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BOGOTA (Reuters) -Colombia’s government will not unilaterally end peace talks with rebels from the National Liberation Army (ELN), its peace delegation said on Thursday, even though a ceasefire between the two sides expired earlier this month. Vera Grabe, head of the government’s delegation, and Senator Ivan Cepeda, said it was up to the rebel group …

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(Reuters) -AstraZeneca said on Thursday the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted its blockbuster cancer drug Imfinzi a priority review for patients with limited-stage small cell lung cancer in the United States. Shares hit a record high of 130.48 pounds, taking its market capitalisation to about 202 billion pounds ($259 billion) and cementing …

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(Reuters) – Kiribati’s pro-China President Taneti Maamau and opposition leader Tessie Lambourne won their seats in a national election held in the remote Pacific Island nation, unofficial results showed on Thursday. Voters cast ballots on Wednesday for 44 parliamentary seats, and unofficial results a day later showed more than a dozen seats will likely require …

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By Lewis Jackson SYDNEY (Reuters) – The leader of Australia’s main opposition party was told to “stop being racist” by another parliamentarian during a heated discussion on Thursday in which he said that Australia should not take in any refugees from Gaza. Independent parliamentarian Zali Steggall made the remarks during a speech criticising centre-right Liberal …

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TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Wednesday he would step down next month, a move that sets off a scramble among would-be successors to replace him as head of the world’s fourth-largest economy. Click here for a rundown of likely candidates aiming to aiming to succeed Kishida as Japan’s premier. WHY …

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By James Mackenzie JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israeli Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir on Tuesday visited the Al-Aqsa mosque compound known to Jews as Temple Mount, and said Jews should be allowed to pray there, freshly challenging rules covering one of the most sensitive sites in the Middle East. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu quickly denied there would be …

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By Marianna Parraga, Matt Spetalnick and Lisandra Paraguassu HOUSTON/WASHINGTON/BRASILIA (Reuters) – More than two weeks after Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro claimed reelection victory, the U.S. and other Western countries are showing little sign of swift tough action over what many of them have condemned as voting fraud. Most governments have demanded that Venezuela’s National Electoral …

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By Lais Morais SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Forensics experts at Sao Paulo’s morgue had by Tuesday identified the bodies of 35 of the 62 people who were killed in a plane crash in a residential area of Vinhedo last week, killing all aboard, authorities said. A Brazilian Air Force KC-390 transport plane flew the remains …

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