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By Lisandra Paraguassu and Simon Jessop BELEM, Brazil (Reuters) -European nations have backed a $2.5 billion plan to save the Congo rainforest, France’s presidency told a United Nations climate summit, launching a conservation scheme that may steal some thunder from the flagship initiative of COP30 host Brazil. Mobilizing more money to protect and restore the …

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(Fixes typo in spelling of name in paragraph 11) By Jennifer Rigby and Emma Farge LONDON/GENEVA (Reuters) -The Trump administration wants countries that receive U.S. health aid to share data with Washington about pathogens that could spark epidemics as a condition of the funding, according to a draft document seen by Reuters. The U.S. wants …

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KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (Reuters) -Stinking mounds of fly-covered garbage lie strewn throughout Gaza amid the rubble from Israel’s devastating military campaign, spilling out along roadsides and between the tents where most of the shattered enclave’s people live.  Government services such as rubbish collection ceased as soon as the war began and although they are …

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By Gram Slattery and Fabio Teixeira WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. government approved a sale of sniper rifles to a deadly police unit in Brazil last year, overriding concerns from the U.S. ambassador and other diplomats that the arms could be used in extrajudicial killings, according to three current and former U.S. officials and documents seen …

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By Emma Farge and Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA (Reuters) -A U.N. meeting to review the United States’ human rights record opened without the U.S. on Friday, with rights groups calling the absence a worrying sign of Washington’s retreat from global engagement on such issues. The universal periodic review process is a chance for governments and rights …

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By Ricardo Brito and Leticia Fucuchima BRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazilian authorities are investigating a reported threat to a power substation in the city hosting a United Nations climate summit, with possible links to the gang targeted by a deadly police raid last week, a document seen by Reuters showed on Friday. Brazil is hosting world leaders …

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By Kate Abnett, Valerie Volcovici and Johan Ahlander BRUSSELS/BELEM (Reuters) -Governments heading to the U.N. COP30 climate summit in Brazil are bracing for the possibility that the Trump administration may seek to disrupt negotiations at the event – even without any U.S. officials showing up. The White House has said it will not send high-level officials …

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