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UN General Assembly set to demand Gaza ceasefire
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The United Nations headquarters building is pictured though a window with the UN logo in the foreground in the Manhattan borough of ...
EU set for summit showdown over Ukraine accession talks as Hungary stands firm
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[1/3]Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban speaks with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy as they attend the swearing-in ceremony of Argentina’s President-elect Javier Milei ...
COP28 enters crunch time with countries at odds over fossil fuels
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[1/2]Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Simon Stiell speaks during a press conference at the United ...
Violence escalates between Israel, Lebanon’s Hezbollah
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[1/3]Aircraft leave vapour trails in the sky above Beirut, Lebanon December 10, 2023. REUTERS/Cynthia Karam Acquire Licensing Rights BEIRUT/JERUSALEM, Dec 10 (Reuters) ...
Israel says it helped foil Iranian-ordered attack on Israelis in Cyprus
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JERUSALEM/NICOSIA, Dec 10 (Reuters) – Israel helped Cyprus foil an Iranian-ordered attack against Israelis and Jews on the island, Israeli Prime Minister ...
US embassy in Baghdad attacked with rockets, no casualties
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BAGHDAD, Dec 8 (Reuters) – Rockets were fired at the U.S. embassy in Baghdad on Friday in an attack believed to have ...
Putin talks oil, Gaza and Ukraine on Middle East trip, to meet Saudi’s MbS
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[1/3]Russian President Vladimir Putin is welcomed by Minister of Foreign Affairs of the United Arab Emirates Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed bin Sultan ...
Tel Aviv bourse says no unusual trading ahead of Oct 7 Hamas attack
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Men walk past an electronic board at the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, in Tel Aviv, Israel November 4, 2020. REUTERS/Amir Cohen/File Photo ...
Oldest mosquito fossil comes with a bloodsucking surprise
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[1/2]An undated handout image of a view from below of the head of a fossilized male mosquito, including elongated sucking-piercing mouthparts, trapped ...
UN chief, COP28 president clash over future of fossil fuels
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Leaders push starkly different hopes for fossil fuels King Charles III of Britain pleads for climate progress COP28 advisor from Marshall Islands ...