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The UN General Assembly on Wednesday overwhelmingly adopted a resolution calling for an immediate and unconditional ceasefire in Gaza, a symbolic gesture rejected by the United States and Israel.The resolution — adopted by a vote of 158-9, with 13 abstentions — urges “an immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire,” and “the immediate and unconditional release of …

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Gunmen in Haiti killed nine people in the latest spasm of violence by the Caribbean nation’s powerful gangs, a community leader said Wednesday.The gangsters attacked Tuesday evening in the town of Petite-Riviere in central Haiti, Bertide Horace, a spokeswoman for a community association in the surrounding Artibonite region, told AFP.Two of the fatalities were adolescents …

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The UN General Assembly on Wednesday overwhelmingly adopted a resolution calling for an immediate and unconditional ceasefire in Gaza, a symbolic gesture rejected by the United States and Israel. The resolution — adopted by a vote of 158-9, with 13 abstentions — urges “an immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire,” and “the immediate and unconditional release of …

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Somalia and Ethiopia have reached a deal to end a nearly year-old bitter dispute following hours of Turkish-brokered talks in Ankara, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday.Hailing it as a “historic agreement”, Erdogan said he hoped the deal would be “the first step towards a new beginning based on peace and cooperation between Somalia and …

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Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will undergo another operation Thursday to “minimize the risk of future bleeding” in an area under his skull that received emergency surgery this week, his doctor said.The 79-year-old president’s doctor, Roberto Kalil, told journalists on Wednesday outside the Hospital Sirio-Libanes where Lula is convalescing that the procedure was …

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The Afghan minister for refugees was killed on Wednesday in a suicide bombing at the ministry’s offices in the capital Kabul, government sources said, with the Islamic State group claiming responsibility for the attack.Taliban authorities had already blamed IS for the “cowardly attack”, which a government official told AFP had killed minister Khalil Ur-Rahman Haqqani and …

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Google on Wednesday announced the launch of Gemini 2.0, its most advanced artificial intelligence model to date, as the world’s tech giants race to take the lead in the fast developing technology.CEO Sundar Pichai said the new model would mark what the company calls “a new agentic era” in AI development, with AI models designed …

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The UN General Assembly will vote Wednesday on a draft resolution calling for an immediate and unconditional ceasefire in Gaza, a symbolic gesture after the United States vetoed a similar action in the UN Security Council. Late last month, Washington used its veto power on the Council — as it has before — to protect its …

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British designer John Galliano said Wednesday he was stepping down as creative director at Maison Margiela after 10 years at the helm of the French label.”Today is the day I say goodbye to Maison Margiela,” Galliano wrote in a long Instagram post paying tribute to the Italian fashion mogul and owner of the brand, Renzo …

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Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is alert and has “progressed well” since undergoing intracranial surgery for bleeding that put pressure on his brain, the hospital treating him said Wednesday.Lula, 79, remains under observation in intensive care in the Hospital Sirio-Libanes in Sao Paulo following the emergency operation carried out on Tuesday. His doctors …

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