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JERUSALEM/RAMALLAH (Reuters) -Israel will indefinitely close the only crossing between the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Jordan from Wednesday, days after reopening it following a shooting that killed two Israeli soldiers. A spokesperson for the Israeli authority overseeing the Allenby crossing said that it would be closed from Wednesday morning “at the direction of the political …

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By Jessica DiNapoli and Svea Herbst-Bayliss NEW YORK (Reuters) -Some investors in PepsiCo support suggestions by activist shareholder Elliott Investment Management that the global food and beverage company cut costs and ditch sleepy brands like Quaker, but sound more cautious about the hedge fund’s boldest idea – to hive off the soda maker’s bottling network. …

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By Gopal Sharma and Aftab Ahmed KATHMANDU (Reuters) -Chosen for her integrity after deadly anti-graft protests, Nepal’s Prime Minister Sushila Karki now faces her toughest challenge: to meet the demands of the protesters who toppled her predecessor and deliver elections in six months. The ‘Gen Z’ demonstrators want the 73-year-old premier to arrest senior party …

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By Andrew Osborn, Vladimir Soldatkin and Jonathan Landay MOSCOW/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday offered to voluntarily maintain the limits on deployed strategic nuclear weapons set out in the last arms control treaty between the two powers once it expires next year if the U.S. does the same. White House press secretary Karoline …

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By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Dozens of Western nations called on Monday for the reopening of the medical corridor between Gaza and the Israeli-occupied West Bank, offering to provide financial aid and medical staff or equipment to treat Gaza’s patients in the West Bank. “We strongly appeal to Israel to restore the medical corridor to …

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By Jennifer Rigby NEW YORK (Reuters) -The Gates Foundation will give $912 million to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, philanthropist Bill Gates announced on Monday as he urged governments to reverse global health funding cuts. Speaking at a Reuters Newsmaker event in New York, Gates said the world was at a …

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