Reuters

By Mohammad Salem and Mahmoud Issa

RAFAH/JABALIA, Gaza Strip (Reuters) - Born two months premature as war raged in Gaza, Palestinian baby Yehia Hamuda was evacuated to southern Gaza after Israeli forces raided the hospital where he was being cared for in the north.

Stuck in the north, his parents have not seen him since then.

His mother Sondos and father Zakaria scrolled through photographs of Yehia, now five-months-old, on... (continue reading...)

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Euro zone inflation held steady as expected in April but a crucial indicator on underlying price pressures slowed, solidifying an already strong case for the European Central Bank to cut interest rates in June.

The ECB all but promised a rate cut on June 6, provided there is no nasty surprise in wage or price developments, and Tuesday's data remain consistent with the path the bank saw in its last round of projections in March.

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The euro zone economy grew by more than expected in the first quarter of 2024, buoyed by a return to growth for Germany and strong expansion in Spain, preliminary data from the European statistics agency Eurostat showed on Tuesday.

Gross domestic product increased by 0.3% quarter-on-quarter for a 0.5% year-on-year rise, compared with market expectations that both would expand by 0.2%.

The fourth quarter GDP figure... (continue reading...)

By Timothy Gardner

embargo WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House on Tuesday reformed the U.S. environmental review process for major projects which officials said would speed up approval of everything from transmission of power from wind and solar farms to semiconductor manufacturing.

The reforms are the second and final phase of the administration of President Joe Biden's adjustments to the National Environmental Policy Act, or NEPA,... (continue reading...)

TBILISI (Reuters) - Georgia's parliament was set on Tuesday to debate the second reading of a bill on "foreign agents" which has been described as authoritarian and Russian-inspired by Georgia's opposition and Western countries.

The bill would require organisations receiving more than 20% of their funding from abroad to register as "foreign agents", and has sparked protests by those who say it represents what they call the government's authoritarian... (continue reading...)