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By Charlotte Greenfield ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -The World Health Organization has asked Taliban authorities to lift restrictions on Afghan female aid workers, allowing them to travel without male guardians and help women struggling to access care after a powerful earthquake killed 2,200 people in eastern Afghanistan.  “A very big issue now is the increasing paucity of …

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By Luciana Magalhaes BRASILIA (Reuters) -Thousands of supporters of former far-right Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro staged protests across several cities on Sunday, days ahead of the conclusion of his trial for allegedly plotting a coup after losing the 2022 presidential election. Demonstrators in Brasilia, Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo waved Brazilian flags alongside some …

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By Bulent Usta and Umit Bektas ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey’s main opposition CHP called on citizens and residents of Istanbul to gather on Sunday, after police set up barricades in areas around its headquarters in the city, in what the party leader called a “siege”. The Republican People’s Party (CHP) has been the target of …

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LISBON (Reuters) -Problems with a cable likely caused a Lisbon funicular railwaypopular with tourists to hurtle down a hill, killing at least 16people and injuring another 22 when it crashed into a building, according to a preliminary report. The yellow tram-like carriage, which carries people up and down a steep hillside in the Portuguese capital, …

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By Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday he is ready to move to a second phase of sanctioning Russia, the closest he has come to suggesting he is on the verge of ramping up sanctions against Moscow or its oil buyers over the war in Ukraine. Trump has repeatedly …

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By Alexander Cornwell, Nidal al-Mughrabi and Michelle Nichols JERUSALEM/CAIRO/NEW YORK (Reuters) – There is a “narrow window” to prevent famine from spreading further in Gaza, a top U.N. official said on Sunday, calling on Israel to allow unimpeded aid delivery in the territory, where it is fighting Palestinian militant group Hamas. According to a global …

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