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BEIRUT,  (Reuters) – Israeli strikes on Lebanon killed 40 people around the eastern city of Baalbek in the Bekaa Valley yesterday, according to the country’s health ministry, and at dusk more strikes hit Beirut’s southern suburbs.

LONDON, (Reuters) – A British doctor was yesterday jailed for more than 31 years for an audacious but unsuccessful plot to kill his mother’s partner with a fake COVID-19 vaccine, which involved him forging medical documents and dressing in disguise to poison his victim.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris delivered a concession speech to the nation today after a whirlwind campaign that failed to stop Republican Donald Trump’s return to the White House.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Donald Trump’s U.S. presidential election victory today will essentially end the criminal cases brought against him, at least for the four years he occupies the White House.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Donald Trump is expected to mobilize agencies across the U.S.

PALM BEACH, Florida,  (Reuters) – Donald Trump was elected president, capping a remarkable comeback four years after he was voted out of the White House and ushering in a new American leadership likely to test democratic institutions at home and relations abroad.

JERUSALEM/CAIRO, (Reuters) –  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fired Defence Minister Yoav Gallant yesterday, citing a “crisis of trust”, and replaced him with close ally Israel Katz to lead the country’s war in Gaza and Lebanon.

VILNIUS/WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Parcels that exploded at logistics depots in Europe were part of a test run for a Russian plot to trigger explosions on cargo flights to the United States, according to security officials.

PAIPORTA/MADRID,  (Reuters) – At least 89 people remain missing after deadly floods in eastern Spain, the regional judicial authorities in Valencia said on Tuesday, and Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said he was earmarking 10.6 billion euros ($11.6 billion) to help victims.

BRUSSELS,  (Reuters) – World leaders from major economies including the United States, the European Union and Brazil are planning to skip this year’s United Nations climate change summit, known as COP29, in Baku, Azerbaijan.

(Reuters) – Tropical Storm Rafael was rapidly picking up steam yesterday afternoon as it chugged toward the Cayman Islands in the Caribbean, and will likely become a hurricane in the next few hours, according to the U.S.-based

PARIS,  (Reuters) – Investigators searched the offices of U.S. streaming giant Netflix NFLX.O in France and the Netherlands yesterday as part of a preliminary investigation into tax fraud laundering, a French judicial source said.

PHILADELPHIA, (Reuters) – Republican Donald Trump defeated Democrat Kamala Harris in the battleground state of North Carolina in yesterday’s U.S.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Control of the U.S. Congress is at stake today in elections that could flip both the House of Representatives and the Senate, while still leaving Capitol Hill divided between Donald Trump’s Republicans and Kamala Harris’ Democrats.

READING, Pennsylvania/ ALLENTOWN, Pennsylvania,  (Reuters) – Donald Trump and  Kamala Harris both predicted victory as they campaigned across Pennsylvania yesterday in the final, frantic day of an exceptionally close U.S. presidential

(Reuters) – Quincy Jones, the man known simply as “Q” who worked with musicians ranging from Count Basie to Frank Sinatra and reshaped pop music with his collaborations with Michael Jackson, died on Sunday at age 91.

HAVANA,  (Reuters) – Tropical Storm Rafael gained steam late yesterday as it churned northward toward Cuba, which is still struggling to recover from a nationwide blackout and hurricane two weeks ago.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – India foreign minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar said yesterday the vandalism of a Hindu temple in Canada on Monday was deeply concerning.

READING, Pennsylvania/ALLENTOWN, Pennsylvania,  (Reuters) – Donald Trump and Kamala Harris both predicted victory as they campaigned across Pennsylvania today in the final, frantic day of an exceptionally close U.S. presidential

ABU DHABI,  (Reuters) – The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is very positive on demand for oil in both the short and long term, Secretary General Haitham Al Ghais said at an energy industry event in Abu Dhabi today.