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UN may cut staff by 20%, internal memo says
By John Shiffman WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United Nations Secretariat is preparing to cut its $3.7 billion budget by 20% and slash about 6,900 jobs, according to an internal memo seen by Reuters. The ...
Thomson Reuters May 29, 2025
Congo ex-president Kabila makes first public appearance in rebel-held Goma
GOMA (Reuters) -Former Congolese President Joseph Kabila appeared for the first time in public in rebel-held territory in the country's volatile east on Thursday, meeting with religious leaders in wha...
Thomson Reuters May 29, 2025
US sanctions Philippines digital infrastructure provider linked to virtual currency scams
By Raphael Satter WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Treasury is placing under sanctions a Philippines-based company accused of providing internet infrastructure to a swathe of virtual currency investment...
Thomson Reuters May 29, 2025
Italy offers to treat boy who survived Israeli strike that killed his nine siblings
ROME (Reuters) -Italy's government on Thursday offered to treat a Palestinian child who survived an Israeli military strike in Gaza in which nine of his siblings died, heeding an appeal from the boy's...
Thomson Reuters May 29, 2025
Erdogan says Russia's proposal for Istanbul talks heightens hope for peace
ANKARA (Reuters) -Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said Russia's proposal to hold another round of peace talks with Ukraine in Istanbul on June 2 had heightened Ankara's hopes for peace. NATO member T...
Thomson Reuters May 29, 2025
Portugal's president invites caretaker PM to lead new government
LISBON (Reuters) -Portugal's president named Luis Montenegro, head of the centre-right Democratic Alliance (AD) that won a snap national election on May 18, as the prime minister on Thursday and invit...
Thomson Reuters May 29, 2025
Israel signed off on latest Gaza ceasefire proposal, White House says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Israel has signed off on the latest U.S. ceasefire proposal for Gaza before it was sent to the Palestinian Hamas group, White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt said on Thursday....
Thomson Reuters May 29, 2025
Zelenskiy accuses Russia of 'another deception' by holding back peace memorandum
KYIV (Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday that Russia was engaging in "yet another deception" by failing to hand over its peace settlement proposal ahead of a potential ...
Thomson Reuters May 29, 2025
Heavy rains in Nigeria kill at least 21
By Ahmed Kingimi MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) -At least 21 people were killed in north central Nigeria on Thursday when their homes were destroyed by heavy rains and nearly a dozen were missing, the l...
Thomson Reuters May 29, 2025
Milan's La Scala theatre fires usher who shouted 'Free Palestine' at gala event
MILAN (Reuters) -Milan's famed La Scala opera house has fired one of its ushers after she shouted a pro-Palestinian slogan at a gala event attended by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni earlier this month,...
Thomson Reuters May 29, 2025

