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By Ceyda Caglayan and Ezgi Erkoyun ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish sports presenter Sinem Okten was surprised to see her visa application to Europe’s Schengen area rejected twice, having visited often to cover matches and interview figures like Italian keeper Gianluigi Buffon and Liverpool’s Juergen Klopp. “I applied first to Germany then to France. Both rejected …

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(Reuters) -U.S wireless carrier T-Mobile US Inc will use Elon Musk-owned SpaceX’s Starlink satellites to provide mobile users with network access in parts of the United States, the companies announced on Thursday, outlining plans to connect users’ mobile phones directly to satellites in orbit. The new plans, which would exist alongside T-mobile’s existing cellular services, …

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By Sheila Dang (Reuters) -Twitter founder and former chief executive Jack Dorsey tweeted Thursday that he regrets the social media platform became a company. “The biggest issue and my biggest regret is that it became a company,” Dorsey tweeted in response to a question about whether Twitter turned out the way he had envisioned. Dorsey …

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NAIROBI (Reuters) – Fighting flared for a second day in northern Ethiopia, residents said on Thursday, an outbreak of violence that has shattered hopes for fledgling peace talks between the government and forces from the Tigray region. “We are frequently hearing the sound of heavy weapons, more than the previous days,” a farmer in Amhara’s …

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By Yimou Lee and Ben Blanchard TAIPEI (Reuters) -Taiwan proposed on Thursday $19 billion in defence spending for next year, a double-digit increase on 2022 that includes funds for new fighter jets, weeks after China staged large-scale military exercises around the island it views as its territory. China carried out its largest-ever war games around …

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By Panu Wongcha-um BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s new acting leader, Prawit Wongsuwan, represents little substantial change from suspended Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha for opposition forces seeking to end what they decry as military dominance of politics. For the ruling coalition led by the pro-army Palang Pracharat party, Prawit’s caretaker role represents stability until the Constitutional …

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(Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State spokesperson Ned Price on Wednesday condemned plans by Russian-backed authorities to try Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs) in the port city of Mariupol saying that the unlawful process would amount to a “mockery of justice.” (Reporting by Tyler Clifford)

By Henriette Chacar JERUSALEM (Reuters) -A Palestinian prisoner who has been on hunger strike for over 160 days in protest over his detention by Israel could die at any moment, his lawyer said on Wednesday. Israeli forces arrested Khalil Awawdeh, 40, in December 2021 and have since held him without charge or trial, a practice …

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