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By Laila Bassam and Timour Azhari BEIRUT (Reuters) -Lebanon’s top public prosecutor on Wednesday charged the judge investigating the Beirut port blast and ordered the release of those detained in connection with the explosion, derailing an attempt to resume the probe into the devastating event. The moves by Ghassan Oweidat signal escalating opposition by Lebanon’s …

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MADRID (Reuters) – An Iranian chess player who defected to Spain after she competed without a hijab and was warned not to return to her country met with Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez in Madrid on Wednesday. Sarasadat Khademalsharieh, 25, better known as Sara Khadem, arrived in Spain in early January. She had taken part …

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By Fabian Bimmer BROKSTEDT, Germany (Reuters) -Two people were killed and several others injured when a 33-year-old stateless Palestinian man attacked them with a knife on Wednesday on a regional train travelling between Kiel and Hamburg in northern Germany, authorities said. Police in the state of Schlewsig-Holstein on the Danish border said the man, who …

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RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) -Israeli forces killed two Palestinians in separate incidents across the occupied territories on Wednesday, Palestinian officials said, the latest deaths in a year-long surge in violence. In the West Bank, the Israeli army said it shot a Palestinian man who tried to stab Israeli soldiers near the settlement of Kedumim. In …

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By Nuzulack Dausen DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) -Tanzanian opposition leader and former presidential candidate Tundu Lissu returned home from years of exile in Belgium to a cheering crowd on Wednesday, after the government lifted a ban on political rallies. A former lawmaker and a fierce critic of the government, Lissu initially left the country to …

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By Clement Rossignol and Christian Levaux BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Huge ostrich feather headpieces are one of the costumes made by the Kersten family for Belgium’s celebrated Mardi Gras carnival, and after the event was cancelled due to COVID in recent years, the 120-year-old family business is hoping for a revival. Rooted in the Middle Ages, …

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By Lucy Craymer WELLINGTON (Reuters) – New Zealand’s main opposition party leader and top prime ministerial contender, Christopher Luxon, wants to change the central bank’s mandate and reverse some of former leader Jacinda Ardern’s polices if he is elected. Luxon’s conservative, centre-right National Party is leading over the governing centre-left Labour Party in opinion polls. …

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DUBLIN (Reuters) – Ireland celebrated a record 14 Oscar nominations on Tuesday, scooping five of the 20 acting spots up for grabs and for the first time earning a nod for a feature film made in the native Irish language. The haul – which included nine nominations for “The Banshees of Inisherin”, the dark comedy …

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By John McCrank, Medha Singh and Chuck Mikolajczak NEW YORK (Reuters) -A glitch at the New York Stock Exchange prevented the opening auctions for a slew of stocks on Tuesday, prompting widespread trading halts, confusion over whether orders were being filled at correct prices, and trades in more than 250 securities being busted. The NYSE, …

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