By Marcela Ayres RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) -Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva kicked off a global effort on Wednesday to end hunger and extreme poverty, aiming to make it a hallmark of Brazil’s G20 presidency as he seeks to restore the country’s soft power on the world stage. Alongside foreign officials in Rio …
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By Lucy Craymer WELLINGTON (Reuters) -Moeapulu Frances Tagaloa was repeatedly abused from the age of five to seven by a popular Catholic brother who taught at a school which neighboured the Catholic primary she attended in Auckland, New Zealand. “He was a popular, well-known teacher but he was also a paedophile and unfortunately there were …
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By Gloria Dickie LONDON (Reuters) – Monday, July 22 was again the hottest day on record, according to preliminary data from a European Union monitoring agency, inching past Sunday, July 21 which had just taken the title. The global average surface air temperature rose to 17.15 degrees Celsius — 0.06 degrees higher than Sunday’s marginal …
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By Catherine Cartier DUBAI (Reuters) -Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite internet service has been activated in a hospital in the Gaza Strip with the help of the United Arab Emirates and Israel, the SpaceX chief executive said. The Gulf Arab state’s foreign minister, Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, thanked the billionaire entrepreneur for supporting the …
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By Jasper Ward and Matt Spetalnick WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump will host Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday at his resort in Palm Beach, Florida, Trump said on Tuesday, a sign the two men are looking to ease tensions between them. “Looking forward to welcoming Bibi Netanyahu at Mar-a-Lago in Palm …
By Mohammad Ponir Hossain, Ruma Paul and Sam Jahan DHAKA (Reuters) – The Bangladesh government said on Tuesday it would heed a Supreme Court ruling that 93% of state jobs be open to competition, meeting a key demand of students after a week of some of the country’s deadliest protests in years. But students raised …
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(Reuters) – NATO confirmed on Tuesday the appointment of Spanish diplomat Javier Colomina as the military alliance’s new envoy tasked with coordinating actions on its southern flank, a move that has caused outrage in Italy. Italian Defence Minister Guido Crosetto has accused NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg of betraying Rome by not appointing an Italian …
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By Anthony Boadle BRASILIA (Reuters) – Protection of Brazil’s Indigenous communities from violence by land grabbers and ranchers was “insufficient” in 2023, according to a report published on Monday, dashing hopes that the situation would improve under leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula. The Missionary Council for Indigenous Peoples (CIMI), an organization of the Catholic Bishops …
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FRANKFURT (Reuters) – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Sunday that U.S. President Joe Biden’s decision to drop his reelection bid deserved recognition, and praised his achievements including strengthening the NATO military alliance. “Joe Biden has achieved a great deal: for his country, for Europe, for the world,” Scholz said on X. “Thanks to him, …
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GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) – The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turk, said on Friday that democracy in Guatemala “remains in danger,” despite election winner Bernardo Arevalo assuming the presidency this year after a post-electoral crisis. Guatemala had in 2023 one of the most tense electoral processes in its recent history, after the …
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