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Winds whip Florida Keys as Hurricane Irma turns sights northward
[ad_1] FORT MYERS, Fla. (Reuters) – Hurricane Irma turned its fury toward the Florida Keys on Saturday after setting off one of the largest evacuations of Americans from a storm and completing a destructive march…
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Death toll from massive Mexican quake rises to 65
[ad_1] MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – The death toll from the massive earthquake that struck Mexico on Thursday night has risen to 65, as more victims were registered in the poor southern states hardest hit by…
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Florida braces for Hurricane Irma as storm rips through Cuba
[ad_1] REMEDIOS, Cuba (Reuters) – Hurricane Irma pounded Cuba’s northern coast on Saturday and barreled toward Florida as authorities scrambled to complete an unprecedented evacuation of millions of residents hours before the storm would engulf…
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Angola's opposition appeals election results
[ad_1] LUANDA (Reuters) – Angola’s main opposition party has appealed to the constitutional court to annul the results of last month’s election, which gave a landslide victory to the ruling MPLA, arguing the electoral process…
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U.S. students' rape allegation against Italian police has 'some basis', minister says
[ad_1] ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s defense minister has said there is “some basis” to allegations by two American students that they were raped in Florence by Carabinieri policemen. The two women, aged 19 and 21,…
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Officials found list of targets with 5,000 names in east German raid: media
[ad_1] BERLIN (Reuters) – German officials found lists with over 5,000 names of possible targets, including over 100 politicians, during the raids on the homes and workplaces of two terrorism suspects in the east German…
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At least 58 die in Mexico's strongest quake in 85 years
[ad_1] JUCHITAN, Mexico (Reuters) – At least 58 people died when the most powerful earthquake to hit Mexico in over eight decades tore through buildings, forced mass evacuations and triggered alerts as far away as…
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Irma pummels Bahamas and Cuba on its track toward Florida
[ad_1] HAVANA (Reuters) – Hurricane Irma menaced Cuba and the Bahamas on Friday as it drove toward Florida after lashing the Caribbean with devastatingly high winds, killing 21 people and leaving catastrophic destruction in its…
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At least 32 die after massive quake off southern Mexico
[ad_1] MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – At least 32 people were killed after a massive 8.1 magnitude earthquake, one of the biggest recorded in Mexico, struck off the country’s southern coast late on Thursday, causing cracks…
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Erdogan says U.S. court charge of Turkish ex-minister is political step
[ad_1] ISTANBUL (Reuters) – President Tayyip Erdogan on Friday criticized charges announced by U.S. prosecutors against a Turkish former economy minister for conspiring to violate U.S. sanctions on Iran as politically motivated and called on…
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Taiwan's new premier vows to 'build country', scrap investment hurdles
[ad_1] TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan’s new premier, William Lai, vowed on Friday to work towards luring greater investment to the self-ruled island, while sticking to the policies of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party. Lai, formerly…
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Six farmers killed in apparent land dispute in Peru's Amazon
[ad_1] LIMA (Reuters) – Six farmers were shot dead in the Peruvian Amazon by a group of masked men in an apparent dispute over land rights, a police officer and a tribal leader said on…
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Trump: 'Sad day' for North Korea if U.S. takes military action
[ad_1] WASHINGTON/BEIJING (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he would prefer not to use military action against North Korea to counter its nuclear and missile threat but that if he did it…
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Suu Kyi says Myanmar trying to protect all citizens in strife-torn state
[ad_1] YANGON/COX‘S BAZAR, Bangladesh (Reuters) – Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi said on Thursday her government was doing its best to protect everyone in the strife-torn state of Rakhine, as the estimated number of…
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May's government pushes Brexit bill to avoid 'chaotic' departure
[ad_1] LONDON (Reuters) – Brexit minister David Davis called on parliament on Thursday to back legislation to sever Britain’s political, financial and legal ties with the European Union, saying that opposing the bill would lead…
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Britain's May calls on lawmakers to back bill, move closer to Brexit
