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By Olivia Le Poidevin and Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA CITY/GENEVA/CAIRO (Reuters) -The hunger crisis in Gaza is at a tipping point, with critically low supplies of fortified milk and special nutritious pastes exacerbating food shortages and pushing greater numbers of children into starvation, according to aid agencies, malnutrition experts and the United Nations. Almost two years …

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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers on Friday urged the UN’s International Civil Aviation Organization to oppose China’s decision to unilaterally extend a flight route in the Taiwan Strait. “This action places civilian aircraft dangerously close to Taiwan-administered airspace,” said the letter signed by Senators Gary Peters and Marsha Blackburn …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Trump administration on Thursday issued more Iran-related sanctions, targeting 13 entities based in Hong Kong, China, the United Arab Emirates and the Marshall Islands, as well as eight vessels, the U.S. Treasury Department said. The measures cover Greek national Antonios Margaritis and his network of companies and vessels that Treasury said was …

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SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) -Oscar Melara, the director of a technical school in El Salvador, stations himself at the front gate every day to inspect dress code compliance as students file in. Melara checks for infractions such as shirts missing a monogram or name tag, dirty shoes and long haircuts. He is following a directive issued …

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(Reuters) -U.S President Donald Trump’s son, Eric Trump, plans to visit Tokyo and will attend a shareholder meeting of Japanese Bitcoin treasury firm Metaplanet on September 1, Bloomberg News reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter. Reuters could not immediately verify the report. The Trump Organisation and Metaplanet did not immediately respond to …

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BOGOTA (Reuters) -At least 18 people died and more than forty were injured on Thursday after two attacks in Colombia attributed to different dissident factions of the former FARC guerrilla group, authorities reported. In Cali, the country’s third most populated city, a cargo vehicle with explosives detonated near a Colombian Aerospace Force base, in an …

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By Idrees Ali and Jonathan Landay (Reuters) -Military chiefs from the United States and a number of European countries on Thursday presented options to their national security advisers for providing security guarantees to Ukraine, officials said. This followed U.S. President Donald Trump’s pledge to help protect the country under any deal to end Russia’s 3-1/2-year-old …

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By Sneha S K and Bageshri Banerjee (Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved Ionis Pharmaceuticals’ drug to prevent instances of severe swelling in various parts of the body of patients with a rare genetic disorder. Shares of the company were up 1.1% in afternoon trading. The drug, Dawnzera, is approved as …

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