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GENEVA (Reuters) -The biggest hospital in the Gaza Strip and another with children on life support was coming under bombardment on Friday, the World Health Organization said. Twenty hospitals in Gaza were now out of action entirely, it said. Asked about the Gaza health ministry's allegation of an Israeli strike on the courtyard of Al Shifa hospital in Gaza City, WHO spokesperson Margaret Harris said: "I haven't got the detail on Al Shifa but we do know they are coming under bombar...

Israel's finance ministry said on Friday it would divert to the war effort some 1.6 billion shekels ($440 million) this year out of billions earmarked for parties in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's far-right coalition government. Leading Israeli economists and central bankers estimate the war with Hamas will cost the government tens of billions of shekels, and have called on Netanyahu to cancel billions of dollars of non-essential spending. They expressed alarm last month at the ...

Euro zone government bond yields rose on Friday after central bank officials on both sides of the Atlantic pushed against expectations for rate cuts soon, saying the fight against inflation was not...

German defence export approvals to Israel so far this year have risen nearly tenfold from last year, with Berlin treating permit requests as a priority since Hamas militants attacked Israel last... -November 08, 2023 at 07:29 am EST - MarketScreener

Britains Treasury could lose out on 3 billion pounds of revenue a year from the sale of carbon permits, an industry report said on Monday, after prices on its post-Brexit emissions trading... -October 30, 2023 at 07:55 am EDT - MarketScreener

Moldova blocked access to the websites of major Russian news media including the Interfax and TASS news agencies on Monday, accusing them of taking part in an information war against the country. Moldova, a small country with a Romanian-speaking majority located between Ukraine and NATO-member Romania, has accused Moscow of trying to overthrow its pro-Western government since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022. Russian troops occupy a small, mainly Russian-speaking breakaway region, and Moldova&#x...

CHISINAU (Reuters) - Moldova blocked access to the websites of major Russian news media including the Interfax and TASS news agencies on Monday, accus...

Moldova blocked access to the websites of major Russian news media including the Interfax and TASS news agencies on Monday, accusing them of taking part in an information war against the country. Moldova, a small country with a Romanian-speaking majority located between Ukraine and NATO-member Romania, has accused Moscow of trying to overthrow its pro-Western government since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022. Russian troops occupy a small, mainly Russian-speaking breakaway region, and Moldova&#x27...

President Joe Biden is facing the challenge of balancing support for Israel with pressing the country to exercise restraint as tensions rise in the Israel-Palestinian conflict. Biden has expressed his support for Israels efforts to combat Hamas but also emphasized the need for Israel to protect civilians and operate within the laws of war. The pressure for a balanced approach comes from Arab leaders, European officials, and members of Bidens own Democratic Party who are divided on the issue. The...

The Islamist group Hamas released two U.S. hostages, a mother and daughter who were kidnapped in its attack on southern Israel, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahus office said on Friday.