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By Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA (Reuters) -The U.N. Human Rights Office accused Israel on Friday of violating international law by forcibly displacing Palestinians in Gaza under “mandatory evacuation orders”. The Israeli army has issued what the U.N. described as 10 mandatory evacuation orders, covering large areas across Gaza, since it resumed its war against Hamas …

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By Juliette Jabkhiro PARIS (Reuters) -France’s Constitutional Council ruled on Friday that local politicians can be barred from office immediately if convicted of a crime, leaving the door open for far-right leader Marine Le Pen to potentially be barred from the 2027 presidential race. The council issued its ruling in a case that did not …

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By Maria Paula Laguna and Sarah Morland MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – A growing number of Latin American women are choosing not to give birth in a radical departure from the traditional family roles that have long dominated in the region. Latin America and the Caribbean has experienced the most dramatic decline in birth rates of …

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By Minwoo Park and Daewoung Kim ANDONG, South Korea (Reuters) -South Korean authorities have contained the main blazes in the country’s largest forest fire on record, a minister said on Friday, as rain and better weather allowed more helicopters to fly and dump water, dousing the flames. Spread by strong winds in bone-dry conditions, the …

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By Laura Gottesdiener (Reuters) -U.S. shipping and logistics company IMC Pro International has agreed to pay $400,000 to the U.S. government to settle allegations that it helped Chinese chemical companies ship fentanyl-making chemicals to the United States, according to U.S. authorities. The deal was announced on Wednesday by the Drug Enforcement Administration and the U.S. …

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By Alasdair Pal, Renju Jose and Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Friday called a national election for May 3, launching a five-week campaign that is set to be dominated by cost-of-living pressures. Albanese’s Labor party won a majority at the last federal election in 2022, but most recent opinion …

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By Humeyra Pamuk MIAMI (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Thursday he expressed concern to Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan over protests and detentions in Turkey following the arrest of Ekrem Imamoglu, the mayor of Istanbul. Sunday’s arrest of President Tayyip Erdogan’s biggest political rival, pending trial for graft, sparked the …

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