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(Adds additional reporting credit) WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States continues to assess that the threat of attack against Israel by Iran and its proxy groups still exists, the Pentagon said on Monday, after Hezbollah launched hundreds of rockets and drones at Israel in retaliation for the killing of a senior Hezbollah commander. “I would point …

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DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran does not seek to increase Middle East tensions, Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi told his Italian counterpart Antonio Tajani, adding that its response to the killing of the Hamas chief in Tehran would be “definite and calculated”. Iran blames Israel for the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh on July 31, which …

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By Allison Lampert MONTREAL (Reuters) -A decision obliging more than 9,000 Canadian rail workers to stay on the job is a win for the railways and could impact bargaining in other federally regulated sectors like aviation, the head of a Canadian rail workers’ union told Reuters. Paul Boucher, president of the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference, …

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JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday Israel would take all measures necessary to defend itself, after the Iranian-backed Hezbollah launched hundreds of rockets and drones at Israel in retaliation for the killing of a senior commander. “We are determined to do everything possible to defend our country, to return the …

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SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazil’s Sao Paulo state said that wildfire outbreaks were affecting or closing in on 30 of its cities on Friday evening, adding two people had died in an industrial plant trying to hold back the flames. The cities have been affected by dry, hot weather in recent days, the government said …

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By Allison Lampert, David Ljunggren, Anna Mehler Paperny MONTREAL/OTTAWA (Reuters) -The union representing over 9,000 Canadian rail workers vowed on Friday to challenge the federal government’s effort to mandate binding arbitration that would end an unprecedented rail stoppage at both of the country’s main freight rail carriers. The Teamsters union also filed notice to strike …

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By Ana Isabel Martinez MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexico’s president on Friday blasted the U.S. ambassador’s criticism of his judicial reform bill as disrespectful, pointing to what he called a long history of “interventionist policy” across the Americas led by the U.S. Outgoing President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has made passage of the judicial overhaul a …

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SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s medical association warned on Friday that a spike in COVID-19 cases and an ongoing strike by trainee doctors could cripple hospital emergency rooms next month at a time when many doctors will also be off due to a public holiday. The government has, however, disputed the risk of ER closures …

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