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MADRID (Reuters) – Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares on Wednesday rejected a proposal by U.S. President Donald Trump to resettle Palestinians elsewhere and take over Gaza to create a “Riviera of the Middle East.” “I want to be very clear on this: Gaza is the land of Gazan Palestinians and they must stay in …

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MOSCOW (Reuters) – The governor of Russia’s Astrakhan region told residents not to panic on Wednesday after its main city, close to a huge gas chemical complex that was attacked by Ukrainian drones this week, was enveloped in a cloud of natural gas. Governor Igor Babushkin said the gas that people could smell was the …

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BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s foreign ministry said on Wednesday it had lodged complaints with the United States over “irresponsible” remarks regarding the Panama Canal and “attacks” on China’s cooperation with Panama over the canal. “Currently, the cooperation between China and Panama under the framework of the Belt and Road Initiative is proceeding normally,” ministry spokesperson …

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TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s SKY Perfect JSAT will invest about $230 million to build a constellation of low-Earth orbit satellites using U.S. company Planet Labs’ Pelican satellite, the company said on Wednesday. JSAT will enter the Earth observation satellite business through the investment that will be carried out by its American subsidiary, the company said. …

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By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio late on Tuesday appeared to back President Donald Trump’s plan for a U.S. takeover of Gaza, saying the Palestinian enclave must be free from Islamist group Hamas. Trump on Tuesday proposed a U.S. takeover of Gaza where Israel’s military assault in the last …

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By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) – Gender equality will become central to Australia’s foreign policy, diplomacy, trade and aid programmers under a new international strategy, Foreign Minister Penny Wong said on Wednesday in Canberra. Gender equality is a “stronger predictor of peace than a nation’s wealth or political system”, Wong said in a speech at …

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