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SANTIAGO (Reuters) – Peruvian police and mountain rescue workers recovered the body of an American climber who went missing in 2002 as glaciers in Peru’s highest mountain and surrounding area continue to retreat. The mummified, skeletal corpse still had well-preserved climbing boots, crampons and clothing, as well as a driver’s license and passport belonging to …

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By Sarah Morland (Reuters) – Leaders across the Caribbean were still tallying the financial toll wrought by the earliest Atlantic storm on record to intensify to the maximum Category 5 level, after it left a trail of destruction on Jamaica and islands of the eastern Caribbean. “There is no doubt this disaster will have a …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House on Tuesday accused Tehran of trying to take advantage of Gaza-related protests in the U.S. and described such behavior as unacceptable, following a warning by the top U.S. intelligence official that Iran was trying to stoke discord in American society. The warning, issued earlier on Tuesday by Director of …

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By Nate Raymond (Reuters) – A federal judge in Alaska who abruptly resigned last week subjected his staff to a hostile work environment and engaged in an inappropriate sexual relationship with a law clerk, a U.S. judicial panel said on Monday. The 9th Circuit Judicial Council publicly reprimanded and admonished U.S. District Judge Joshua Kindred, …

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By Nelson Acosta HAVANA (Reuters) – Cuba has foiled a plot to sneak arms and ammunition onto the Caribbean island from the United States, detaining nearly three dozen people in a broader scheme authorities say sought to destabilize its government, a Cuba Interior Ministry official said on Monday. Cuba first unveiled details of the plot …

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By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) -New York University has settled a lawsuit by Jewish students who accused the school of failing to stop antisemitism on campus, a spokeswoman for the Manhattan federal court said on Monday. The settlement came as both sides canceled a scheduled Tuesday hearing on NYU’s motion to dismiss the case. …

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By Angelica Medina (Reuters) – The U.S. men’s 3×3 basketball team will make their Olympic debut with a revamped and unconventional squad seeking redemption in Paris after failing to qualify for Tokyo. The key to the team’s resurgence lies less in their training or tactics and more in the non-traditional backgrounds of their players, who …

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By Sabine Siebold WASHINGTON (Reuters) – NATO will need between 35 and 50 extra brigades to fully realise its new plans to defend against an attack from Russia, a military source told Reuters. The source, speaking on condition of anonymity, declined to provide any more detail about the plans, which are secret. A brigade consists …

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By Elizabeth Pineau PARIS (Reuters) – The champagne was on ice at the far-right National Rally’s (RN) headquarters, but the celebratory mood swiftly turned to disbelief when the first projected results from Sunday’s parliamentary election appeared on TV screens. For days, Marine Le Pen had confidently predicted that her party would triumph with an outright …

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