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Gaza unemployment surges to 80% as economy collapses, UN agency says

ZURICH (Reuters) – Unemployment in Gaza has soared to nearly 80% since the Israel-Hamas war erupted, with the devastated enclave’s economy in almost total collapse, the International Labour Organization said on Thursday.  Economic output has shrunk by 85% since the conflict with Israel began a year ago, plunging almost the entire 2.3 million population into …

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Nokia joins Ericsson in seeing signs of recovery after mixed results

By Supantha Mukherjee STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -Finnish telecom equipment supplier Nokia on Thursday reported a 9% rise in third-quarter operating profit on cost cuts, and echoed rival Ericsson in seeing demand recovery in some areas. However, quarterly net sales fell 8% to 4.33 billion euros ($4.70 billion), missing estimates of 4.76 billion euros due mainly to …

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Biden offers both a carrot and a stick to Israel as his term nears an end

By Phil Stewart and Jonathan Landay WASHINGTON (Reuters) – In his final months in office, President Joe Biden is signaling new willingness to use U.S. military assistance to Israel as both a carrot and a stick to influence its high-stakes confrontation with Iran and Iran-backed militant groups.  But while the approach increases Washington’s involvement in …

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Mexican Senate votes to give constitutional preference to state power company

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s Senate voted to amend the country’s constitution late on Wednesday to give dispatch preferences to state electricity company CFE, cementing the national power generator’s preferential status above foreign or private competitors. The initiative passed the upper chamber of Congress with 86 votes to 39, meeting the requirement of two-thirds support …

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Biden, dignitaries honor human rights champion, ‘spitfire’ Ethel Kennedy

By Gabriella Borter, Susan Heavey WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden joined former Democratic presidents and others to honor longtime human rights advocate and storied political family matriarch Ethel Kennedy at a memorial service in Washington on Wednesday after her death last week at age 96. The widow of Robert F. Kennedy – a former …

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Harris grilled on Fox News on immigration, Biden’s fitness for office

By Nandita Bose and Stephanie Kelly WASHINGTON CROSSING, Pennsylvania (Reuters) -Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris defended the Biden administration’s handling of illegal immigration in a combative television interview on Wednesday, blaming Republicans for failing to pass a border security bill. Grilled by host Bret Baier on Fox News, Harris also defended President Joe Biden’s mental …

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Trump, at Latino event, stands by false claims of immigrants eating pets

By Alexandra Ulmer and Costas Pitas (Reuters) -Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Wednesday stood by debunked claims that immigrants in Ohio were eating pets, telling Latino voters during a town hall he was “just saying what was reported.” Trump in recent weeks has amplified a false claim that has gone viral that Haitian immigrants …

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Hesai returned to US list of firms alleged to help Beijing’s military

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Defense Department removed lidar maker Hesai Group from a list of companies allegedly working with Beijing’s military, but will immediately relist the China-based firm, according to a court filing and two letters sent to Congress. Hesai, whose lidars help self-driving cars and driver-assistance systems gain a three-dimensional map …

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Family of Menendez brothers seek their release from California prison

By Brad Brooks (Reuters) -Relatives of Lyle and Erik Menendez, brothers imprisoned for life for killing their parents more than three decades ago, said on Wednesday they were meeting with prosecutors to request the men be freed. Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascon said earlier this month that his office was reviewing new evidence that …

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