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By David Latona PAIPORTA, Spain (Reuters) – Volunteer veterinarians in eastern Spain’s flood-hit Paiporta are treating pets that have caught infections from the devastated town’s mud-filled streets at an improvised first-aid station with donated medicines and equipment. Paiporta is among the Valencia suburbs considered “ground zero” of last week’s deadly flash floods that have killed …

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BEIRUT (Reuters) – Israeli strikes on Lebanon killed 40 people around the eastern city of Baalbek in the Bekaa Valley on Wednesday, according to the country’s health ministry, and at dusk more strikes hit Beirut’s southern suburbs. Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah have exchanged fire for over a year in parallel with the Gaza war but …

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By Thomas Escritt BERLIN (Reuters) -Germany’s coalition collapsed on Wednesday as Chancellor Olaf Scholz fired his finance minister and paved the way for a snap election, triggering political chaos in Europe’s largest economy hours after Donald Trump won the U.S. presidential election. After dismissing Finance Minister Christian Lindner of the Free Democrats (FDP) party, Scholz …

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KYIV (Reuters) – Russia hit an energy facility in northern Ukraine during overnight drone strikes that injured at least three people across the country, Ukrainian officials said on Thursday. Ukraine’s power distribution company Ukrenergo said the energy facility that was hit was located in the northern Zhytomyr region but gave no further details apart from …

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By Guy Faulconbridge MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu said on Thursday, a day after Donald Trump became U.S. president-elect, that the West should accept Russia was winning the Ukraine war and negotiate an end to it. Moscow’s forces have been advancing at their fastest pace since the early weeks of the 2-1/2-year-old …

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By Jason Lange, Bo Erickson and Brad Heath WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Donald Trump reshaped the U.S. electorate once again this year, piling up support among Hispanic voters, young people, and Americans without college degrees — and winning more votes in nearly all of the country as he reclaimed the presidency. Following the Republican’s populist campaign, …

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