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US should impose more sanctions on Russia, Finland says, as Trump’s deadline arrives

By Anne Kauranen HELSINKI (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump should move forward with imposing more sanctions on Russia as it would help bring an end to the war in Ukraine, Finland’s foreign minister said on Friday in a Reuters NEXT Newsmaker interview. Trump set Friday as the deadline by which Russia had to agree to …

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Israeli plan for Gaza takeover must be halted immediately, UN rights chief says

LONDON (Reuters) -The Israeli government’s plan for a full-scale military takeover of Gaza will cause more deaths and suffering and must be halted immediately, the United Nations Human Rights Chief Volker Turk said on Friday. The plan runs contrary to the ruling of the International Court of Justice that Israel must bring its occupation to …

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Pakistan suspends mobile data service in restive province

QUETTA, Pakistan (Reuters) -Pakistan has suspended cell phone data services for three weeks in the restive southwestern province of Balochistan in a bid to block communications among separatist insurgents behind a surge in recent attacks, an official and the government said. Separatist militants demanding a bigger share of profits from the resources of the mineral-rich …

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A 240-year-old Swiss watchmaker’s race to beat Trump’s tariff deadline

By Helen Reid LONDON/GENEVA (Reuters) -As a U.S. tariff deadline neared this week, Swiss watch manufacturer DuBois et fils rushed to ship five high-end watches worth thousands of dollars each to the United States. By Wednesday the firm had blocked orders on its U.S. website. Now CEO Thomas Steinemann is calculating the price hikes he’ll …

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Indonesian artists, students unfurl manga pirate sign as protest symbol

By Yuddy Cahya Budiman BEKASI, Indonesia/KARANGANYAR, Indonesia (Reuters) -Spraypainting brick walls in an empty yard, Indonesian artist Kemas Muhammad Firdaus braved midday heat to paint a skull in a straw hat on a black background, a nod to the Japanese manga series “One Piece” about treasure-hunting pirates. Over the past month, students and activists in …

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Australia urges Israel not to take military control of Gaza

SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia has urged Israel “not to go down this path”, after Prime Minister Netanyahu said Israel intended to take military control of Gaza. “Australia calls on Israel to not go down this path, which will only worsen the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza,” Foreign Minister Penny Wong said in a statement on Friday. Wong …

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Israel approves plan to take control of Gaza City

By Alexander Cornwell, Nidal al-Mughrabi and Charlotte Greenfield JERUSALEM/CAIRO (Reuters) -Israel’s political-security cabinet approved a plan to take control of Gaza City early on Friday, hours after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel intended to take military control of the entire strip despite intensifying criticism at home and abroad over the devastating almost two-year-old war. …

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Massive French wildfire now contained, 16,000 hectares affected, local authorities say

By Marco Trujillo SAINT-LAURENT-DE-LA-CABRERISSE, France (Reuters) – A massive wildfire that has scorched through 16,000 hectares (39,537 acres) of forest and villages in southern France since Tuesday has now been contained, local authorities said on Thursday. Firefighters will remain deployed in the area in the coming days to secure the site and prevent flare-ups, they …

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