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By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -The United Nations Security Council on Wednesday “strongly warned against any attempts to dismantle or diminish” the operations and mandate of the U.N. Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA after Israel passed a law banning its operations. In a statement adopted by consensus, the 15-member body expressed grave concern over the …

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(Reuters) – The Biden Administration on Wednesday added 40 companies and research institutions to a trade restriction list over their alleged support of the Russian military, as Washington seeks to keep up pressure on Moscow’s war effort in Ukraine. The entities — including 13 Russian and 11 Chinese ones, were targeted by the Commerce Department …

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MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippine police said on Wednesday they will investigate revelations made by former President Rodrigo Duterte that he assembled a “death squad” to control crime when he was mayor of the southern city of Davao. Duterte had pointed at former police officers present at a Senate inquiry into his deadly “war on …

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MADRID (Reuters) – An unspecified number of corpses have been found in areas affected by flash floods that are devastating southeastern Spain, the leader of the Valencia region told reporters early on Wednesday. “Dead bodies have been found, but out of respect for the families, we are not going to provide any further data,” Carlos …

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RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Brazilian armed forces will be used to reinforce security during the meeting of the Group of 20 leading economies in Rio de Janeiro next month, the city’s state secretary for security said on Tuesday. Under Brazil’s law, the country’s president has the power to deploy the military temporarily to a …

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By Jake Spring CALI, Colombia (Reuters) – Colombia at the U.N. COP16 biodiversity talks on Tuesday launched a coalition with 20 other countries seeking to make “peace with nature,” as leaders warned that the rapid destruction of the environment risks humanity’s own extinction. The summit of nearly 200 countries under way in the mountain-ringed city …

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