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By Anastasiia Malenko and Olena Harmash KYIV (Reuters) -Russia launched a barrage of drones and missiles at Ukraine’s energy infrastructure and other targets, forcing nationwide power restrictions and killing seven people, including a seven-year-old girl, Ukrainian officials said on Thursday. Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko accused Moscow of targeting Ukrainian people and power supplies as the …

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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -China has approved the transfer agreement for the short video app TikTok, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Thursday, adding that he expects it to move forward in coming weeks and months but giving no other details. “In Kuala Lumpur, we finalized the TikTok agreement in terms of getting …

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(Corrects 1st paragraph to say two dead in Sloviansk attack, not three) (Reuters) -A Russian bomb strike on a Ukrainian thermal power plant killed two people and injured others on Thursday in the eastern city of Sloviansk, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said. Zelenskiy, speaking in his nightly video address, described the attack in Donetsk region near …

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By Maria Tsvetkova, Helen Coster and Aleksandra Michalska NEW YORK (Reuters) -New York chef Kemoy Gordon last spoke to his cousin in Jamaica on Monday, as his family prepared to leave their beachside home on the western part of the Caribbean island ahead of Hurricane Melissa. That was the last time he made contact with …

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(Reuters) -The United States is prepared to offer immediate humanitarian aid to people of Cuba who were affected by Hurricane Melissa, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Thursday. The department has issued a declaration for humanitarian assistance for Cuba, as it did for neighboring Caribbean countries, and is prepared to provide immediate aid …

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RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) -The deadliest police operation against drug gangs in Brazil’s history killed at least 121 people, authorities said on Wednesday, as Rio de Janeiro residents lined a street with dozens of corpses found overnight. State police said the raids targeting a major drug gang had been planned exhaustively for more than two …

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By Natalia Siniawski and Raul Cortes MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Wednesday she disagrees with a U.S. decision to revoke approval of 13 Mexican airline routes to the United States and the cancellation of combined passenger and cargo flights from Mexico City’s Felipe Angeles International Airport. Sheinbaum will request a meeting …

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