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Lebanon said two Israeli strikes on central Beirut killed six people on Sunday, with Hezbollah confirming its spokesperson was among the dead. Israel has been heavily bombing Beirut’s southern suburbs, a Hezbollah stronghold, since all-out war erupted on September 23, but attacks on central Beirut have been rarer.The first strike, on Beirut’s Ras al-Nabaa district, killed …

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Israeli strikes killed dozens of people in Gaza Sunday, civil defence rescuers said, most of them in northern Gaza where the UN and others have decried disastrous humanitarian conditions.In Lebanon, Israeli strikes killed 11 people in the south and six in Beirut — including Hezbollah spokesman Mohammed Afif.Vowing to stop Hamas from regrouping in northern …

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War, interrogations and a journey lasting days are not enough to stop Anna visiting her parents and beloved little brother in Russian-occupied eastern Ukraine.She left her family behind in the months after Russia’s invasion of her homeland and, like several million other Ukrainians, has been living in Europe since. The 25-year-old has twice made a massively …

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Chinese leader Xi Jinping said he was seeking to “further enhance” ties with Brazil as he arrived Sunday for a state visit and a G20 summit, state media said.Xi is due to meet Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on the visit, which will last until Thursday.State news agency Xinhua said he looked forward …

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US President Joe Biden’s decision to authorize Ukraine to use long-range American missiles against targets inside Russia is a bold shift in position in the final months before he hands over power to Republican Donald Trump.Despite repeated pleas for a greenlight from Ukraine, Biden had long resisted calls for a change from within the US …

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Senegal’s ruling party claimed it had won a comfortable victory in Sunday’s legislative elections, paving the way for it to deliver an ambitious reform agenda eight months after sweeping to power.Voting took place peacefully across the West African country, where the governing Pastef party said 90 to 95 percent of ballots had already been counted. “I …

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US President Joe Biden has cleared Kyiv to use long-range American missiles against military targets inside Russia, a US official told AFP on Sunday, hours after Russia targeted Ukraine’s power grid in a deadly barrage.The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, was confirming reports from The New York Times and The Washington Post that the …

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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Sunday called on G20 leaders gathering in Rio de Janeiro to rescue stalled concurrent UN climate talks in Azerbaijan by showing “leadership” on cutting emissions.”A successful outcome at COP29 is still within reach, but it will require leadership and compromise, namely from the G20 countries,” Guterres, who will attend the …

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US President Joe Biden paid an historic trip to the Amazon rainforest on Sunday to promote his record on fighting climate change, insisting it would survive Donald Trump’s return to the White House.Biden flew over the jungle by helicopter and met with Indigenous leaders in the Brazilian city of Manaus on the penultimate leg of …

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Senegal began counting votes Sunday after parliamentary elections in which the new government is aiming for a resounding majority to deliver the ambitious reform agenda that swept it to power eight months ago.Voting took place peacefully across the West African country, and reliable projections of the new parliament’s makeup could be available from Monday morning.Tallying …

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