By Lisa Richwine and Danielle Broadway LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Emergency room saga “The Pitt” was toasted as the year’s best television drama, and show-business satire “The Studio” was crowned best comedy, as Hollywood stars handed out trophies at the annual Emmy Awards on Sunday. HBO series “The Pitt” was the upset winner over “Severance,” …
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(Refiles to fix formatting of bullet points) By Samia Nakhoul and Timour Azhari QARDAHA/JARAMANA, Syria (Reuters) – Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa has won major diplomatic victories since seizing power nine months ago, but he risks losing the battle that matters most: to hold his deeply divided country together. In Syria’s northeast, Kurdish forces are resisting …
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By Stephanie van den Berg THE HAGUE (Reuters) -A former top United States diplomat testified on Monday that Hashim Thaci, Kosovo’s ex-president, had no real authority over the Kosovo Liberation Army’s military commanders at the start of the defence case in his war crimes trial. James Rubin, a former top State Department official, was present at …
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DUBAI (Reuters) -The Abraham Accords, which normalised diplomatic relations between Israel and some Arab states, are under the spotlight after Israel attacked Hamas on September 9 with airstrikes on Qatar, outraging the U.S. ally that has hosted ceasefire talks. Leaders of Arab and Islamic states are meeting at a summit in Qatar on Monday to …
ANKARA (Reuters) -Tens of thousands of people protested in the capital Ankara on Sunday against a court case that could oust the head of the main opposition on Monday after a year-long legal crackdown on hundreds of its members. Live footage showed crowds chanting for President Tayyip Erdogan’s resignation while waving Turkish flags and party …
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By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Simon Lewis CAIRO/JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli forces destroyed at least 30 residential buildings in Gaza City and forced thousands of people from their homes, Palestinian officials said, as U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrived on Sunday to discuss the future of the conflict. Israel has said it plans to seize …
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(Reuters) -A host for the conservative Fox & Friends talk show apologized on Sunday for stating that homeless mentally ill people should be given lethal injections, saying his remark had been “extremely callous.” The comment by Brian Kilmeade triggered widespread criticism. During a Wednesday segment about the murder of a Ukrainian woman in North Carolina, …
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SYDNEY (Reuters) – The United States will be able to use planned defence facilities in Western Australia that are to help deliver nuclear-powered submarines under the trilateral AUKUS nuclear submarine deal, Australian Defence Minister Richard Marles said on Sunday. Australia will spend A$12 billion ($8 billion) to upgrade facilities at the Henderson shipyard near Perth, …
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By Aditya Soni (Reuters) -The owner of Rolling Stone, Billboard and Variety sued Google on Friday, alleging the technology giant’s AI summaries use its journalism without consent and reduce traffic to its websites. The lawsuit by Penske Media in federal court in Washington, D.C., marks the first time a major U.S. publisher has taken Alphabet-owned …
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(Reuters) -Five U.S. F-35 aircraft were seen landing in Puerto Rico on Saturday after President Donald Trump last week ordered 10 of the stealth fighters to join a military buildup in the Caribbean to counter drug cartels amid rising tensions with Venezuela. The F-35s were seen landing at the former Roosevelt Roads military base in …
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