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By Ahmed Rasheed and Timour Azhari BAGHDAD (Reuters) -Nervously watching Israel’s destructive campaigns in Gaza and Lebanon, Iraq is working to avoid being drawn into the growing regional conflict as Iran-backed armed groups launch attacks on Israel from Iraqi soil, sources familiar with the matter say. Two decades after the U.S.-led invasion that toppled Saddam …

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By Felix Light and Lucy Papachristou TBILISI (Reuters) -Three Georgian opposition parties who allege last weekend’s election was rigged called for streets protests next Monday as an exit pollster said the official result, which gave victory to the ruling Georgian Dream party, was “statistically impossible”. Global market research and data firm HarrisX, which carried out …

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By David Ljunggren OTTAWA (Reuters) -The war in Ukraine is hurting the entire world and the longer it goes on, the worse the consequences will be for everyone, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Thursday. Trudeau made his remarks at a time when the United States and its allies accuse Chinese entities of helping …

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By Alexander Tanas CHISINAU (Reuters) -Moldova’s pro-Western president hailed a “historic step” on Thursday after a top court recognised the results of a pivotal Oct. 20 referendum, paving the way for the country to enshrine in its constitution its wish to join the EU. The “Yes” camp won with a razor-thin majority of 50.35% in …

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By Corina Pons MADRID (Reuters) – Spanish fruit farmer Bernardo Ferrer was just about to harvest his crop of oranges and persimmon when deadly floods devastated vast tracts of farmland in the Valencia region. After visiting his mud-cloaked fields on Thursday, Ferrer said everything had been lost – his trees caked in thick silt that …

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By Anne Kauranen HELSINKI (Reuters) -Finland’s Coast Guard said it has detected constant disturbances to satellite navigation signals in the Baltic Sea since April and in recent weeks has seen tankers spoofing their location data to cover up visits to Russia. Last week, Finland’s interior minister Lulu Ranne said Finland believes Russia is behind disturbances …

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