Zelensky plans new Trump meeting
KYIV, Sept 20 (AFP): Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Saturday he would meet US counterpart Donald Trump on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly next week as Russia intensified deadly strikes across his country.Russia carried out one of its largest aerial attacks, firing 40 missiles and some 580 drones...
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Israel's Gaza drive fans fear of Palestinians' eviction
GAZA, Sept 20 (Reuters/AFP): For a decade, Palestinian bank worker Shady Salama Al-Rayyes paid into a $93,000 mortgage on his flat in a tall, modern block in one of Gaza City's prime neighbourhoods. Now, he and his family are destitute, after fleeing an Israeli demolition strike that collapsed the building...
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1.5C warming goal at risk of collapsing
NEW YORK, Sept 20 (AFP): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told AFP Friday that efforts to cap climate warming at 1.5 Celsius above pre-industrial level are failing, as the UN prepared to host a climate week event alongside its annual diplomatic gathering.The climate goals for 2035 of the countries that signed...
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Japan PM contender vows wage hikes
TOKYO, Sept 20 (Reuters): Shinjiro Koizumi, launching a bid to become Japan's next prime minister, pledged on Saturday to focus on revitalising the economy by boosting wages and productivity to counter rising prices.Koizumi, seen as a frontrunner in the ruling party's leadership race, said Japan must shift the focus of...
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Russian jets enter Estonia's air space in latest Nato test
TALLINN, Sept 20 (Reuters): Three Russian military jets violated NATO member Estonia's airspace for 12 minutes on Friday in an "unprecedentedly brazen" incursion, its government said, the latest in a series of recent military actions by Russia that have rattled the alliance.With tensions already high because of the war in...
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Iran can overcome any return of sanctions: President
TEHRAN, Sept 20 (Reuters): Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian vowed on Saturday that Iran would overcome any reimposition of sanctions on it through a so-called "snapback" process, after the UN Security Council voted not to permanently lift sanctions on Tehran."Through the 'snapback' they block the road, but it is the brains...
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