KIEV -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine is ready to hold a trilateral meeting with the United States and Russia next month in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, the Interfax-Ukraine news agency reported Friday.
The timing of the meeting at the negotiating-team level depends on the Russian side, but at the moment it is planned for the first half of November, Zelensky said in an online address to the Hudson Institute, a U.S. think tank. (Ukraine-Russia-Talks)
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JERUSALEM/RAMALLAH -- Israel is preparing a major military operation in the West Bank, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Friday, as local sources said Israeli forces demolished a residential building in Hebron and closed the city's main entrances following a shooting attack that killed two Israeli soldiers and two Palestinian attackers.
The Israel Defense Forces said it had launched raids in Hebron and nearby villages following the attack, in which three other Israeli soldiers were slightly wounded. (Israel-Palestine-Military Operation)
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NEW YORK -- U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday signed a proclamation modifying the scope of 50-percent additional tariffs on certain Canadian products, removing some goods from the tariff list and adding others, with the changes set to take effect on Oct. 30.
According to the proclamation posted on the White House website, products including plywood sheets, some paper products, certain machinery and refrigeration equipment, and certain packing crates and boxes imported into the United States from Canada will no longer be subject to the additional 50-percent ad valorem duty. (US-Canada-Tariffs)
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NEW DELHI -- At least eight people, including some women, died and many others were injured when a series of powerful blasts ripped apart the house where firecrackers were stored in India's eastern state of Bihar on Friday evening, local police confirmed.
Multiple explosions reportedly continued for more than an hour before a huge fire erupted inside the house in the state's Siwan district, and part of the house collapsed as a result. (India-Explosions) ■
