By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) – A World Health Organization staff member hopes to raise enough money through fundraising on social media to soften the impact of President Donald Trump pulling the United States out of the organisation, she told Reuters on Tuesday. The “1 Dollar, 1 World” campaign is asking people around the world …
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MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s Senate will use a drawing to choose the candidates to compete for judge and magistrate positions in June elections, resulting in members of an evaluation committee resigning, and underscoring the challenges of organizing the historic vote. The committee’s resignation raises questions about transparency from critics of Mexico’s sweeping judicial reform, …
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By Mohammed Salem and Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA/CAIRO (Reuters) -Displaced Palestinians returning to their homes in Gaza City this week found a city in ruins after 15 months of fighting, with many seeking shelter amongst the rubble and searching for relatives lost in the chaotic return march. Gaza City, in the north of the enclave, is …
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By Pamela Rojas SANTO DOMINGO (Reuters) – As spiraling violence in Haiti puts healthcare out of reach for most, Haitian mothers are seeking care at hospitals in neighboring Dominican Republic despite government policies there scaling up deportations. The two countries share the Caribbean island of Hispaniola, but are divided by a heavily secured border, long-standing …
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By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Implementation of a ban on the U.N. Palestinian relief agency UNRWA in Israel – due to start on Thursday – will be disastrous, the UNRWA chief told the Security Council on Tuesday, as the United States accused it of being “irresponsible and dangerous.” The law, adopted in October, …
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By Abhijith Ganapavaram, Allison Lampert and Dan Catchpole (Reuters) -Boeing said on Tuesday it was making progress on increasing plane production, and its shares jumped nearly 8%, despite the company recording its biggest annual loss in four years. The $11.8-billion loss, due to problems at its major units, along with fallout from a crippling strike …
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By Huseyin Hayatsever ANKARA (Reuters) -Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) will name its presidential candidate for the next election in coming months, its leader said on Tuesday in what he called a move to counter a judicial crackdown on his party. The next presidential and parliamentary elections are not scheduled until 2028, but …
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UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United States will withdraw from the Paris climate agreement on Jan. 27, 2026, the United Nations said on Tuesday after Washington formally notified Secretary-General Antonio Guterres of President Donald Trump’s decision to quit. (Reporting by Michelle Nichols; Editing by Doina Chiacu)
(Reuters) – Israeli troops who seized strategic ground in southern Syria after the fall of Bashar al-Assad will remain on the summit of Mount Hermon indefinitely, Defence Minister Israel Katz said on Tuesday after visiting troops there. Katz said Israel would not allow what he described as hostile forces to establish themselves in southern Syria. …
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CAIRO (Reuters) – Qatar’s prime minister and foreign minister, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, took part in a phone call on Tuesday with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio to discuss the continuation of their joint mediation efforts in Gaza, the Qatari foreign ministry said. The men expressed hope that a ceasefire deal reaches …
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