By Lizbeth Diaz TIJUANA, Mexico (Reuters) – Naser Zazai, 29, had planned to reunite with his mother and brother in the United States this week after fleeing Afghanistan, where he says he was threatened and attacked because his brother had once worked for the U.S. military. Instead, he is now stranded in Mexico after U.S. …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Israeli operations in the West Bank have killed at least 12 Palestinians since Tuesday and could threaten the newly agreed ceasefire in Gaza, United Nations Human Rights office spokesperson Thameen Al-Kheetan said on Friday. Hundreds of Jenin residents fled their homes as the military demolished a number of houses on the third …
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BERLIN (Reuters) – The European Commission has completed its initial probe into social media platform X and will soon decide to impose a fine worth millions of euros, Germany’s Handelsblatt newspaper reported on Friday, citing three high-ranking officials from the bloc. There was no immediate reply to a request for comment from the European Commission. …
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(In story published on Jan. 20, corrects number of hostages to be released to 33, not more than 90, in paragraph 2) CAIRO/TEL AVIV (Reuters) -Hamas said on Monday it would next release hostages held in Gaza on Saturday, after an official with the Palestinian militant group had said they would be released a day …
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By Peter Hobson and Alasdair Pal CANBERRA (Reuters) -Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Friday announced cash incentives to attract apprentices to an overstretched construction industry, adding to billions of dollars in extra spending ahead of a general election due within months. Construction apprentices will be offered a cash incentive of A$10,000 ($6,281) each, Albanese …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said in an interview broadcast on Thursday that he plans to seek to engage North Korean leader Kim Jong Un anew after the two men developed a working relationship in Trump’s first term. “I’ll reach out to him again,” Trump told Fox News’ Sean Hannity. (Reporting By Steve Holland; …
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By Paolo Chiriatti ROME (Reuters) -Italy’s highest court on Thursday upheld the conviction of American Amanda Knox for slander in a case related to the murder of her British flatmate in 2007, the final act in a legal drama lasting almost two decades. An appeals court in Florence had last year handed Knox a three-year …
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By Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday re-designated Yemen’s Houthi movement, known formally as Ansar Allah, as a “foreign terrorist organization”, the White House said. The move will impose harsher economic penalties than the Biden administration had applied to the Iran-aligned group in response to its attacks on commercial shipping …
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By Lisa Richwine and Danielle Broadway LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The Netflix movie musical “Emilia Perez” led the Academy Award nominations on Thursday, giving the streaming service another shot at its first best-picture trophy, followed by historical drama “The Brutalist” and box-office smash “Wicked.” “Emilia Perez,” the Spanish-language story of a Mexican drug lord who …
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DAKAR (Reuters) – The U.S. plan to withdraw from the World Health Organization will squeeze Africa’s health initiatives, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention said on Thursday, calling on African countries to find alternative sources of financing. U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on the WHO exit on Monday, shortly after …
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