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By Andrew Mills, Jana Choukeir, Ahmed Elimam and Jeff Mason DOHA/DUBAI/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Israel attempted to kill the political leaders of Hamas with an airstrike on Qatar on Tuesday, escalating its military action in the Middle East with what the U.S. described as a unilateral attack that does not advance American and Israeli interests. U.S. …

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By Michel Rose PARIS (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron named loyalist Sebastien Lecornu, a one-time conservative protege who rallied behind his 2017 presidential run, as prime minister on Tuesday, defying expectations he might tack towards the left. The choice of Lecornu, 39, indicates Macron’s determination to press on with a minority government that will …

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By Nerijus Adomaitis OSLO (Reuters) -In Norway, made rich by oil and gas, the idea of shutting fields sends chills, but that is exactly what the small Green Party is pushing as a global switch away from fossil fuels looms. And it’s a demand with greater meaning after Monday’s election, with the ruling Labour Party …

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WARSAW (Reuters) – Poland is closing its border with Belarus on Thursday at midnight local time as a result of Russia-led military exercises taking place in Belarus, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Tuesday, amid escalating tensions between Minsk and Warsaw. Russia and Belarus’ large-scale military exercises, known as the “Zapad” drills, have raised security …

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(Refiles to fix formatting) LONDON (Reuters) – For Russian wife killer Azamat Iskaliyev, the war was a one-way ticket out of jail. The 37-year-old had served less than a third of a nine-year murder sentence – for stabbing his spouse to death in his car in the summer of 2021 because she wanted a divorce …

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By Andrew Mills, Jana Choukeir and Ahmed Elimam DOHA (Reuters) – Israel launched an airstrike against Hamas leaders in Qatar on Tuesday, expanding its military actions that have ranged across the Middle East to include the Gulf Arab state where the Palestinian Islamist group has long had its political base. Qatar, which has acted as …

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(Corrects paragraph 11 to read that Palestinian authorities said they would not evacuate main Gaza City hospitals) By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Nayera Abdallah CAIRO/GAZA (Reuters) – Palestinians living in the ruins of Gaza City were bombarded with Israeli leaflets on Tuesday ordering them out, after Israel said it was about to obliterate the area in …

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