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JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Bullets were found in the bodies of the six Israeli hostages retrieved from Gaza this week, the Israeli military and the Hostage Families Forum campaign group said on Thursday. The military told Reuters it retrieved another four bodies alongside its hostages, presumed to be Hamas militants, and that those bodies did not show …

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By Matteo Negri MILAN (Reuters) – A series of “indescribable, unreasonable errors” by the crew led to the shipwreck in which British tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch and six others died earlier this week, the yacht manufacturer’s CEO told Reuters on Thursday. The British-flagged Bayesian, a 56-metre-long (184-foot) superyacht with 22 people aboard – 12 passengers …

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MOSCOW (Reuters) -Police in St Petersburg have detained an Israeli-Canadian racing car driver wanted by the United States for alleged fraud relating to an illegal online stock trading scheme, the city’s court system said on Wednesday. The man, Joshua Cartu, is wanted alongside his brothers David and Jonathan and several others for allegedly operating a …

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(Reuters) – The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said on Thursday its Director General Rafael Grossi will assess the situation at Kursk nuclear power plant during his visit next week. IAEA also said it had been informed by the Russian Federation that the remains of a drone had been found within the Kursk nuclear power …

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ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan will attend a meeting of European Union ministers in Brussels next week that Ankara hopes will pave the way for improved ties with the bloc, the ministry’s spokesperson said on Thursday. EU candidate Turkey’s ties with the bloc have been rocky in recent years. Its bid to …

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RAMALLAH (Reuters) – A drone strike during an Israeli military operation in the volatile West Bank city of Tulkarm on Thursday killed three Palestinians, the Palestinian health ministry said. The strike, in the Tulkarm refugee camp, a crowded city township that houses families of refugees who fled during the 1948 Middle East war, targeted armed …

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By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – U.S. pop megastar Taylor Swift revealed on Wednesday that a “new sense of fear” came over her after authorities uncovered a plot to attack her Vienna concert venue as well as guilt for letting down fans by canceling her three shows in the city. The singer also applauded …

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LONDON (Reuters) – Euro zone business activity showed surprising strength in August despite firms raising prices, a survey showed, potentially weakening expectations for two more rate cuts from the European Central Bank this year. However, the recovery was mixed as a strong rebound in the bloc’s dominant services industry offset a deeper downturn among manufacturers. …

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STOCKHOLM/COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Sweden and Denmark will summon tech companies over ads on their platforms that are posted by gangs to recruit young Swedes to commit violent crimes in the Nordics, the justice ministers of the two countries said on Wednesday. Sweden has been having a decade-long problem with gang violence and youth crime and …

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