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By Christopher Scicluna VALLETTA (Reuters) -Western countries including the United States assailed Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov over the war in Ukraine on Thursday at an annual meeting of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe in Malta. Ukraine dominated the foreign ministers’ meeting politically although envoys were also due to formally approve agreements …

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By Rachael Levy (Reuters) – An animal testing laboratory at Elon Musk’s Neuralink brain technology company was found to have “objectionable conditions or practices” by the Food and Drug Administration, which cited the company and urged it to address the problems. FDA inspectors identified the issues at Neuralink’s animal testing facilities in California in June …

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By Jisoo Kim and Daewoung Kim SEOUL (Reuters) – A South Korean party spokesperson seen grappling with a rifle-wielding soldier in a video that went viral as a symbol of defiance against martial law insisted on Thursday that she was not especially brave. President Yoon Suk Yeol was forced to abandon his declaration of martial …

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By Dave Sherwood HAVANA (Reuters) -Cuba said it had reconnected its national electrical grid on Thursday, though generation remained well below demand one day after a plant failure knocked out power to millions across the island. The National Electric Union (UNE) said on Thursday that it had boosted generation to 1,450 megawatts (MW), still less …

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GENEVA (Reuters) -International aid groups said that Israel had failed to meet a series of U.S. demands intended to improve the humanitarian crisis in Gaza by a Tuesday deadline. The United States told its ally Israel in a letter on Oct. 13 that it must take steps to improve the aid situation in war-ravaged Gaza …

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By Nelson Bocanegra MONTERIA, Colombia (Reuters) – President Gustavo Petro, Colombia’s first leftist leader, promised his government would acquire 3 million hectares (7.4 million acres) of land for victims of the country’s six-decade conflict, to meet the terms of a 2016 peace deal with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).  It has not proved easy. …

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MOSCOW/BEIJING (Reuters) – The most important task for Russia and China is to counter any attempt by the United States to contain their countries, an ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin told the Chinese foreign minister on Tuesday. U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has threatened to impose steep tariffs on China and other countries, raising the …

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By Peter Hobson and Lewis Jackson CANBERRA (Reuters) -China is stepping up pressure on the Philippines to concede its sovereign rights in the South China Sea, Manila’s Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro said on Tuesday after meeting his Australian counterpart in Canberra. The fifth such meeting since August 2023 reflects growing security ties between the countries, …

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