By Jana Choukeir BEIRUT (Reuters) -Hundreds of people protested in southern Lebanon on Wednesday against a planned visit by U.S. envoy Thomas Barrack, a day after the envoy stirred anger in the country by publicly scolding Lebanese reporters. Lebanon’s state news agency said Barrack’s visit to Tyre and the border town of Khiyam had been …
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BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) -Argentine authorities failed to locate an iconic painting stolen decades ago by the Nazis when they raided a house in which it was spotted in a real estate photo, prolonging the mystery of the artwork’s post-war fate. The home, in Argentina’s coastal city of Mar del Plata, was up for sale via an …
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BRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Wednesday signed the nomination for Paulo Gonet to serve another term as prosecutor general, Lula’s office said. WHY IT’S IMPORTANT Gonet has been leading high-profile cases, including the prosecution of former President Jair Bolsonaro, who is accused of plotting a coup to overturn his 2022 …
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(Reuters) -Artificial intelligence company Anthropic launched a National Security and Public Sector Advisory Council on Wednesday, aiming to deepen ties with Washington and allied governments as AI becomes increasingly central to defense and strategic planning. The move underscores AI firms’ growing efforts to shape policies and ensure their technology supports democratic interests amid global competition. …
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By Jason Lange WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Most Americans support a bid to sanction Russia’s trading partners as a way to put pressure on Moscow to end its war with Ukraine, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll. The three-day poll, which concluded on Sunday, showed 62% of respondents back sanctioning Russia’s trading partners, a strategy that U.S. …
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By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia accused Iran of directing two antisemitic arson attacks in the cities of Sydney and Melbourne and gave Tehran’s ambassador seven days to leave the country on Tuesday, its first such expulsion since World War Two. Canberra is the latest Western government to accuse Iran of carrying out hostile covert …
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BEIJING (Reuters) -China said on Wednesday Taiwan was “blaspheming” the sacrifices of those who died fighting Japan in World War Two by denying the pivotal role of the communist party and denounced Taipei’s call for Taiwanese to stay away from Beijing’s commemorations. This year’s 80th anniversary of the end of the war, preceded in China …
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By Kanishka Singh and Jasper Ward WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff said on Tuesday that President Donald Trump would chair a meeting on Gaza at the White House on Wednesday and added that Washington expected Israel’s war in the Palestinian territory to be settled by the end of the year. The U.S. State …
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By Sarah Morland (Reuters) -Jamaica will use drones donated by Canada to boost its disaster response services, state information service JIS said on Tuesday, as the Caribbean braces for stronger hurricanes in the coming years fueled by warmer oceans resulting from climate change. WHY IT’S IMPORTANT U.S. government forecasters predict an “above-normal” 2025 Atlantic hurricane …
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BRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes on Tuesday ordered police to tighten security around Jair Bolsonaro’s home, including 24-hour patrols, citing increased flight risk ahead of final arguments in the former president’s trial. Moraes put Bolsonaro under house arrest in a gated community in Brasilia earlier this month after finding the politician …
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