By Jonathan Saul JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel’s settlers are closely watching the U.S. election, a leader of the community said, expressing confidence that if Donald Trump wins he will lift what they see as illegitimate sanctions imposed on some of them for attacks on Palestinians. As much of the world’s attention has focused on the …
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By Miguel Pereira ALFAFAR, Spain (Reuters) – It took Francisco Baixauli two days to travel the 30 km (19 miles) from work to his home town of Alfafar, battling on foot through mud, debris and wrecked cars after catastrophic flash flooding in eastern Spain that killed at least 95 people. His arrival, with a rucksack …
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By Pesha Magid RIYADH (Reuters) -Saudi Arabia denounced Israeli attacks in northern Gaza as genocide on Thursday, telling foreign investors that some bilateral agreements it has been negotiating with Washington are “not that tied” to normalisation of its relations with Israel. Speaking on stage at an investment conference in Riyadh, Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal …
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PARIS (Reuters) -A French court has reversed a government ban on Israeli firms participating in next week’s Euronaval arms show near Paris, the organisers said on Thursday, confirming media reports. WHY IT’S IMPORTANT The decision earlier this month to bar Israeli firms from exhibiting at the naval arms show is the latest incident in a …
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DUBAI (Reuters) -A number of civilians were wounded and material damage was caused by an “Israeli aggression” on Qusayr in Homs province, in central Syria, Syrian state media reported on Thursday. The Israeli military, which typically does not comment on specific reports of strikes in Syria, said in a statement it had hit “weapons storage …
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By Tim Reid MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin (Reuters) -The moment election workers in the Milwaukee area started counting mail-in votes, activists backing Donald Trump’s claim that his 2020 defeat was fraudulent began challenging every ballot. The observers raised a litany of complaints as poll staff read the absentee names and addresses aloud, as required in the state …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Kremlin said on Thursday that Alphabet’s Google should lift its block on Russian TV channels broadcasting on YouTube and said it hoped huge legal claims racking up against the U.S.-based company would jolt it into action. Google stopped serving ads to users in Russia in March 2022 and paused monetisation of …
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By Jonathan Saul JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli security forces have broken up a suspected spy ring inside Israel that was working on behalf of Iranian intelligence – the latest such espionage group in weeks to be announced, the Shin Bet and police said on Thursday. In the new incident, an Israeli couple from the town …
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By Max Hunder KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine is using dozens of domestically made AI-augmented systems for its drones to reach targets on the battlefield without being piloted, a senior official said, disclosing new details about the race against Russia to harness automation. Systems that use artificial intelligence allow cheap drones carrying explosives to spot or …
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By Joshua McElwee VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis on Thursday told employees of the Vatican’s extensive multi-language media operations to expect budget cuts as part of wider belt-tightening efforts that have recently targeted cardinals. In a meeting with the department that oversees the Vatican’s newspaper, TV operations, and radio and internet broadcasts, the pope …
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