By Arafat Barbakh and Mohammad Salem KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza (Reuters) – Many joyful but wary Palestinians emerged from makeshift shelters at the start of the four-day Gaza ceasefire on Friday to begin the long journey back to their homes. In the southern town of Khan Younis, which has been housing thousands of displaced families including …
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By Jeff Mason NANTUCKET, Mass. (Reuters) – President Joe Biden praised U.S. diplomacy behind Friday’s release of 24 hostages held by Hamas fighters, saying it was the start of what he expected would be further hostage releases by the Palestinian militant group in the coming days. “Beginning this morning, under a deal reached by extensive …
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By Allison Lampert and Tim Hepher (Reuters) -A meeting of more than 100 countries on Friday agreed to an interim goal for emissions reductions from global aviation by 2030 by using less-polluting fuels, but China, Russia and some others aired concerns about the impact on their economies. The goal, which came after five days of …
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MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Authorities on Friday intensified the search for three journalists believed kidnapped by armed men in the south of Mexico, which press freedom groups consider among the world’s most dangerous countries for reporters. The attorney general’s office in the state of Guerrero on Thursday said it was investigating the disappearance of five …
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By Yimou Lee and Sarah Wu TAIPEI (Reuters) -Taiwan’s opposition parties, which seek closer China ties, registered separate presidential candidates on Friday after a dramatic split, potentially easing the way for the ruling party, which has defied Beijing’s pressure, to stay in power. The Jan. 13 election is taking place as China, which views Taiwan …
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(Reuters) – Venezuelan authorities rejected a flight of Venezuelans expelled from Chile trying to enter the country, a top Chilean official said on Thursday. Chile had chartered a plane to return the Venezuelans to their country of origin, “but a single decision by the Venezuelan aeronautical authority ruined everything,” Chilean Deputy Interior Minister Manuel Monsalve …
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BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil will focus on reducing hunger and poverty, slowing climate change and global governance reform when it heads the G20 group of the world’s largest economies starting next month, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Thursday. Brazil takes over the G20 presidency from India on Dec.1 and will hold the …
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OTTAWA (Reuters) – The number of antisemitic and anti-Muslim hate crimes in Toronto, Canada’s largest city, has spiked significantly since the start of the Gaza conflict between Israel and Hamas on Oct. 7, authorities said on Friday. Police chief Myron Demkiw said 78 hate crimes had been reported between Oct. 7 and Nov. 20, compared …
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By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States is seeking a “swift” extradition from Mexico of Nestor Isidro Perez Salas, or “El Nini,” who is accused of heading security for the faction of the Sinaloa Cartel headed by the sons of founder Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland said on Thursday. The …
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By Andrew Mills and Bassam Masoud DOHA/GAZA (Reuters) -Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas will start a four-day truce on Friday morning with a first group of 13 Israeli women and child hostages released later that day, mediators in Qatar said. World powers gave the news a cautious welcome. But fighting raged on as the …
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