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LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s Yvette Cooper was named foreign minister on Friday, replacing David Lammy who will become deputy prime minister and justice minister, Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s office said in a statement. The appointment is the most significant of a cabinet reshuffle carried out by Starmer following the resignation of deputy prime minister, Angela Rayner, …

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By Max Hunder and Susan Heavey KYIV/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Friday thousands of foreign troops could be deployed to his country under post-war security guarantees, but Russian leader Vladimir Putin said Moscow would regard them as legitimate targets to attack. Their comments underlined the gulf between Kyiv and Moscow as Western …

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(Reuters) – Lebanon’s cabinet on Friday welcomed a plan by the army that would disarm Hezbollah and said the military would begin executing it, without setting a timeframe for implementation and cautioning that the army had limited capabilities. A national divide over Hezbollah’s disarmament has taken centre stage in Lebanon since last year’s devastating war …

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By Miguel Lo Bianco and Lucila Sigal MAR DEL PLATA, Argentina (Reuters) -Argentina officials said on Thursday they are investigating the daughter of a former Nazi official and her husband after authorities recovered an iconic painting that had been missing for 80 years. The piece, which was looted from Amsterdam-based art dealer Jacques Goudstikker during …

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SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva spoke with European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen on Friday, a Brazilian government statement said.  Lula told von der Leyen he expects a trade deal between the Mercosur and European Union (EU) trade blocs to be signed this year, while both leaders agreed the …

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