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By Nellie Peyton and Xolani Nhlapo STILFONTEIN, South Africa (Reuters) -South African rescuers ended their attempts on Thursday to find anyone left in an illegal gold mine where at least 78 people died during a police siege, as a local volunteer described the horror of extracting their bodies from deep underground. Police had encircled the …

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By Bo Erickson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for Treasury Secretary, Scott Bessent, said he “100%” supports raising sanctions on Russian oil producers if the future president requests doing so. Bessent told U.S. senators on the Senate Finance Committee that he believes the Russian sanctions from the Biden administration “were not fulsome enough.” …

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By Jennifer Rigby and Christy Santhosh (Reuters) – The World Health Organization called for the international community to step up and fund a scaled-up aid response in Gaza after Israel and Hamas reached a ceasefire deal to end 15 months of war in the region earlier this week. The U.N. health agency said its member …

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By Makini Brice, Elizabeth Pineau and Dominique Vidalon PARIS (Reuters) – French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou passed the first test of his new minority government on Thursday as he survived a vote of no-confidence called by the hard left after the centre-left Socialist Party did not back the motion. The far-right National Rally (RN) party …

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COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Danish businesses are concerned about a possible trade conflict with the United States over Greenland, a major lobby group said on Thursday after business leaders, including CEO of obesity drugmaker Novo Nordisk, met with the government. Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen had summoned business leaders after speaking on Wednesday with U.S. President-elect …

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By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Airlines have warned the European Union they cannot yet comply with pollution rules that came into force this month, because the EU has not yet launched its promised system to administer them, a document seen by Reuters showed. The EU rules require airlines to track and report pollutants such …

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By Emma Farge GENEVA(Reuters) – U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s return to the White House next week threatens freedoms at home and abroad, the head of Human Rights Watch said on Thursday, warning that his second term could be more damaging than his first. The remarks from Tirana Hassan, the Executive Director of the New York-based …

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