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By Phil Stewart, Idrees Ali and Ahmed Rasheed WASHINGTON/BAGHDAD (Reuters) – A defective drone in Iraq may have helped keep America from being dragged deeper into a widening Middle East conflict. The drone, which was launched at the Erbil air base by an Iranian-backed militia before sunrise on Oct. 26, penetrated U.S. air defenses and …

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(Reuters) – European shares opened flat on Thursday after ECB policymakers played down market optimism around rate cuts, while investors once again waited for remarks from U.S. Federal Reserve Chief Jerome Powell. The pan-European STOXX 600 was unchanged by 0810 GMT after touching a three-week high intraday in the prior session. Investors awaited Powell’s remarks …

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By Lisa Richwine, Dawn Chmielewski and Danielle Broadway LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Hollywood actors reached a tentative agreement with major studios on Wednesday to resolve the second of two strikes that rocked the entertainment industry as writers and performers demanded higher pay in the streaming TV era. The 118-day work stoppage will end officially just after …

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By James Pearson LONDON (Reuters) – Russian cyber spies were behind a hack which disrupted part of Ukraine’s power grid in late 2022, U.S. cybersecurity firm Mandiant, part of Google, said in a report on Thursday, in a rare and advanced form of cyberwarfare. Successful hacks against industrial control systems are relatively unique, with Russia …

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(Reuters) -A Russian missile damaged a Liberia-flagged civilian vessel entering a Black Sea port in Odesa region, killing one and injuring four people, Ukrainian officials said on Wednesday. After pulling out of the U.N.-brokered deal that guaranteed safe shipments of Ukrainian grain via the Black Sea, Russia has been repeatedly attacking Ukrainian port infrastructure. “The …

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By David Shepardson (Reuters) -U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, the latest senior federal official to visit Ukraine, announced in Kyiv on Wednesday a new American infrastructure adviser for the country. Robert Mariner, who has performed engineering work for the U.S. Air Force and Navy, will serve as transportation advisor to Ukraine after serving as an …

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By Laila Bassam and Tom Perry BEIRUT (Reuters) – Powerful Russian anti-ship missiles acquired by Hezbollah give it the means to deliver on its leader’s veiled threat against U.S. warships and underline the grave risks of any regional war, sources familiar with the group’s arsenal say. Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah warned Washington last week …

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By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Transsexuals can be godparents at Roman Catholic baptisms, witnesses at religious weddings and receive baptism themselves, the Vatican’s doctrinal office said on Wednesday, responding to questions from a bishop. The department, known as the Dicastery of the Doctrine of the Faith, was vague however, in response to a …

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