By Moayed Kenany, Adam Makary and Timour Azhari
BAGHDAD (Reuters) -Chinese companies won five more bids to explore Iraqi oil and gas fields, Iraq's oil minister said on Sunday, as the Middle Eastern country's hydrocarbon exploration licensing round continued into its second day.
Chinese companies have been the only foreign players to win bids so far, taking licenses covering 10 oil and gas fields since Saturday, while Iraqi Kurdish company... (continue reading...)
TBILISI (Reuters) - Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze vowed on Sunday to push ahead with a law on "foreign agents" that has sparked a political crisis, after opponents of the bill rallied in one of the largest protests seen since independence from the Soviet Union in 1991.
Kobakhidze told a televised briefing that the ruling Georgian Dream party would secure passage of the bill in a third reading this week, and threatened protesters with... (continue reading...)
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - Nigerian security forces have rescued students kidnapped from a university in northern Kogi state, along with other victims held by the abductors, the army and state government said on Sunday.
Kogi information commissioner Kingsley Femi Fanwo said security forces were involved in a shootout with the armed gang that carried out Thursday's abduction at Confluence University of Science and Technology.
The state... (continue reading...)
By Vitalii Hnidyi
NEAR VOVCHANSK, Ukraine (Reuters) - Weeks after securing the boost of a $60 billion U.S. aid package, Ukraine is waging a tough new battle on its border, fending off a heavy Russian bombardment of northeastern Kharkiv region in an assault that will stretch Kyiv's manpower.
Russian forces smashed through the border into Kharkiv region on Friday, threatening to open a new front in the 27-month war that has long been waged... (continue reading...)
RAMALLAH (Reuters) - The Palestinian Authority said on Sunday the Israeli finance ministry was continuing to withhold tax revenues and as a result only a part of public sector salaries would be paid this week, keeping up a squeeze on payrolls that has lasted for months.
The Authority said it would pay Palestinian public sector employees 50% of their March salaries on Tuesday, after Israel withheld a transfer due for the month of April.
It... (continue reading...)
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German aviation company Lilium and Swiss firm to open new sites in France
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German aviation company Lilium and Swiss firm to open new sites in France
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German aviation company Lilium and Swiss firm to open new sites in France
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German aviation company Lilium and Swiss firm to open new sites in France
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German aviation company Lilium and Swiss firm to open new sites in France
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German aviation company Lilium and Swiss firm to open new sites in France
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German aviation company Lilium and Swiss firm to open new sites in France
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German aviation company Lilium and Swiss firm to open new sites in France
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German aviation company Lilium and Swiss firm to open new sites in France
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German aviation company Lilium and Swiss firm to open new sites in France
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German aviation company Lilium and Swiss firm to open new sites in France
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German aviation company Lilium and Swiss firm to open new sites in France
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German aviation company Lilium and Swiss firm to open new sites in France
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German aviation company Lilium and Swiss firm to open new sites in France
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German aviation company Lilium and Swiss firm to open new sites in France
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