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WEB5:55 AM UTC. Israel has escalated its retaliation for the Hamas attack, sending troops into Lebanon and airstrikes into Iran, Yemen and Syria in the hunt for Iran-backed militants. Israel says it eliminates Hezbollah 'Golan Heights' member, Syrian media report Israeli airstrikes. REUTERS/Firas Makdesi. October 9, 2024.
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WEBThe governance of more than a quarter of the world's population will be at stake in elections next year, including in Taiwan, Russia, India and the United States. For those who worry that authoritarian rulers are firmly in the ascendant over more liberal democrats, there is likely to be much to fret about. Speaking of the US elections, here are four reasons why Donald Trump could win again.
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WEBIsraeli forces bombarded targets in the south, north and center of Gaza ahead of an expected announcement on the fate of three Israeli hostages by the Palestinian militant group. One hundred days into the war, are attitudes changing in Israel? Listen to Senior Correspondent Dan Williams on the Reuters World News daily podcast.; View a selection of Reuters photographs that tell the story of the ...
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WEBThe US economy ended last year with the labor scars from the COVID-19 pandemic effectively healed and a quandary for Federal Reserve policymakers so far waiting in vain for wage and job growth to cool to a sustainable level.; China's securities regulator is allowing mutual fund managers to sell more shares than they buy each day, three sources said, removing a ban introduced late last year ...
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WEBUS President Joe Biden said he will seek a second White House term in 2024, a decision that will test whether Americans are ready to give the 80-year-old Democrat, already the oldest US president ever, another four years in office.; Donald Trump goes to trial in a civil lawsuit where the writer E. Jean Carroll is accusing him of raping her in a department store dressing room in the mid-1990s.
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WEBBefore I forget… People wanted someone to blame for the dam collapses that killed thousands in the city of Derna on Libya’s coast, and they found their men.. President Biden made a state visit to Vietnam that included a discussion on human rights. Days after he left, a Vietnamese court sentenced an environmental activist to three years in prison, saying she committed tax fraud.
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WEBChina's decision to reappoint its top diplomat Wang Yi as foreign minister one month after former rising star Qin Gang disappeared from public view means Washington will be dealing with a familiar face.But Wang's return to the post is unlikely to alter the trajectory of a troubled bilateral relationship. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned of China's "problematic behavior" during a ...
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WEBA reliable machine: Colonel-General Oleksandr Syrskyi suggested U.S. A-10 Thunderbolts as an option to support infantry, as well as planes that could fire long-range cruise missiles. Ukraine also has asked allies to speed up the supply of artillery ammunition, which some units have complained is running short as the war churns onward.Ukraine meanwhile suffered a large Russian missile attack in ...
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WEBPolice in Maine extended their search for a suspected mass shooter into the early hours of this morning, as the US Army reservist eluded a manhunt following the bar and bowling alley massacres that killed 18 people. Reuters' Richard Valdmanis talks to our daily podcast about the mood on the ground. Listen here. Striking Hollywood actors have passed a comprehensive counter-offer to the Alliance ...
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WEBThe rouble fell past 100 per US dollar just as President Vladimir Putin's economic advisor said Russia was interested in a strong rouble and said that loose monetary policy was the main reason behind the currency's weakening. Big losses in Russia-linked stocks have investors rethinking other depositary receipts. Financial markets barely flinched when Fitch stripped the US of its top credit ...