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Washington (AFP) - US President Joe Biden said he would make Kenya a major non-NATO ally Thursday as he hosted Kenyan counterpart William Ruto for a lavish state visit aimed at competing with Russia and China for influence in Africa. Rolling out the red carpet with a gala dinner and an Oval Office meeting, Biden matched pomp with a string of deals on security, climate and debt for the first African leader to receive a Washington state visit in 15 years. Announcing his plan to make Kenya the first major non-NATO ally in sub-Saharan Africa, Biden said the move was the "fulfillment of years of co...
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The ambassadors of Spain and Ireland as well as the Norwegian representative to Israel have been reprimanded at the Israeli Foreign Ministry. They were also shown a video on Thursday of the brutal capture of army observers on October 7 by militants from the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas. Foreign Minister Israel Katz had already announced this plan on Wednesday together with the summoning of the diplomats. Israeli media had also been invited to the screening of the video. In a subsequent statement, the Foreign Ministry said that the recognition of a Palestinian state by the governments of No...
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The ambassadors of Spain and Ireland as well as the Norwegian representative to Israel have been reprimanded at the Israeli Foreign Ministry. They were also shown a video on Thursday of the brutal capture of army observers on October 7 by militants from the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas. Foreign Minister Israel Katz had already announced this plan on Wednesday together with the summoning of the diplomats. Israeli media had also been invited to the screening of the video. In a subsequent statement, the Foreign Ministry said that the recognition of a Palestinian state by the governments of No...
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The ambassadors of Spain and Ireland as well as the Norwegian representative to Israel have been reprimanded at the Israeli Foreign Ministry. They were also shown a video on Thursday of the brutal capture of army observers on October 7 by militants from the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas. Foreign Minister Israel Katz had already announced this plan on Wednesday together with the summoning of the diplomats. Israeli media had also been invited to the screening of the video. In a subsequent statement, the Foreign Ministry said that the recognition of a Palestinian state by the governments of No...
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Washington (AFP) - Kenyan President William Ruto on Wednesday opened the first state visit to Washington by an African leader in more than 15 years as President Joe Biden seeks to counter geopolitical headwinds across the continent. Biden welcomed his Kenyan counterpart at the White House and then joined him meeting business leaders ahead of Thursday's formal portion of the visit, which will start with an honor guard and culminate in a lavish dinner. Jake Sullivan, Biden's national security advisor, said the visit highlights the "important role in global peace and security" by Kenya, which has...
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The Ukraine peace summit planned next month in Switzerland is a bid to impose conditions on Russia to end the conflict, President Vladimir Putin said on Friday at the close of his two-day trip to China. He said he had spoken with China's President Xi Jinping about the operations in Ukraine. Putin has consistently upheld his decision to attack Russia's neighbour in 2022 despite the heavy costs for both countries. Speaking in Harbin, Putin gave no further details of the conversation with Xi, whose country has not joined international condemnation of Russia's war. Ukraine and the West hope that C...
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The Ukraine peace summit planned next month in Switzerland is a bid to impose conditions on Russia to end the conflict, President Vladimir Putin said on Friday at the close of his two-day trip to China. He said he had spoken with China's President Xi Jinping about the operations in Ukraine. Putin has consistently upheld his decision to attack Russia's neighbour in 2022 despite the heavy costs for both countries. Speaking in Harbin, Putin gave no further details of the conversation with Xi, whose country has not joined international condemnation of Russia's war. Ukraine and the West hope that C...
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The Ukraine peace summit planned next month in Switzerland is a bid to impose conditions on Russia to end the conflict, President Vladimir Putin said on Friday at the close of his two-day trip to China. He said he had spoken with China's President Xi Jinping about the operations in Ukraine. Putin has consistently upheld his decision to attack Russia's neighbour in 2022 despite the heavy costs for both countries. Speaking in Harbin, Putin gave no further details of the conversation with Xi, whose country has not joined international condemnation of Russia's war. Ukraine and the West hope that C...
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The European Union on Tuesday gave the final green light to a landmark overhaul of its migration and asylum policies that will see hardened borders and responsibility shared among member states. EU officials had been at pains to wrap up the migration reforms - the product of years of debate - ahead of European Parliament elections scheduled for June. The issue has been politically divisive, especially since an influx of arrivals in 2015 that exposed the migration system's weaknesses. WHAT WAS AGREED? The overhaul consists of ten pieces of legislation supported by the vast majority of EU member...
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The European Union on Tuesday gave the final green light to a landmark overhaul of its migration and asylum policies that will see hardened borders and responsibility shared among member states. EU officials had been at pains to wrap up the migration reforms - the product of years of debate - ahead of European Parliament elections scheduled for June. The issue has been politically divisive, especially since an influx of arrivals in 2015 that exposed the migration system's weaknesses. WHAT WAS AGREED? The overhaul consists of ten pieces of legislation supported by the vast majority of EU member...
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