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BEIRUT/CAIRO,  (Reuters) – Israel ordered more evacuations and targeted a new location in northern Lebanon yesterday, as a third U.N.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Russia and China blocked a proposed consensus statement for the East Asia Summit drafted by Southeast Asian countries, mainly over objections to language on the contested South China Sea, a U.S.

SIESTA KEY, Florida, (Reuters) – Chris Fiore was supposed to be accepting delivery of new household appliances and furniture, replacing items that were swamped by Hurricane Helene just a few weeks ago.

CAIRO,  (Reuters) – Israeli military strikes on Gaza yesterday killed at least 29 Palestinians, medics said, and forces kept pushing deeper into the Jabalia area, where international relief agencies say thousands of people are trapped.

BEIJING,  (Reuters) – China pledged today to “significantly increase” debt to revive its sputtering economy, but left investors guessing on the overall size of the stimulus package, a vital detail to gauge the longevity of its recent stock market rally.

(Reuters) – Thousands of people are trapped in Gaza’s Jabalia camp as Israeli forces attack the area, Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) said yesterday, a week after Israel launched an offensive there which it says is aimed at stopping Hamas regrouping.

(Reuters) – Boeing will cut 17,000 jobs, delay first deliveries of its 777X jet by a year and record $5 billion in losses in the third quarter, as the U.S.

AURORA, Colorado, (Reuters) –  Donald Trump portrayed migrants as dangerous criminals during a rally in Aurora, Colorado, yesterday, calling for the death penalty for migrants who kill U.S.

OSLO,  (Reuters) – Japanese organisation Nihon Hidankyo, a grassroots movement of atomic bomb survivors from Hiroshima and Nagasaki, won the  Nobel Peace Prize today, in a warning to countries who have nuclear weapons not to use them.

JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – South African prosecutors have decided not to charge President Cyril Ramaphosa over a theft from his game farm that nearly cost him his position two years ago.

FORT PIERCE, Florida,  (Reuters) – Millions of Floridians were still without electrical power today, more than a day after Hurricane Milton roared across the midsection of the state, touching off tornadoes and leaving at least 16 people dead.

OSLO,  (Reuters) – Japanese organisation Nihon Hidankyo, a grassroots movement of atomic bomb survivors from Hiroshima and Nagasaki, won the Nobel Peace Prize today, in a warning to countries who have nuclear weapons not to use them.

FORT PIERCE, Florida/ST. PETERSBURG, Florida,  (Reuters) – Hurricane Milton plowed into the Atlantic Ocean yesterday after cutting a destructive path across Florida that spawned tornados, killed at least 10 people and left millions without power, but the storm did not trigger the catastrophic surge of seawater that was feared.

LONDON/PARIS/ROME, (Reuters) – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy yesterday discussed his proposed “victory plan” with the leaders of Britain, France and Italy, and the incoming head of NATO as he seeks to garner military support to put himself in a position for eventual peace talks.

BEIRUT/JERUSALEM,  (Reuters) – A senior Hezbollah official eluded an Israeli assassination attempt yesterday in Beirut, three security sources said, as Israeli strikes there killed 22 people and the U.N.

ST. PETERSBURG, Florida,  (Reuters) – Hurricane Milton plowed into the Atlantic Ocean today after cutting a destructive path across Florida that spawned tornados, killed at least 10 people and left millions without power, but the storm did not trigger the catastrophic surge of seawater that was feared.

STOCKHOLM,  (Reuters) – South Korean author Han Kang won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature for “her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life”, the award-giving body said today.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris has erased Republican rival Donald Trump’s advantage in the vast middle of American society: suburban residents and middle-income households, an analysis of Reuters/Ipsos polling shows.

ST. PETERSBURG, Florida, (Reuters) – Hurricane Milton made landfall on Florida’s west coast yesterday, striking a little sooner and further south than forecast, offering the state a glimmer of hope it might be spared the worst of the anticipated catastrophe.

JERUSALEM/BEIRUT, (Reuters) –  U.S. President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke yesterday about potential Israeli retaliation against Iran while Lebanon’s Hezbollah said its fighters pushed back advancing Israeli forces along the border.