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(changes client identifier tag) By Mirac Dereli and Canan Sevgili (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump will host Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan at the White House on Thursday, seeking to agree arms and trade deals that could help ease a series of diplomatic disputes that have dogged U.S.-Turkish ties for years.  Though the leaders’ good personal …

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By Aditya Kalra, Lisa Barrington and Arpan Chaturvedi NEW DELHI (Reuters) -The father of the crashed Air India flight’s captain said officials from India’s accident investigation bureau visited him last month and implied his son cut the fuel to the plane’s engines after takeoff, correspondence obtained by Reuters showed. Pushkar Raj Sabharwal, 91, emailed the …

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By Charlie Devereux (Reuters) -Denmark said on Thursday it was weighing whether to invoke Article 4 of NATO’s founding treaty after drone incursions briefly shut two of its airports and affected military installations in its western Jutland region overnight. Danish Defence Minister Troels Lund Poulsen described the incursions as “hybrid attacks” designed to spread fear …

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(Corrects reporting credit) (Reuters) -Several more countries are expected to formally recognise a Palestinian state at a world summit convened on Monday by France and Saudi Arabia, a day after Australia, Britain, Canada and Portugal took the step, angering Israel. WHAT IS THE STATUS OF PALESTINIAN STATEHOOD NOW? The Palestine Liberation Organization declared an independent …

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(Corrects spelling in paragraph 3 to Tsahkna (not Tsahkn).) By John Irish UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -The United States’ Baltic allies continue to lobby and are hopeful that Washington will keep thousands of its troops in Europe, notably in countries closest to Russia, but they have yet to receive the assurances they seek, ministers said. Since …

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SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese promoted his government’s world-first teen social media ban at an event in New York, warning the challenges posed by social media for children was “constantly evolving”. Governments and tech firms are closely watching Australia’s effort to become the first country to block the use of social media by …

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NEW YORK (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump has presented leaders from several Muslim-majority countries with a 21-point plan peace plan for the Middle East and Gaza, U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff said on Wednesday, adding that he is confident of “some sort of breakthrough” in the coming days. Trump on Tuesday met leaders and officials …

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By David Shepardson and Dawn Chmielewski WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Millions of people tuned in to “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” on Tuesday to watch the host’s return to late-night television after a nearly week-long suspension, propelling the show to a 10-year ratings high among adult viewers, ABC said. The network said 6.26 million viewers watched Kimmel as he …

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By Sonia Rolley, Daphne Psaledakis and Robbie Corey-Boulet PARIS/WASHINGTON/DAKAR (Reuters) -Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda agreed to start implementing security measures under a U.S.-mediated deal next month, the countries said in a joint statement on Wednesday, in what would be a key step toward carrying out the peace agreement amid concerns over lack of …

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