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RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – A year after the murders of British journalist Dom Phillips and indigenous expert Bruno Pereira deep in the Amazon rainforest, friends, relatives and admirers gathered on Monday to call for justice and protection of indigenous lands. Phillips and Pereira vanished on June 5, 2022 on a trip to the remote Javari Valley near the border with Peru. Days later, a fisherman who had confronted indigenous […]

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Reinforcements for NATO’s peacekeeping force have begun to arrive in Kosovo following last week’s unrest in the north of the country, the alliance said on Monday. Violence flared after Kosovo authorities installed ethnic Albanian mayors in offices in northern municipalities after being elected on a turnout of just 3.5% after Serbs who form a majority in the region boycotted local polls. The clashes injured 30 members of […]

(Reuters) – Borussia Dortmund have signed 28-year-old Algeria defender Ramy Bensebaini on a free transfer on a four-year contract, the Bundesliga club said on Monday. Bensebaini has joined from Borussia Moenchengladbach and will likely replace Raphael Guerreiro, with the 29-year-old Portugal left back leaving the club at the end of the month. “Ramy’s in his prime,” said Dortmund sporting director Sebastian Kehl. “In our talks with him, we saw his […]

By Riham Alkousaa BERLIN (Reuters) – UN climate talks in Germany kicked off on Monday without an agreed final agenda for its technical discussions, a senior negotiator said, clouding optimism that the 10-day meeting would result in a clear programme for the COP28 conference in Dubai. The Bonn Climate Change Conference, designed to prepare decisions for adoption at COP28 in the United Arab Emirates, is seen as a mid-way check […]

(Reuters) – Evergrande Property Services Group Ltd on Monday reported a 46.4% plunge in its fiscal 2022 profit, when compared with fiscal 2020, and said it had sufficient working capital to meet its financial obligations up to 2024. The property services unit of embattled China Evergrande Group said profit attributable for the year ended Dec. 31 was 1.42 billion yuan ($199.85 million), compared with 2.65 billion yuan in 2020. “The […]

By Tim Reid WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence on Monday declared himself a candidate in the 2024 Republican race for the White House, setting up a fight against former President Donald Trump. Pence’s campaign filed a declaration of candidacy with the Federal Election Commission. Pence will launch his campaign with a video and a speech in the early nominating state of Iowa on Wednesday, three sources familiar […]

By Bianca Flowers and Priyamvada C (Reuters) -Tighter lending standards from regional banks are making it harder for U.S. hotel developers to secure funding, slowing construction of new hotels at a time Americans’ appetite for travel is ripe. Hotel developers, private equity firms, and general contractors told Reuters the financial stress on regional banks — the largest lenders to hotels and other commercial real estate markets — has forced developers […]

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – A year after the murders of British journalist Dom Phillips and indigenous expert Bruno Pereira deep in the Amazon rainforest, friends, relatives and admirers gathered on Monday to call for justice and protection of indigenous lands. Phillips and Pereira vanished on June 5, 2022 on a trip to the remote Javari Valley near the border with Peru. Days later, a fisherman who had confronted indigenous […]

By Simon Lewis and Doina Chiacu WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Secretary of State Antony Blinken pledged continued U.S. commitment to both Israel’s security and a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestinian conflict on Monday, but said the expansion of Jewish settlements would be an obstacle to peace. In a speech to the pro-Israel lobby group the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, or AIPAC, Blinken also said that moves toward annexation of the Israeli-occupied […]