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By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Jana Choukeir CAIRO/DUBAI (Reuters) -Hamas said on Friday it was reviewing a U.S. proposal to restore the Gaza ceasefire as Israel intensified a military onslaught to press the Palestinian militant group to free remaining Israeli hostages. U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff’s “bridge” plan, presented last week, aims to extend the ceasefire …

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By Bhanvi Satija and Sneha S K (Reuters) -Measles cases in Texas and New Mexico rose to 351 on Friday, the health departments of the states said, an increase of 34 infections since their last reports three days ago, as the United States deals with one of the largest measles outbreaks in the past decade. …

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By Peter McCabe and Anna Mehler Paperny STANSTEAD, Quebec (Reuters) – U.S. authorities said on Friday they are closing Canadian access to a library straddling the Canada-U.S. border, drawing criticism from a Quebec town where people have long enjoyed easy entry to the space. The Haskell Free Library and Opera House is located between the …

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By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) -A U.S. appeals court on Friday refused to pause a judge’s ruling requiring the Trump administration to reinstate 25,000 workers at 18 federal agencies who lost their jobs as part of the Republican president’s purge of the federal workforce. A panel of the Richmond, Virginia-based 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals …

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By Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The administration of President Donald Trump is monitoring the actions of Syria’s interim leaders as Washington determines future policy, the U.S. State Department spokesperson said on Friday, but indicated any quick sanctions relief for Damascus was unlikely. “We are monitoring the Syrian interim authorities’ actions in general, across a number …

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By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) – The founder of a cryptocurrency financial services firm pleaded guilty on Friday to U.S. charges that he participated in a wide-ranging scheme to manipulate the market for digital tokens on behalf of client companies. Aleksei Andriunin, the founder and CEO of cryptocurrency “market maker” Gotbit, and his company entered …

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