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By Mohammed Salem and Hatem Khaled

RAFAH, Gaza Strip (Reuters) - Israel called on civilians to evacuate parts of Rafah on Monday in what appeared to be preparation for a long-threatened assault on Hamas holdouts in the southern Gaza Strip city where more than a million war-displaced Palestinians have been sheltering.

Instructed by Arabic text messages, telephone calls, and flyers to move to what the Israeli military called an "expanded... (continue reading...)

By Emilio Parodi

MILAN (Reuters) - Italy's mafia rarely dirties its hands with blood these days.

Extortion rackets have gone out of fashion and murders are largely frowned upon by the godfathers. Just 17 people were killed by the mob in Italy in 2022, according to the latest official data, versus more than 700 in 1991.

Instead, mobsters have moved aggressively into the low-risk, low-key world of white-collar crime, senior... (continue reading...)

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -Volvo Cars' sales rose 27% in April from a year earlier to 65,838 cars, boosted by demand for electric vehicles, the Sweden-based group said on Monday.

Volvo Cars, majority-owned by China's Geely Holding, said in a statement sales of fully electric cars were up 94% and accounted for 26% of all sales globally in the month.

Sales in Europe jumped 65% compared to the same period last year, reaching 34,238 cars, with the... (continue reading...)

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - The disruption to container shipping traffic in the Red Sea is worsening, and is expected to reduce the industry's capacity between the Far East and Europe by some 15%-20% in the second quarter, shipping group Maersk said on Monday.

The company, viewed as a barometer of world trade, last week said that shipping disruptions caused by Houthi militants' attacks on vessels in the Red Sea were expected to last at least until the end... (continue reading...)

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Ukrainian drone attacks on two buses taking people to work killed six people and injured another 35 in the Belgorod region of Russia, the governor said on Monday.

Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said the attack took place near the village of Berezovka. He published a picture of a bus with its windows blown out.

Gladkov said one man was in serious condition and two children had superficial injuries.

Belgorod... (continue reading...)