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(Reuters) – Florida prepared today for its largest evacuation since 2017 as Hurricane Milton intensified in the Gulf of Mexico on its path toward the U.S.

BEIRUT/JERUSALEM, (Reuters) – Israeli air attacks battered Beirut’s southern suburbs overnight and early today  in the most intense bombardment of the Lebanese capital since Israel sharply escalated its campaign against Iran-backed group Hezbollah last month.

MILAN, (Reuters) – Sammy Basso, who was the longest living survivor of the rare genetic disease progeria, has died at the age of 28, the Italian Progeria Association said on Sunday.

BEIRUT,  (Reuters) – Massive consecutive strikes hit Beirut’s southern suburbs from late Saturday into Sunday, Reuters eyewitnesses said, sending booms across the city and sparking flashes of red and white for nearly 30 minutes visible from several kilometers away.

BUTLER, Pennsylvania,  (Reuters) – Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump yesterday returned to the rural Pennsylvania site where he was nearly assassinated, rallying a large crowd in the critical battleground state one month before the Nov.

TAIPEI,  (Reuters) – It is “impossible” for the People’s Republic of China to become Taiwan’s motherland because Taiwan has older political roots, the island’s President Lai Ching-te said yesterday.

PARIS,  (Reuters) – Rwandan Foreign Minister Olivier Nduhungirehe said yesterday his Congolese counterpart had refused to sign an agreed deal to help resolve the M23 rebel conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo that has displaced over 1.7 million people.

BEIRUT/JERUSALEM,  (Reuters) – Israel said it had targeted the intelligence headquarters of Hezbollah in Beirut and was assessing the damage yesterday after a series of strikes on senior figures in the group that Iran’s Supreme Leader dismissed as counterproductive.

WASHINGTON/FLINT, Michigan,  (Reuters) – Vice President Kamala Harris met with Arab American and Muslim leaders in Flint, Michigan, yesterday, as her presidential campaign seeks to win back voters angry at U.S.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. job gains increased by the most in six months in September and the unemployment rate fell to 4.1%, pointing to a resilient economy that likely does not need the Federal Reserve to deliver large interest rate cuts for the rest of this year.

ROME,  (Reuters) – The United Nations’ world food price index jumped in September, data released yesterday showed, posting its biggest gain in 18 months on the back of surging sugar prices.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court declined yesterday to put on hold new federal air pollution rules from President Joe Biden’s administration to tighten limits on mercury and methane, acting in challenges brought by a group of states – most of them Republican-led – and industry groups.

NEW YORK/WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – U.S. dock workers and port operators reached a tentative deal that will immediately end a crippling three-day strike that has shut down shipping on the U.S.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Democratic U.S. President Joe Biden said on Thursday he will not negotiate in public when asked if he had urged Israel not to attack Iran’s oil facilities.

RIPON, Wisconsin,  (Reuters) – Former Republican congresswoman Liz Cheney and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris said former President Donald Trump is not fit to lead the U.S.,

LONDON/PORT LOUIS, (Reuters) –  Britain said yesterday it would cede sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius in a deal it said secured the future of the UK-U.S.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Indian Trade Minister Piyush Goyal and U.S. Commerce Secre-tary Gina Raimondo  signed an agreement yesterday to cooperate on  strengthening supply chains in the two countries for lithium, cobalt and other critical minerals used in electric vehicles and clean energy applications.

LONDON, (Reuters) – The BBC cancelled a prime-time interview with former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson after one of its best-known presenters accidentally sent him the notes prepared for her questions.

NAIROBI, (Reuters) –  Kenya’s government has asked the International Monetary Fund to conduct an official assessment of corruption and governance issues, two sources familiar with the situation told Reuters, after a push by Western nations.

BEIRUT,  (Reuters) – A 21-year-old woman kidnapped by Islamic State militants in Iraq more than a decade ago was freed from Gaza this week in an operation led by the United States and involving Jordan and the Baghdad government, Iraqi and U.S.