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CAIRO,  (Reuters) – The Israeli military bombed at least five crowded homes in northern Gaza last night  with many casualties, health officials said, as troops deepened an incursion along the territory’s northern edge.

BERLIN,  (Reuters) – Angela Merkel sought advice from the pope on dealing with Donald Trump when he was first elected U.S.

(Reuters) – A powerful storm clobbered Washington state yesterday, knocking out power to hundreds of thousands of people while disrupting road travel and causing at least two deaths and two injuries.

BAKU,  (Reuters) – Climate negotiators were warned yesterday that the “hardest part” was about to start in talks over how much money should be provided to developing countries to help them adapt to climate-fuelled weather disasters and transition to cleaner energy.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – Gautam Adani, the billionaire chair of Indian conglomerate Adani Group and one of the world’s richest people, has been indicted in New York over his role in an alleged multibillion-dollar bribery and fraud scheme, U.S.

BAKU,  (Reuters) – OPEC Secretary General Haitham Al Ghais today told the COP29 climate summit in Baku that crude oil and natural gas were a gift from God, and that global warming talks should focus on cutting emissions not picking energy sources.

PORT-AU-PRINCE,  (Reuters) – More than two dozen suspected gang members were killed in Haiti’s capital yesterday after residents joined police to fight off an attempted overnight attack on an affluent hillside suburb of Port-au-Prince, police said.

RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) –  Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva yesterday urged leaders of the Group of 20 major economies to accelerate their national climate targets, calling on them to reach net zero climate emissions five to 10 years ahead of schedule.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said yesterday that he had chosen television personality and surgeon Dr.

Putin issues warning to United States with new nuclear doctrine MOSCOW,  (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin today lowered the threshold for a nuclear strike in response to a broader range of conventional attacks, and Moscow said Ukraine had struck deep inside Russia with U.S.-made

HONG KONG,  (Reuters) – Hong Kong’s High Court today  jailed 45 pro-democracy activists for up to 10 years following a national security trial that has damaged the city’s once feisty democracy movement and drawn criticism from the United States and other countries.

RIO DE JANEIRO,  (Reuters) – Leaders from the Group of 20 major economies yesterday issued a joint statement highlighting the suffering caused by conflicts in Gaza and Ukraine, while calling for cooperation on climate change, poverty reduction and tax policy.

WELLINGTON,  (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of New Zealanders rallied before parliament today in one of the country’s largest ever protests to oppose a bill that opponents say seeks to dilute the rights of Maori and threatens to set race relations back decades.

COPENHAGEN,  (Reuters) – Denmark will convert 15% of its farmland into forest and natural habitats in an effort to reduce fertilizer usage, which has resulted in severe oxygen depletion in Danish waters as well as the loss of marine life, lawmakers said yesterday.

GENEVA/CAIRO,  (Reuters) – Nearly 100 trucks carrying food for Palestinians were violently looted on Nov.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Joe Biden’s administration has allowed Ukraine to use U.S.-made

CAIRO (Reuters) – Dozens of Palestinians were killed or injured in an Israeli strike on a multi-storey residential building housing at least six families in northern Gaza’s Beit Lahiya town on Sunday, medics and residents said.

DHAKA (Reuters) – Bangladesh is battling its worst outbreak of dengue in years, with more than 400 deaths as rising temperatures and a longer monsoon season drive a surge in infections, leaving hospitals struggling to cope, particularly in urban areas.

BEIRUT (Reuters) – An Israeli strike on a building in central Beirut on Sunday killed Hezbollah’s media relations chief Mohammad Afif, two Lebanese security sources told Reuters, though there was no immediate confirmation from the Iran-backed group.

GUWAHATI, India (Reuters) – Police arrested 23 people on Sunday in the northeastern Indian state of Manipur for ransacking and setting fire to the homes of lawmakers and ministers, while hundreds demonstrated against recent violent killings in defiance of a curfew.