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GENEVA (Reuters) – A senior U.N. official said on Friday that talks on a ceasefire for Sudan would resume in the next day or two and described a change in the warring sides’ stance which could make them more inclined to respect any future deal. Sudan’s military factions committed late on Thursday to a limited agreement to protect civilians and allow humanitarian aid after a week of talks in Saudi […]

By Edward McAllister DAKAR (Reuters) – Malian soldiers and unidentified “armed white men” likely executed at least 500 people, and sexually assaulted or tortured dozens of others during a five-day operation in the village of Moura in central Mali last year, the U.N. Human Rights Office said on Friday. On March 27, 2022, Malian soldiers and foreign personnel descended in helicopters and opened fire on fleeing residents, the report said. […]

By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Ari Rabinovitch GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Palestinian militants on Friday fired rockets towards Jerusalem for the first time since fighting across the Israel-Gaza border intensified this week while Israel kept up air strikes on Gaza amid Egyptian efforts to forge a ceasefire. Rocket sirens sounded in the town of Beit Shemesh and elsewhere in the hills outside Jerusalem, ending a 12-hour lull in fighting. Brief explosions could be […]

By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Ari Rabinovitch GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Palestinian militants on Friday fired rockets towards Jerusalem for the first time since fighting across the Israel-Gaza border intensified this week while Israel kept up air strikes on Gaza amid Egyptian efforts to forge a ceasefire. Rocket sirens sounded in the town of Beit Shemesh and elsewhere in the hills outside Jerusalem, ending a 12-hour lull in fighting. Brief explosions could be […]

By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Ari Rabinovitch GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Fighting subsided across the Israel-Gaza border on Friday after days of Israeli air strikes and Palestinian rocket fire disrupted life for millions of people, amid Egyptian efforts to cement a ceasefire. Israeli forces launched a campaign against the Islamic Jihad militant group’s leadership in the early hours on Tuesday, accusing them of planning attacks on Israel. Islamic Jihad, the second largest […]

By Leroy Leo (Reuters) – Advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration will discuss Sarepta Therapeutics Inc’s gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) at a closely-watched meeting on Friday, days after the agency raised concerns over clinical trial data on the therapy. The potential one-time treatment is the first gene therapy for the rare muscle-wasting disorder to reach the FDA’s doorstep, and could change the way patients with […]

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Alphabet Chief Executive Officer Sundar Pichai will meet European Commission deputy chief Vera Jourova and EU industry chief Thierry Breton in Brussels on May 24, according to the European Commission’s agenda on Friday. Breton is in charge of digital rules that will require Alphabet’s Google and other tech giants to allow business users to access data generated on its platform, among other obligations. A list of don’ts […]

(Reuters) -Air Canada reported a smaller-than-expected quarterly loss on Friday, as Canada’s largest airline benefited from resilient travel demand. Major airlines are enjoying the strongest travel demand since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, despite rising airfares and squeezed budgets amid high inflation. Canada, which lifted all COVID-related restrictions last year, has seen a strong rebound in international leisure and corporate travel. “Our first quarter financial results exceeded both internal […]

By Orhan Coskun, Ece Toksabay and Huseyin Hayatsever ANKARA (Reuters) -Kemal Kilicdaroglu, main challenger of Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, said on Friday his party has concrete evidence of Russia’s responsibility for the release of “deep fake” online content ahead of Sunday’s presidential elections. Asked why he tweeted on Thursday that Russia was responsible, he told Reuters: “If we did not have it [concrete evidence], I wouldn’t have tweeted.” The party […]