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US judge finds Israel’s NSO Group liable for hacking in WhatsApp lawsuit

23 Dec 2024 23 Dec 2024

(Reuters) -A U.S. judge ruled on Friday in favor of Meta Platforms’ WhatsApp in a lawsuit accusing Israel’s NSO Group of exploiting a bug in the messaging app to install spy software allowing unauthorized surveillance. U.S. District Judge Phyllis Hamilton in Oakland, California, granted a motion by WhatsApp and found NSO liable for hacking and …

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New conflict in northeast Syria could bring ‘dramatic consequences’, UN envoy says

23 Dec 2024 23 Dec 2024

BEIRUT (Reuters) – Tensions in northeast Syria between Kurdish-led authorities and Turkish-backed groups should be resolved politically or risk “dramatic consequences” for all of Syria, the United Nations envoy for the country Geir Pedersen told Reuters on Monday. Hostilities have escalated between Syrian rebels backed by Ankara and the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces in the …

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Explainer-What is the Panama Canal and why has Trump threatened to take it over?

23 Dec 2024 23 Dec 2024

By Sarah Morland (Reuters) – Latin American leaders on Monday rallied to Panama’s defense after U.S. President-elect Donald Trump threatened to reimpose U.S. control over the Panama Canal, a key global shipping route located in the Central American nation. WHAT IS THE PANAMA CANAL? The Panama Canal is an 82-km (51-mile) artificial waterway that connects …

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Over 200 killed in Haiti’s Cite Soleil massacre, UN report finds

23 Dec 2024 23 Dec 2024

(Reuters) – At least 207 people were killed by members of the Wharf Jeremie gang in Haiti’s portside neighborhood of Cite Soleil earlier this month, the United Nations said in a report on Monday, revising up a death toll it initially estimated at 187. In a new report on the massacre, the U.N. Office of …

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Luigi Mangione pleads not guilty to murder of health insurance CEO

23 Dec 2024 23 Dec 2024

By Jack Queen and Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) -Luigi Mangione, the man accused of fatally gunning down health insurance executive Brian Thompson on a Manhattan street, pleaded not guilty on Monday to New York state murder charges that brand him a terrorist. Mangione, 26, was escorted into Judge Gregory Carro’s 13th-floor courtroom in the …

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After Trump threat, Mexican president says Panama Canal belongs to Panamanians

23 Dec 2024 23 Dec 2024

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum expressed support for Panama’s government on Monday after U.S. President-elect Donald Trump threatened to reassert U.S. control over the Panama Canal on Sunday. “Indeed, the Panama Canal belongs to the Panamanians,” Sheinbaum said, speaking during her regular morning press conference. Sheinbaum’s comments came one day after Trump …

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Canada’s Trudeau faces increasing pressure from his own MPs to quit

23 Dec 2024 23 Dec 2024

By David Ljunggren OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, whose party looks set to lose power early next year, is under increasing pressure from his own legislators to step down and let someone else take over. The ruling Liberals face obliteration in the next election after more than nine years in office amid …

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Factbox-Facts about the suspect in German Christmas market attack

23 Dec 2024 23 Dec 2024

BERLIN (Reuters) -Here is what we know so far about the man who was arrested as the suspected driver in a car-ramming attack on Friday at a Christmas market in the German city of Magdeburg in which five people were killed and some 200 injured. LIFE IN GERMANY The suspect is a 50-year-old from Saudi …

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South Korean opposition threatens to impeach Han over martial law counsel

23 Dec 2024 23 Dec 2024

By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s main opposition party threatened on Monday to impeach acting president Han Duck-soo if he failed to approve legislation to launch a special counsel investigation into President Yoon Suk Yeol’s failed bid to impose martial law. Prime Minister Han has taken over from the suspended Yoon, who was …

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Trump threatens to retake control of Panama Canal

23 Dec 2024 23 Dec 2024

By Gram Slattery WEST PALM BEACH, Florida (Reuters) -President-elect Donald Trump threatened to reassert U.S. control over the Panama Canal on Sunday, accusing Panama of charging excessive rates to use the Central American passage and drawing a sharp rebuke from Panamanian President Jose Raul Mulino. Speaking to a crowd of supporters in Arizona, Trump also …

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