RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) – Israeli forces killed a Palestinian teenager on Thursday during clashes in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry said, the latest in a string of deadly incidents that have stoked fears of an escalation. Violence in the West Bank has surged in recent months as Israel has intensified raids …
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JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Iran’s 2015 nuclear deal with world powers is “in the ER room” and is unlikely to be renewed soon, if at all, Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz said on Thursday after European leaders voiced doubt about Tehran’s willingness to revive the pact. Israel, Iran’s arch-foe, supported the U.S. withdrawal from the accord …
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By Simon Lewis and Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States distanced itself on Wednesday from a visit by former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Bill Richardson to Russia where WNBA star Brittney Griner and former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan remain jailed. Richardson, who has privately worked to secure the release of American detainees …
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By Christopher Bing and Andy Sullivan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Three Iranians have been charged with trying to extort hundreds of thousands of dollars from organizations in the United States, Europe, Iran and Israel, including a domestic violence shelter, by hacking in to their computer systems, U.S. officials said on Wednesday. Other targets included local U.S. governments, …
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By Dave Sherwood HAVANA (Reuters) – Colombia´s National Liberation Army (ELN) favors a bilateral ceasefire to pave the way for renewed peace talks, the leftist guerilla group´s top negotiator told Reuters in Havana on Wednesday, and said the rebels would be united upon returning to the bargaining table. Pablo Beltran, who leads the ELN´s delgation …
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By Leah Douglas WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Agriculture will invest nearly $3 billion in projects to reduce climate-harming emissions from farming and forestry, tripling the funding it had initially envisioned for the program, the agency announced on Wednesday. The investment is part of a broader effort by the administration of President Joe …
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By Harold Isaac PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – Residents of Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince sheltered at home on Tuesday as gun fire rung out, road blocks and burning tires were placed along city streets and protesters threw stones in an angry response to expected new fuel price hikes and crime. The latest demonstrations come as inflation surged to …
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By Max Hunder KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine said on Tuesday it feared Russia would step up attacks on its energy system to turn the screws on Kyiv this winter, and that it was pleading with Western powers for air defence technology to avert this. A series of devastating strikes hit Ukraine’s power and heating infrastructure over …
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MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – The 76-year-old Mexican drug lord Miguel Angel Felix Gallardo has been granted house arrest after three decades in jail by a district judge, prosecutors said on Monday. A legendary figure in the drug world and co-founder of the Guadelajara cartel, Felix Gallardo was a pioneer in trafficking large shipments of cocaine …
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By Ismail Shakil (Reuters) – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday attacked veteran lawmaker Pierre Poilievre, who was elected new leader of the opposing Conservative Party, for what Trudeau called “reckless” economic policies. Poilievre, 43, secured 68% of his party’s vote on Saturday to become the sixth Conservative Party chief since 2015, a period …
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