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Trump: Gaza war has ended
Reuters The war in Gaza has ended and the Middle East is going to “normalize,” President Donald Trump said on Sunday as he flew to Israel, which was waiting for Hamas to release Israeli hostages as world leaders were gathering to discuss the next steps toward peace. “The war is over, you understand that,” Trump…
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Dozens killed in Pakistan-Afghanistan clashes
Reuters ISLAMABAD • Dozens of fighters were killed in overnight border clashes between Pakistan and Afghanistan, both sides said on Sunday, in the most serious fighting between the neighbors since the Taliban came to power in Kabul. The Pakistan military said that 23 of its soldiers were killed in the clashes. The Taliban said nine…
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CDC walks back hundreds of firings
Reuters WASHINGTON • In the second week of the U.S. government shutdown, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention notified some 1,300 employees they would be laid off — then rescinded hundreds of those notices within hours, a person familiar with the matter said. The Trump administration is set to lay off entire offices and…
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Shutdown standoff ignores rising national debt
Reuters WASHINGTON • The ongoing shutdown debate between Democrats and President Donald Trump’s Republicans is largely avoiding the difficult fiscal issues clouding the country’s future — the rising national debt and the long-term financial health of Social Security and Medicare. The fifteenth partial federal government shutdown since 1981 has been sparked by Democrats’ demand for spending, which…
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Havana denies that Cuban troops are fighting in Ukraine
Reuters HAVANA • Cuba’s Foreign Ministry on Saturday said U.S. claims that its troops were fighting in Ukraine were unfounded, and released for the first time information on legal proceedings against Cubans for mercenary activity in the war in Eastern Europe. Communist Cuba has openly sided with its ally Russia in the conflict in Ukraine…
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No survivors found after Tennessee munitions plant blast
Reuters Investigators do not expect to find any survivors at the scene of a massive blast at a Tennessee military explosives company that left 18 people missing, officials said on Saturday. The explosion, which was felt for miles, leveled a building at the 1,300-acre headquarters of Accurate Energetic Systems early Friday morning in Bucksnort, about…
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Gazans stream back home as ceasefire holds
Reuters GAZA/TEL AVIV • Thousands of Palestinians streamed north along the coast of Gaza on Saturday, trekking by foot, car and cart back to their abandoned homes as a ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas appeared to be holding. “It is an indescribable feeling; praise be to God,” said Nabila Basal as she…
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Mississippi school homecoming celebrations turn deadly LELAND, Miss. • High school homecoming celebrations in Mississippi ended in gunfire, with two separate shootings on opposite sides of the state Friday night that left at least six people dead and many more injured, authorities said. Four of the dead were killed in downtown Leland, after a high…
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Actress Diane Keaton dies at 79
Reuters Diane Keaton, the quirky actress who won an Academy Award and captured hearts with her endearing performance as Woody Allen’s eccentric, insecure girlfriend in the 1977 romantic comedy “Annie Hall,” has died at the age of 79, People reported on Saturday, citing a family spokesperson. A representative for Keaton could not immediately be reached.…
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Why Hamas gambled on giving up Gaza hostages
Reuters CAIRO/WASHINGTON/DUBAI • Hamas has called Donald Trump a racist, a “recipe for chaos” and a man with an absurd vision for Gaza. But one extraordinary phone call last month helped persuade Hamas that the U.S. president might be able to hold Israel to a peace deal even if the group surrendered all the hostages…