KIEV (Reuters) – Ukrainian Finance Minister Oleksandr Danylyuk denied on Monday an accusation of tax evasion from a lawmaker that has led to an investigation by prosecutors.
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Monthly Archives: July 2017
Spanish court halts bid to fast-track Catalan referendum preparations
MADRID (Reuters) – Spain’s Constitutional Court on Monday accepted a legal challenge against the Catalonian parliament’s bid to speed up preparations for a independence referendum which is opposed by the central government.
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Exclusive: Qatar launches wide-ranging WTO complaint against trade boycott
GENEVA (Reuters) – Qatar filed a wide-ranging legal complaint at the World Trade Organization on Monday to challenge a trade boycott by Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and United Arab Emirates, Qatar’s WTO representative Ali Alwaleed al-Thani told Reuters.
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Yemen government will not let Houthis keep Hodeidah: minister
CAIRO (Reuters) – The Saudi-backed Yemeni government will not allow its Houthi foes to keep the Red Sea port of Hodeidah, the information minister said, underlining its intention to remove the vital aid delivery point from the control of the Iran-aligned group.
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Iraqi general sees easy victory over exhausted IS fighters in Tal Afar
MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) – A senior Iraqi general predicted a relatively easy victory for his forces in the upcoming battle for the Islamic State haven of Tal Afar as up 2,000 fighters and their families there are “worn out and demoralised”.
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Venezuela Socialists celebrate new Congress, pariah status looms
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s ruling Socialist Party has vowed that a newly elected legislative super-body will begin passing laws quickly after a vote that was boycotted by the opposition and slammed by foreign governments as an affront to democracy.
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Water, power supply to largest compound in Papua New Guinea detention center cut off
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Water and power supplies were cut off on Monday at the largest compound at an Australian-run camp for asylum seekers in Papua New Guinea, detainees said, as officials tried to force them to move to a nearby transit center.
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Preparations begin for militants to leave Lebanon border region: Hezbollah media unit
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Preparations began on Monday for the transfer of militants and their relatives from Lebanon’s border region to Syria in exchange for Hezbollah prisoners, a Hezbollah media unit said.
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Japan PM Abe’s ‘Holy Grail’ of revising pacifist constitution increasingly elusive
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has achieved much of his conservative security agenda since taking office in 2012 but unless he can revive his flagging popularity, his goal of revising the pacifist constitution is likely to elude his grasp.
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Stranded Yemenis, thousands of others stand to lose ‘golden ticket’ to U.S.
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Yemen is urging the U.S. government to take in dozens of Yemenis who traveled to Malaysia in recent months expecting to immigrate to the United States, only to find themselves stranded by President Donald Trump’s temporary travel ban.
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