(Reuters) – Oscar has weakened into a tropical storm from a hurricane and is moving over Eastern Cuba, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said on Sunday. The storm was located about 40 miles (65 km) east of Guantanamo Cuba, packing maximum sustained winds of 70 mph (110 kmh). (Reporting by Ashitha Shivaprasad in Bengaluru; Editing …
By Marcela Ayres BRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Sunday canceled his trip to Russia for the BRICS summit, following medical advice to temporarily avoid long-haul flights after a head injury at home that caused a minor brain hemorrhage. In a statement, the presidential office said Lula, 78, will now participate …
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JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke with former U.S. President Donald Trump, the prime minister’s office said on Sunday. “Prime Minister Netanyahu reiterated what he has also said publicly: Israel takes into account the issues the U.S. administration raises, but in the end, will make its decisions based on its national interests,” it said. …
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(Reuters) -Hurricane Oscar is expected to reach Guantanamo or Holguin in Cuba later on Sunday as the island country struggles to restore power after its worst blackout in years, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. Oscar is currently located about 115 miles (185.07 km) east-northeast of Guantanamo, Cuba, with maximum sustained winds of 80 mph …
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NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenya’s impeached deputy president, Rigathi Gachagua, said on Sunday his security protection team had been withdrawn and that President William Ruto would be responsible if anything happened to him. Gachagua – who has dismissed the charges against him as politically motivated – told journalists his safety was at risk. “It’s the most …
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OTTAWA (Reuters) – The two main parties contesting an election in the western Canadian province of British Columbia were tied after most votes had been counted, provisional results showed on Sunday, and it could be days before a winner emerges. The incumbent left-leaning New Democratic Party (NDP), in power for seven years, had won 40 …
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By Portia Crowe and Ngouda Dione DAKAR (Reuters) – Hussein Hachem hugged his injured daughter as she arrived in Senegal on a flight repatriating citizens escaping the escalating conflict in Lebanon. His 14-year-old son was not with her – killed, he said, when their home was bombed. As Israeli forces pounded southern Lebanon and Beirut’s …
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By Rich McKay ATLANTA (Reuters) -At least seven people were killed after part of a boat dock collapsed, sending at least 20 into the Atlantic waters off the coast of the U.S. state of Georgia. U.S. Coast Guard ships were searching on Saturday night for missing people. The accident, which also caused multiple injuries, happened …
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By Andrea Shalal DETROIT (Reuters) -U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris on Saturday repeated her call for a ceasefire in Israel’s war in Gaza and said it was important to seize the opportunity provided by the killing of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, a mastermind of the Oct. 7 attack. Harris acknowledged challenges ahead but told reporters …
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NAPLES, Italy (Reuters) – Defence Ministers of the Group of Seven (G7) major democracies support Ukraine’s “irreversible path to full Euro-Atlantic integration, including NATO membership,” they said in a statement on Saturday. “We underscore our intent to continue to provide assistance to Ukraine, including military assistance in the short and long term,” in its conflict …
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