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By Jody Godoy ALEXANDRIA, Virginia (Reuters) -Alphabet’s Google sought to dominate all sides of online advertising technology by controlling competitors and customers, a Justice Department prosecutor said as trial began in the tech titan’s latest antitrust showdown in Alexandria, Virginia on Monday. Prosecutors say Google has largely dominated the technological infrastructure that funds the flow …

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By Nidal al-Mughrabi CAIRO (Reuters) -The new school year in the Palestinian territories officially began on Monday, with all schools in Gaza shut after 11 months of war and no sign of a ceasefire. As fighting continued, Israel announced new orders to residents of the north Gaza Strip to leave their homes, in response to …

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OSLO (Reuters) – A beluga whale discovered with a harness strapped around its neck in Norwegian waters five years ago – and found dead on Aug. 31 – had a stick stuck in its mouth and its death was not related to human activity, police said on Monday. The body of Hvaldimir – a combination …

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AMMAN/CAIRO (Reuters) – Israeli airstrikes killed 16 people in western Syria and wounded dozens more overnight, Syrian state media reported on Monday, the deadliest Israeli attack reported by Syrian authorities since the Iranian embassy compound in Damascus was hit in April. There was no immediate comment from Israel, which typically remains silent on reports of …

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By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) – The U.N. human rights chief said on Monday that ending the nearly year-long war in Gaza is a priority and he asked countries to act on what he called Israel’s “blatant disregard” for international law in the occupied Palestinian territories. Nearly 50,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza, according …

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KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s air force said on Monday it shot down six out of eight Russian-launched drones and two out of three missiles during an overnight attack over four Ukrainian regions. Kyiv authorities said an attack on the city, the fifth in September, had not done damage or caused injuries in the capital. Russia …

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KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s energy ministry said on Monday that Russian forces had attacked energy facilities in seven regions in the space of 24 hours, in a statement on the Telegram messaging app. The statement did not detail the scale of damage at the facilities. (Reporting by Anastasiia Malenko; Editing by Kevin Liffey)

By Gergely Szakacs and Krisztina Than BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Sunday that a new ministry would take charge of the economy and state finances as he gears up for the nomination of a new central bank governor to succeed his former ally, Gyorgy Matolcsy. In power since 2010, the …

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