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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The outgoing Biden administration pressed ahead on Friday with diplomacy aimed at reaching deals to end Israel’s conflicts in Gaza and Lebanon, with Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaking to counterparts in the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia. U.S. officials have said they will make a final push to reach deals …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Biden on Friday condemned attacks on Israeli soccer fans in Amsterdam overnight as “despicable” and said they “echo dark moments in history when Jews persecuted.” Biden said in a post on X that the United States has been in touch with Israeli and Dutch officials.”We must relentlessly fight Antisemitism, wherever …

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By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Biden administration said on Friday it has bought its last batch of oil for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve after selling a record amount from the facility in 2022 to counter fuel prices that had risen after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The Department of Energy said it had bought …

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By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) – The head of Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Friday that states supplying weapons to Israel as it pursues conflicts in Gaza and Lebanon despite evidence of violations of international law are empowering belligerents elsewhere. Tirana Hassan, HRW’s Executive Director, said that countries like the United States, Germany and …

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By Huseyin Hayatsever and Tuvan Gumrukcu ANKARA (Reuters) – President Tayyip Erdogan sought to reset Turkey’s strained ties with the United States by inviting President-elect Donald Trump to visit, and said Trump spoke very positively about Turkey during a phone call. Trump’s election victory this week was generally met with cheer in NATO-member Turkey, with …

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By Anna Mehler Paperny TORONTO (Reuters) – Canadian police and migrant aid groups are bracing for an influx of asylum-seekers fleeing President-elect Donald Trump’s United States at the same time Canada deals with record numbers of refugee claimants and is trying to bring in fewer immigrants. The former and now future U.S. president swept to …

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