MADRID (Reuters) – Spain has registered the rainiest October on record, culminating in the most deadly floods in decades in the country, the national weather agency AEMET said on Friday. More than 220 people died after torrential rains on Oct. 29 caused flash floods that surged through suburbs south of the city of Valencia, in …
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By Emilie Madi and Yara Nardi WEST BEKAA, Lebanon (Reuters) – For Rabab al-Hajj Youssef, every trip to the bathroom to change her sanitary pad is a painful experience. After Israeli strikes displaced her family from their home in Lebanon to a shelter, she shares limited water with hundreds of people. “Sometimes there’s no water …
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BEIRUT (Reuters) -The United Nations’ peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon said on Friday that the Israeli military’s “deliberate and direct destruction” of its property was a “flagrant violation” of international law. The 10,000-strong U.N. mission, known as UNIFIL, is stationed in southern Lebanon to monitor hostilities along the “blue line” separating Lebanon from Israel. Since …
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(Reuters) -U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team has prepared executive orders and proclamations on withdrawing from the Paris climate agreement and shrinking the size of some national monuments to allow more drilling and mining, the New York Times reported on Friday. Trump is also expected to end the pause on permitting new liquefied natural gas …
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(Reuters) – Military bloggers on Friday reported that Russian forces were moving closer to capturing a major town on the eastern front in the war in Ukraine as part of their drive westward to capture all of the Donbas region. Bloggers on both sides reported that Russian forces had entered the village of Sontsivka and …
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By Gloria Dickie LONDON (Reuters) – An official with Azerbaijan’s Presidency of next week’s United Nations COP29 climate summit appeared to offer to facilitate talks about new fossil fuel deals ahead of the conference, according to a video secretly recorded by an advocacy group. In an investigation first reported by the BBC, non-profit group Global …
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By Katharine Jackson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -When Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy called Donald Trump to congratulate him on his presidential election victory, Tesla CEO and Trump supporter Elon Musk joined the call, according to media reports on Friday. During the 25-minute call on Wednesday, the day after the election, Trump told Zelenskiy he would support Ukraine, …
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By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) -The U.N. Human Rights Office said on Friday nearly 70% of the fatalities it has verified in the Gaza war were women and children, and condemned what it called a systematic violation of the fundamental principles of international humanitarian law. The U.N. tally since the start of the war, in …
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AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Billionaire Bill Ackman said on Friday he would seek to delist investment firm Pershing Square Holdings and move record label Universal Music Group away from Amsterdam, following attacks on Israeli soccer fans. In a statement on X, Ackman said Pershing Square’s board had already been considering the move and “events in Amsterdam …
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(Reuters) – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas spoke with Donald Trump on the phone, congratulating him on winning the U.S. presidential elections and saying he is looking forward to working with him to achieve a “just and comprehensive” peace, the official Palestinian news agency said on Friday. (Reporting by Ali Sawafta)
