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By Valerie Volcovici and Leah Douglas WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United Arab Emirates said on Tuesday that countries should agree to phase out fuel emissions – not the production of oil, gas and coal – at the upcoming U.N. climate change negotiations that it will host this December. The comments reflect deep divisions between nations…
By Umit Ozdal and Daren Butler DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) – Formerly a Tayyip Erdogan supporter, broadcaster Mehmet Dalgic switched allegiance to his main challenger after the ruling AK Party failed to offer sympathy for the destruction of his TV station in southeast Turkey in February’s earthquake. The lack of support was the final straw in…
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – It was a rare day at the Vatican on Wednesday as two popes shared the limelight in St Peter’s Square – Pope Francis and His Holiness Pope Tawadros II of the Coptic Orthodox Church. Tawadros, dressed in black robes, was the guest of honour at Francis’ general audience…
By Maya Gebeily BEIRUT (Reuters) – Having brought President Bashar al-Assad in from the cold, Arab states want him to rein in Syria’s flourishing drugs trade in exchange for even closer ties. But as Damascus makes its own demands, the way ahead appears far from simple. Arab states turned the page on years of confrontation…
By Khalid Abdelaziz DUBAI (Reuters) – When conflict flared in Khartoum almost a month ago, pitting Sudan’s armed forces and their heavy weaponry against a paramilitary force born out of an agile but lightly-armed desert militia, it looked like it might prove a one-sided fight. But the head of the army, General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan,…
By Muyu Xu SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Saudi Aramco has told customers in North Asia they will receive full volumes of crude oil that they have requested in June, several sources with knowledge of the matter said on Wednesday. But, some Chinese refiners have requested for lower supply volumes in June, said the sources. It is…
By Arathy Somasekhar HOUSTON (Reuters) -Oil prices ticked up on Tuesday, reversing a more than 2% drop earlier in the session, as markets weighed U.S. government’s plans to refill the nation’s emergency oil reserve and anticipated higher seasonal demand. Brent crude settled 43 cents, or 0.6% higher, at $77.44 a barrel, while U.S. West Texas…
(Corrects typo in stock symbol in first paragraph) PARIS (Reuters) – French retailer Carrefour on Tuesday said it plans to open about 100 more stores in Israel between now and the end of 2024, having just opened 50 stores in the country. The 50 stores were opened under a franchise partnership Carrefour entered into in…
By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) – Aid workers say fighting between rival military factions in Sudan is pushing poorly-funded humanitarian programmes in the region to a breaking point. Even before the violence began on April 15, millions of people in Sudan and neighbouring countries were dependent on aid due to poverty and conflict. Since then,…
By Mahamat Ramadane, Joe Bavier and Emma Farge GOUNGOUR, Chad (Reuters) – When a power struggle between Sudan’s rival military leaders shattered a tenuous peace in her village in Sudan’s western region of Darfur, Halime Yacoub Issac’s first instinct was to take her five children and run. But four days after seeking refuge in neighbouring…
