Israel strikes eastern Rafah as ceasefire talks end with no deal
CAIRO/RAFAH, Gaza Strip/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Israeli tanks and warplanes bombarded areas of Rafah on Thursday, Palestinian residents said, after President Joe Biden said the United States would withhold weapons from Israel if its forces mount a major invasion of the southern Gaza city. A senior Israeli official said t...
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UPDATE: Trump lawyer questions Stormy Daniels' account of sex with Trump
UPDATED 4:20 P.M. NEW YORK (Reuters) -Donald Trump's lawyer sought to show inconsistencies in porn star Stormy Daniels' various tellings of a 2006 sexual encounter she has said she had with Trump, part of an effort on Thursday to undermine her credibility as a witness in the first criminal trial of a sitting or former ...
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Israeli defense minister tells 'friends and enemies' Israel will achieve war aims
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Defense Minister Yoav Gallant told Israel's "enemies and friends" on Wednesday that it would do whatever necessary achieve its war aims in Gaza and the north, in an apparent response to U.S. pressure to halt its operation in Rafah. The comments, at a ceremony to commemorate Israel's war ...
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UN General Assembly set to back Palestinian bid for membership
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations General Assembly on Friday is set to back a Palestinian bid to become a full U.N. member by recognizing it as qualified to join and sending the application back to the U.N. Security ...
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Australian regulator says Musk's X should not set limits of internet law
By Byron Kaye SYDNEY (Reuters) - Elon Musk's X has policies to take down harmful content when it chooses but should not be allowed to overrule Australian law in deciding what can be viewed there, a lawyer for the cyber regulator told a hearing into...
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Apple apologizes for iPad Pro 'Crush' ad, Ad Age says
(Reuters) - Apple apologized on Thursday after an advertisement for its latest iPad Pro model sparked criticism by showing an animation of musical instruments and other symbols of creativity being crushed, Ad Age magazine reported. "Our goal is to ...
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Russia's Putin proposes Mishustin as prime minister
(Reuters) - Russia's President Vladimir Putin proposed that Mikhail Mishustin, the former prime minister, continues chairing the Russian government in Putin's new presidential term, the speaker of the country's lower house of parliament said on Fri...
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Factbox-Who is Russia's Mikhail Mishustin?
(Reuters) - Here are some key facts about Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, whose reappointment as prime minister President Vladimir Putin proposed on Friday: - Mishustin, 58 (born March 3, 1966), was appointed by Putin as head of governmen...
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Rio Tinto had considered a bid for BHP-target Anglo American, AFR says
(Reuters) - Mining giant Rio Tinto had considered an offer for British miner Anglo American, which is now BHP Group's $39 billion takeover target, the Australian Financial Review reported on Friday. Rio "management had not ruled out making a play f...
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Gold set for best week in five on renewed US rate-cut hopes
By Ashitha Shivaprasad (Reuters) - Gold prices firmed on Friday, poised for their best week since April 5, following recent economic data that boosted bets of an interest rate cut from the Federal Reserve. Spot gold gained 0.2% at $2,350.87 per oun...
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