to lead conflict diamond organisation
JOHANNESBURG, Oct 5 (Reuters) – Ukraine has accused Russia of trying to push its ally Belarus to the top of an international diamond certification body to protect Moscow’s gems from being branded conflict diamonds following its invasion. Some members of the Kimberley Process, a coalition of governments, industry and civil society that certifies diamonds, have called for diamonds from Russia, the world’s top producer by volume, to be labeled conflict diamonds.
Drone Strikes Hit Ethiopia's Tigray Region After Ceasefire Offer -local Authorities |
Drones target university campus, TV station in Mekelle One person wounded, hospital official says Comes after Tigrayans offer new truce with federal gov’t NAIROBI, Sept 13 (Reuters) – One person was injured in drone strikes on Mekelle University and a TV station in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, the station and a hospital official said, after Tigrayan forces voicedreadiness for another ceasefire with the federal government.
Modern slavery on the rise as crises fuel poverty - U.N. report
COVID-19, armed conflicts and climate change have contributed to unemployment, poverty and forced migration, causing the number of people forced to work to surge GENEVA, Sept 12 (Reuters) - The number of people forced to work or in a marriage against their will has surged in recent years to around 50 million on any given day, the U.N.'s International Labour Organization (ILO) said on Monday upon releasing its modern slavery report.
China Says "Targeted Military Action" Will Take Place in Response to Pelosi Unwise Taiwan Move...Developing
BEIJING, Aug 2 (Reuters) – The Chinese military has been put on high alert and will launch “targeted military operations” in response to U.S. House Speaker Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan, China’s defence ministry said on Tuesday night. Separately, the People’s Liberation Army’s Eastern Theatre Command said it will conduct joint military operations near Taiwan from Tuesday night.
U.K. Court Says Newspaper Story About Prince Harry Was Defamatory
A judge at the High Court in London ruled on Friday a newspaper article about Prince Harry’s legal battle with the British government over his security arrangements was defamatory, paving the way for him to take his libel claim to trial.
Russia abandons Snake Island in strategic victory for Ukraine
KYIV, June 30 (Reuters) – Russian forces abandoned the strategic Black Sea outpost of Snake Island on Thursday, in a major victory for Ukraine that could loosen a Russian grain export blockade threatening to worsen global hunger. Russia’s defence ministry said it had decided to withdraw from the outcrop as a “gesture of goodwill” that showed Moscow was not obstructing U.N. efforts to open a humanitarian corridor allowing grains to be shipped from Ukraine’s ports.
Taiwan Jets Scramble as China Air Force Enters Air Defence Zone
TAIPEI, May 6 (Reuters) – Taiwan’s air force scrambled on Friday to warn away 18 Chinese aircraft that entered its air defence zone, Taiwan’s defence ministry said, part of what is a regular pattern of incursions that has angered the government in Taipei. Taiwan, claimed by China as its own territory, has complained of repeated such missions by Chinese aircraft, which have become a common occurrence over the past two years or so.
Russia Reports Blasts in South That Ukraine Calls Payback for Invasion
LONDON, April 27 (Reuters) – Russia reported a series of blasts in the south of the country and a fire at an ammunition depot on Wednesday, the latest in a spate incidents that a top Ukrainian official described as payback and “karma” for Moscow’s invasion. Without directly admitting that Ukraine was responsible, presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak said it was natural that Russian regions where fuel and weapons are stored were learning about “demilitarisation”.
In meat-loving South Africa, climate concerns whet appetite for veggie burgers
Source: Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko That could be heartening for climate scientists, who say shifting diets from emissions-heavy meat and dairy towards more plant-based foods is vital to the fight against climate change. Plant-based meat substitutes are growing by 6.5% a year and sales are expected to reach $561m by 2023, according to Research and Markets - more than half Africa's share of a global market forecast to hit $162bn by 2030.
Accounting firm EY joins PwC and KPMG in severing ties with Russia operations
Market News Reuters Monday March 07, 2022 12:11 Kitco News Share this article: LONDON, March 7 (Reuters) - EY said on Monday it will sever its links with operations in Russia, mirroring moves by KPMG and PwC, two other of the world's "Big Four" accounting and consulting firms. The Big Four, which also includes Deloitte, audit the books of vast swathes of blue chip companies, often key to obtaining international investor backing.
Russian peacekeepers ordered to eastern Ukraine's breakaway regions
Kevin Liffey, Peter Graff and Frank Jack Daniel / Reuters Posted: Feb 21, 2022 / 08:39 AM CST | Updated: Feb 21, 2022 / 03:55 PM CST Ukrainian border guards stand at a checkpoint from territory controlled by Russia-backed separatists to the territory controlled by Ukrainian forces in Novotroitske, eastern Ukraine, Monday, Feb. 21, 2022. World leaders are making another diplomatic push in hopes of preventing a Russian invasion of Ukraine, even as heavy shelling continues in Ukraine’s east.
Russian invasion could be imminent, U.S. warns, as Putin extends military drills in Belarus
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While all signs suggested Russia was on the brink of invading, the United States and its allies said they would use every diplomatic opportunity to dissuade the Kremlin Author of the article: Reuters Polina Devitt and Polina Nikolskaya Helicopters during joint exercises of the armed forces of Russia and Belarus as part of an inspection of the Union State's Response Force, at a firing range near Brest.
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Russian invasion could be imminent, U.S. warns, as Putin extends military drills in Belarus
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While all signs suggested Russia was on the brink of invading, the United States and its allies said they would use every diplomatic opportunity to dissuade the Kremlin Author of the article: Reuters Polina Devitt and Polina Nikolskaya Helicopters during joint exercises of the armed forces of Russia and Belarus as part of an inspection of the Union State's Response Force, at a firing range near Brest.
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Crash victims in southern China were on a COVID quarantine bus
Join now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com BEIJING, Sept 18 (Reuters) – Victims of a bus crash that killed 27 people and injured 20 others in southwest China’s Guizhou province were in an official government medical vehicle and were being transported for COVID-related reasons, local media reported Sunday. The accident happened in the early hours of Sunday morning on a highway in Sandu County, located about 170 km (105 miles) southeast of the provincial capital, Guiyang, police said.
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Mexico's central bank keeps rate unchanged at 4% in unanimous decision
Data is currently not available Published May 13, 2021 2:08PM EDT Credit: REUTERS/DANIEL BECERRIL Mexico's central bank on Thursday kept its key interest rate steady at 4.0%, as expected, in a unanimous decision by its five-member board, saying that a highly uncertain environment poses major challenges for monetary policy.
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