[ad_1] LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Theresa May called on parliament on Thursday to support legislation to sever political, financial and legal ties with the European Union, a step toward Brexit the opposition says…
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Syrian army says Israel planes strike its positions in Hama province
[ad_1] BEIRUT (Reuters) – Israeli warplanes targeted a Syrian military position in Hama province early on Thursday from Lebanese airspace, killing two people and causing material damage, the Syrian army general command said in a…
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'And then they exploded': How Rohingya insurgents built support for assault
[ad_1] YANGON (Reuters) – When the former U.N. chief Kofi Annan wrapped up his year-long probe into Myanmar’s troubled northwest on Aug. 24, he publicly warned that an excessive army response to violence would only…
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Peru raises cost of post-floods rebuilding to nearly $8 billion
[ad_1] LIMA (Reuters) – Previously uncalculated damage caused by severe flooding in Peru this year has pushed up the cost of rebuilding infrastructure by 28 percent to 25.65 billion soles ($7.92 billion), a government official…
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Putin says sanctions, pressure alone won't resolve North Korea crisis
[ad_1] VLADIVOSTOK, Russia/SEOUL (Reuters) – Resolving the North Korean nuclear crisis is impossible with sanctions and pressure alone, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday after meeting his South Korean counterpart, adding that the impact…
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Time for EU to decide on Turkey's membership bid, Erdogan says
[ad_1] ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey’s president said on Wednesday it was time for the EU to make up its mind whether it wants his country to join the bloc, a day after Germany’s Angela Merkel…
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Syrian government dropped sarin on Khan Sheikoun: U.N.
[ad_1] GENEVA (Reuters) – Syrian forces have used chemical weapons more than two dozen times during the country’s civil war, including in the deadly attack that led to U.S. air strikes on government planes, U.N.…
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NATO forces in Afghanistan apologize for 'highly offensive' propaganda leaflet
[ad_1] KABUL (Reuters) – A senior U.S. commander in Afghanistan apologized on Wednesday for a “highly offensive” propaganda leaflet which contained a passage from the Quran used in the Taliban militants’ banner superimposed on to…
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Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala urge protections for U.S. 'Dreamers'
[ad_1] MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico and Central American countries they will lobby U.S. lawmakers to protect young illegal immigrants who saw their lives thrown into limbo on Tuesday after U.S. President Donald Trump said…
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Top EU court seen denying eastern states' refusal to host refugees
[ad_1] BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The EU’s top court is expected on Wednesday to dismiss a challenge by eastern European countries against taking in refugees coming from Africa and the Middle East, a dispute that has…
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Colombia urges ELN rebels to turn over body of Russian hostage
[ad_1] BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombia’s government on Tuesday urged the ELN rebels to turn over as soon as possible the body of a Russian-Armenian hostage killed in April, while a commander with the guerrillas said…
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French magazine found guilty over topless photos of Kate Middleton
[ad_1] PARIS (Reuters) – A French court ruled on Tuesday that celebrity magazine Closer invaded the privacy of Britain’s Duchess of Cambridge, Kate Middleton, when it published topless photos of her in 2012. The court…
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South Korea seeks bigger warheads, North Korean ICBM reportedly on the move
[ad_1] SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea said on Tuesday an agreement with the United States to scrap a weight limit on its warheads would help it respond to North Korea’s nuclear and missile threat after…
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Persecution of all Muslims in Myanmar on the rise, rights group says
[ad_1] BANGKOK (Reuters) – The systematic persecution of minority Muslims is on the rise across Myanmar and not confined to the northwestern state of Rakhine, where recent violence has sent nearly 90,000 Muslim Rohingya fleeing,…
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U.S. envoy says North Korean leader 'begging for war' as U.N. mulls sanctions
[ad_1] SEOUL/UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United States accused North Korea’s trading partners on Monday of aiding its nuclear ambitions and said Pyongyang was “begging for war” after the North’s powerful nuclear test on Sunday…