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By Umit Bektas and Mehmet Emin Caliskan ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish opposition lawmakers piled tables and chairs at the entrance of an office at their party’s Istanbul headquarters on Monday to block police and prevent the replacement of a senior official whom a court ordered out last week. The dramatic footage of the barricade standoff …

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By Emma Farge and Cecile Mantovani BERN (Reuters) – Swiss medics began a hunger protest outside parliament on Monday over the war in Gaza, pressing Bern to take a more critical stance on Israel’s treatment of the Palestinian enclave. Switzerland has condemned some Israeli actions in the conflict, such as an attack on a hospital …

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By Olivia Le Poidevin and Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) – The United Nations human rights chief condemned Israel on Monday for “mass killing” of Palestinian civilians in Gaza and “hindering of sufficient lifesaving aid”, saying the country had a case to answer before the International Court of Justice. Volker Turk, who heads the Office of …

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By Jasper Ward WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The World Health Organization on Sunday called for the “protection of public health excellence” at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “No institution is perfect and continued improvements are always needed to make sure the latest science and evidence is applied to emerging challenges in real time, but …

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By Francois Murphy VIENNA (Reuters) – Time is running out in talks between the U.N. nuclear watchdog and Iran on how to fully resume inspections in the Islamic Republic, the watchdog’s chief Rafael Grossi said on Monday, adding that he hoped the discussions would conclude within days. The International Atomic Energy Agency has not had …

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By Stefanno Sulaiman and Gayatri Suroyo JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia’s president on Monday replaced well-regarded finance minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati with an economist who has promised accelerated growth, amid fears of an economic slowdown in Southeast Asia’s largest economy. The exit of longtime minister Sri Mulyani, known for her cautious handling of the economy through …

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(This Sept 5 story is being republished, with no changes to text) By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) -President Donald Trump’s administration abandoned on Friday the U.S. government’s legal defense of a rule adopted under former President Joe Biden that had banned agreements commonly signed by workers not to join rivals of their employers or launch competing …

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