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By Olivia Le Poidevin and Yesim Dikmen GENEVA (Reuters) -The U.N. children’s charity UNICEF called on Friday for all crossings for food aid into war-shattered Gaza to be opened, saying children in the territory were especially vulnerable because they have gone without proper food for long periods. “The situation is critical. We risk seeing a …

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By Marco Aquino and Sarah Morland LIMA (Reuters) -Peru’s lawmakers swore in Congress chief Jose Jeri as the country’s new president less than an hour after unanimously voting to remove President Dina Boluarte, as anger mounted over rising crime and accusations of corruption. One of the world’s least popular leaders was ousted shortly after midnight …

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MOSCOW (Reuters) -President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that Russia was developing new strategic weapons and it would not be critical for Moscow if the United States declined to extend the warhead limits set out in a nuclear arms treaty that expires next year. He said it would, however, be a shame if nothing remained …

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By Alexander Villegas BOGOTA (Reuters) -Peruvian President Dina Boluarte’s tenure was marked by turmoil from the moment she assumed power, but the unpopular leader was able to hang on for years until she was removed from office y Congress in the early hours of Friday. Boluarte, a 63-year-old mother of two from a village in …

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(Corrects to say removed, not impeached, in headline and paragraph 1) LIMA (Reuters) -Peru’s Congress voted on Friday to remove President Dina Boluarte, among the world’s most unpopular leaders, in a late-night session called hours after political parties from across the spectrum called for her removal. Lawmakers voted to debate her removal from office on …

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By Steve Holland, Phil Stewart and Ismail Shakil WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States will deploy up to 200 troops to Israel to establish a task force to support stabilization efforts in Gaza, but no Americans are expected to be deployed into the Palestinian enclave, U.S. officials said on Thursday. The U.S. military’s Central Command will …

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