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Israeli strike in Lebanon’s Sidon kills three citizens, Lebanese army says

DUBAI (Reuters) -An Israeli strike on the southern Lebanese city of Sidon killed three Lebanese citizens and wounded three Lebanese soldiers, the Lebanese army said on Thursday, and the Malaysian government said six of its personnel with UNIFIL forces had been injured.The strike targeted a car while it was passing a checkpoint, killing three Lebanese …

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Putin praises Trump, says Russia is ready for dialogue

By Vladimir Soldatkin and Guy Faulconbridge SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday congratulated Donald Trump on winning the U.S. election, praised him for showing courage when a gunman tried to assassinate him, and said Moscow was ready for dialogue with the Republican president-elect. In his first public remarks since Trump’s win, Putin …

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Trump’s team keen to unite anti-dictatorship exiles, Nicaragua dissident says

By Gabriela Selser MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Members of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team reached out to a leading Nicaraguan opposition figure on Thursday, saying they want to unite exiled communities from Nicaragua, Cuba, and Venezuela, the opposition figure said. Miami-based Felix Maradiaga, head of Nicaragua’s Freedom Foundation and a vocal critic of Nicaraguan …

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Nigeria rights body to present findings on abortion allegations against military

ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigeria’s human rights commission will on Friday deliver its findings from an investigation into Reuters reports, which found the military ran a secret, systematic and illegal abortion programme and massacred children in its fight against Islamist insurgents in the northeast. The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), which is appointed by the government, …

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Israel has made progress on assistance into Gaza but more needs to be done, Pentagon chief says

MIAMI (Reuters) – U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Thursday that Israel had made some progress in getting assistance into Gaza but more needed to be done. The U.S. told Israel in a letter last month it must take steps in the next month to improve the humanitarian situation in Gaza or face potential …

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Putin suggests Russia could hold military drills with North Korea

SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) -President Vladimir Putin suggested on Thursday that Russia could hold military drills with North Korea. “We’ll see. We could also conduct exercises. Why not?,” Putin said, when asked whether Moscow would conduct joint military drills with Pyongyang. Putin, who has neither denied nor confirmed the presence of North Korean troops inside a …

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Argentina’s Milei to meet with Trump, Musk next week in the US

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentina’s libertarian President Javier Milei will meet with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and tycoon Elon Musk next week in the United States, a government spokesperson said on Thursday. The meeting with Trump will take place at Mar-a-Lago, the incoming U.S. leader’s private south Florida club, according to the spokesperson. Since his …

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US expands bird flu testing after finding symptom-free infections in people

By Deena Beasley and Leah Douglas (Reuters) – Farm workers who have been exposed to animals with bird flu should be tested for the virus even if they do not have symptoms, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Thursday. The change to the agency’s testing recommendation comes as the U.S. Department …

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Pressure mounts on Germany’s Scholz to trigger election after coalition collapse

By Sarah Marsh, Andreas Rinke BERLIN (Reuters) -German opposition parties and business groups on Thursday urged Chancellor Olaf Scholz to trigger a new election quickly to minimise political uncertainty after his rocky three-way coalition collapsed. The coalition fell apart on Wednesday when years of tensions culminated in a row over how to plug a multi-billion-euro …

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Iran’s Pezeshkian says Tehran indifferent to US election result

By Parisa Hafezi DUBAI (Reuters) -Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said the result of the U.S. election did not matter to his country, state media reported on Thursday, amid heightened tensions with Washington over its support for Iran’s arch-enemy, Israel. Donald Trump’s return to the White House following his election victory this week could mean tougher …

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