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Kyiv asks NATO partners for air defence supplies after Russia hits energy system
(Reuters) - Ukraine asked Western allies for air defence supplies at an extraordinary meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Council on Thursday after a spate of Russian missile attacks on critical and energy infrastructure, Ukraine's mission to NATO said. ...
Palestinian fighters battle Israeli forces around Gaza's Al Shifa Hospital
By Nidal al-Mughrabi CAIRO (Reuters) - Israeli forces and Palestinian fighters battled in close combat around Gaza's Al Shifa Hospital on Thursday, where the armed wings of Hamas and Islamic Jihad said they attacked Israeli soldiers and tanks ...
White House issues new federal standards to collect data on race
By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House on Thursday announced new standards for collecting federal data on race and ethnicity, a decision that will touch organizations that receive federal funding, determine how congressional ...
UN rights committee urges UK to drop plan to deport refugees to Rwanda
GENEVA (Reuters) - The United Nations Human Rights Committee urged Britain on Thursday to abandon a contentious bill to deport refugees to Rwanda, which could become law next month. In its review of the United Kingdom, the committee said it ...
Poland investigating Russian espionage, security agency says
WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland's Internal Security Agency (ABW) has carried out searches as part of an investigation with other European security services into alleged Russian espionage, it said on Thursday. A hub for Western military supplies to ...
Poland, Ukraine close to agreement on food imports, says Tusk
WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland and Ukraine are closer to reaching an agreement regarding agricultural imports, the Polish prime minister said on Thurdsay after intergovernmental talks, as Warsaw seeks to defuse farmers' protests. "we are close to a ...
Latvian foreign minister resigns, Latvian public broadcaster says
HELSINKI (Reuters) - Latvian Foreign Minister Krisjanis Karins said he would leave his post from April 10, Latvian public broadcaster LSM reported on Thursday. The resignation follows the decision of Latvia's prosecutor general to open a criminal ...
EnCap Investments seeks sale of Utah oil producer XCL Resources, sources say
By Shariq Khan and David French (Reuters) - EnCap Investments is seeking to sell XCL Resources, four people familiar with the matter said, two years after the private equity firm's plan to combine the oil and gas producer with a local rival was ...
Italian woman held in Hungary to remain in jail
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - An Italian woman charged in Hungary with taking part in an anti-fascist group's assaults on people they viewed as far-right activists will remain in jail after a judge denied her attorney's request that she be released into ...
Ship insurer Britannia says it's helping Baltimore bridge collapse probe
LONDON (Reuters) - Britannia, the insurer of container ship the Dali, is working with the vessel's owner and U.S. authorities on the investigation into the collapse of Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge, Britannia said on Thursday. The bridge ...