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By Jake Spring (Reuters) -For more than five decades as violent conflict raged through Colombia’s highlands and rainforests, wildlife thrived.  From brilliantly colored orchids to tiger-striped frogs, scientists have uncovered a wealth of new animal and plant species in the years since a 2016 peace deal saw most rebels with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of …

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By Andrius Sytas VILNIUS (Reuters) – Lithuania’s incoming Social Democratic government will target defence spending of at least 3.5% of its gross domestic product, the party’s leader said on Monday. The Baltic country of 2.9 million people which neighbours Russia will spend about 3% of GDP on its armed forces this year, according to NATO …

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(Reuters) – Ukrainian drones targeted ethanol plants in Russia’s southern region of Voronezh, Russian channels on the Telegram app said, while the regional governor said the attack injured two people, sparked a fire and damaged two industrial enterprises. Firefighters have doused the fire in the region’s Anninsky district that injured two workers, Alexander Gusev, the …

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By Andrius Sytas VILNIUS (Reuters) – The opposition Social Democrats claimed victory in Lithuania’s parliamentary election on Sunday, which was dominated by frustration with the cost of living and worries over potential threats from neighbouring Russia. The left-leaning grouping has pledged to maintain the Baltic state’s hefty defence spending programme, while criticising the centre-right coalition …

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SOFIA (Reuters) -Bulgaria’s centre-right GERB party won a parliamentary election on Sunday, preliminary results showed, but it will have to seek a coalition partner to form a government. According to preliminary results from the state election commission based on a partial vote count, GERB won 26.08% of the votes. The reformist We Continue the Change …

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By Nidal al-Mughrabi CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt has proposed an initial two-day ceasefire in Gaza to exchange four Israeli hostages of Hamas for some Palestinian prisoners, Egypt’s president said on Sunday as Israeli military strikes killed 45 Palestinians across the enclave. Egyptian leader Abdel Fattah al-Sisi made the announcement as efforts to defuse the devastating, …

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