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By Mohammed Hamad MANAMA (Reuters) – Israel officially opened its embassy in Bahrain on Monday, three years after both sides normalised ties and as Washington presses Riyadh for a similar deal that would be Israel’s biggest diplomatic win in the region. Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen attended an official ceremony for the opening of the diplomatic mission during a visit to Bahrain which included a delegation of businessmen and government […]

By Sachin Ravikumar and Andrew MacAskill LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s education minister Gillian Keegan apologised for an expletive-ridden outburst on Monday after complaining she wasn’t being thanked enough for doing a “fucking good job” in dealing with potentially hundreds of unsafe school buildings. The revelations of old and weak concrete in schools, which saw 104 ordered to shut buildings only days before the start of a new term and others […]

By Gerauds Wilfried Obangome LIBREVILLE (Reuters) -The leader of a coup that ousted Gabon’s President Ali Bongo was sworn in as interim president and cheered by jubilant supporters on Monday in a televised ceremony designed to cast the military as liberators of an oppressed society. In West and Central Africa’s eighth coup in three years, army officers led by General Brice Oligui Nguema seized power on Aug. 30, minutes after […]

LONDON (Reuters) – Europe’s latest Ryder Cup rookie Ludvig Aberg could be a ‘generational player’ who will do amazing things in the game, Europe captain Luke Donald said on Monday. The 23-year-old Swede was named as one of Donald’s six picks for the match in Rome having won the European Masters title in Crans Montana at the weekend. Remarkably, Aberg only turned professional in June having excelled on the U.S. […]

By Stephanie Kelly NEW YORK (Reuters) -Oil prices edged higher on Monday on expectations that OPEC+ would keep supplies tight and speculation that the U.S. Federal Reserve will cease its aggressive interest rate hike campaign. Saudi Arabia has spearheaded efforts to support prices, making large voluntary output cuts as part of a production deal agreed by the OPEC+ producer group comprising the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S., British and European Union officials are planning to jointly press the United Arab Emirates this week to halt shipments of goods to Russia that could help Moscow in its war against Ukraine, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday citing U.S. and European officials. A UAE official, in response to Reuters’ request for comment, said the country “strictly abides by UN sanctions and has clear and robust […]

By Maggie Fick LONDON (Reuters) – Some Britons are set to be able to get Wegovy weight-loss injections after Novo Nordisk launched the drug in the UK on Monday, moving into its second major European market in just over a month despite struggling to meet soaring demand. Danish drugmaker Novo said in a statement that the weekly injection would be available in the United Kingdom “through a controlled and limited […]

By Pavel Polityuk, Tom Balmforth and Luiza Ilie KYIV/BUCHAREST (Reuters) – Ukraine said on Monday Russian drones had detonated on the territory of NATO member Romania during an overnight air strike on a Ukrainian port across the Danube River, but Bucharest denied its territory had been hit. Reuters could not independently verify either account, a rare report of stray weapons from the war in Ukraine hitting a neighbouring member of […]

By Pavel Polityuk, Tom Balmforth and Luiza Ilie KYIV/BUCHAREST (Reuters) – Ukraine said on Monday Russian drones had detonated on the territory of NATO member Romania during an overnight air strike on a Ukrainian port across the Danube River, but Bucharest denied its territory had been hit. Reuters could not independently verify either account, a rare report of stray weapons from the war in Ukraine hitting a neighbouring member of […]