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Israel strikes near Syria’s presidential palace in ‘message’ to new leader Sharaa

2 May 2025

DAMASCUS/SWEIDA, Syria (Reuters) -Israel bombed an area near the presidential palace in Damascus early on Friday, in its clearest warning yet to Syria’s new Islamist-led authorities of its readiness to ramp up military action in the name of the country’s Druze minority. Syria’s government called the bombing a “dangerous escalation” amid increasing hostility between the …

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Farage’s Reform UK Party wins mayoral and parliamentary post in surge of support

2 May 2025

By Andrew MacAskill and Phil Noble WIDNES, England (Reuters) -Britain’s right-wing Reform UK party won a vacant parliamentary seat, two mayoralties and control of several councils on Friday in early results from elections that its leader Nigel Farage said proved it was now the real opposition. The populist Reform, led by the veteran campaigner for …

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At least two dead after Peru navy vessel hits Perenco oil platform in Amazon

2 May 2025

LIMA (Reuters) -A Peruvian navy vessel collided with an oil platform operated by Perenco on the Amazon River leaving two people dead and one missing Peru’s defense ministry said on Friday. The collision, which the ministry said caused “severe damages”, occurred near the mouth of the Napo River as the B.A.P. Ucayali was navigating the …

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Carney expects ‘difficult but constructive’ talks with Trump next week

2 May 2025

By David Ljunggren OTTAWA (Reuters) – Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Friday he would be in Washington next Tuesday for what he expects will be “difficult but constructive” talks with U.S. President Donald Trump, who he has accused of trying to break Canada. Carney, fresh from a victorious election campaign focused on standing up …

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China ‘evaluating’ US offer to talk tariffs; warns against ‘extortion’

2 May 2025

BEIJING (Reuters) – Beijing is “evaluating” an offer from Washington to hold talks over U.S. President Donald Trump’s 145% tariffs, China’s Commerce Ministry said on Friday, although it warned the United States not to engage in “extortion and coercion.”   Washington and Beijing have been locked in a cat-and-mouse game over tariffs, with both sides unwilling …

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Huge New York sign tells under-fire Valencia leader he need not return home

2 May 2025

MADRID (Reuters) -A giant digital sign in New York’s Times Square told beleaguered Spanish politician Carlos Mazon on his visit to the city that he had “228 reasons not to come home”, in reference to how many people died in October’s flash floods on the Valencian regional leader’s watch. The Spanish left-wing party Compromis said …

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Research organizations to keep US climate report alive in new journal

2 May 2025

By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Two major U.S. scientific associations on Friday called for submissions for a special compilation of research that would have fed into the National Climate Assessment, a comprehensive report on climate change impacts across the United States that was effectively canceled by the Trump administration. The American Geophysical Union (AGU), the …

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Lebanon warns Hamas not to compromise its national security

2 May 2025

BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanon has warned Palestinian militant group Hamas not to conduct operations that compromise the country’s security or sovereignty, Beirut’s Supreme Defence Council said on Friday. The announcement came with Lebanon facing growing U.S. pressure to disarm militant groups outside state control following last year’s war between Israel and armed Lebanese group Hezbollah, …

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Truck spills metal shards across Australian highway, hundreds of cars damaged

2 May 2025

By Christine Chen SYDNEY (Reuters) -A truck spilled 750 kg (1,653 lb) of sharp metal debris across one of Australia’s busiest highways on Friday morning, authorities said, forcing city-bound lanes to close, damaging hundreds of vehicles and sparking traffic chaos. New South Wales state police said the incident occurred on the M1 Pacific Motorway in …

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Factbox-Policies of Australia’s political parties at a glance

2 May 2025

(Reuters) -Australians will vote on Saturday in a close-run national election marked by concerns over the cost of living and housing affordability, as well as trade tensions triggered by U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs. Here’s how Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s centre-left Labor party and the conservative Liberal-National coalition, led by Peter Dutton, compare on key …

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