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By Nidal al-Mughrabi CAIRO (Reuters) -Israeli shelling hit a hospital in northern Gaza, wounding several people, damaging equipment and disrupting surgeries, Palestinian health officials said on Sunday, but Israel’s military denied carrying out strikes in the area. Hussam Abu Safiya, director of the Kamal Adwan Hospital in the town of Beit Lahiya – one of …

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By John Irish PARIS (Reuters) -U.S. President-elect Donald Trump called on Sunday for an immediate ceasefire and negotiations between Ukraine and Russia to end “the madness”, prompting Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelenskiy and the Kremlin to list their conditions. Trump made his comments just hours after meeting Zelenskiy in Paris for their first face-to-face talks since …

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By Lori Ewing MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) -Dan Ashworth has left his role as sporting director at Manchester United after five months in the job by mutual agreement, the Premier League club said on Sunday. The 53-year-old was recruited from Newcastle United and arrived in July to much fanfare, but the decision was made to part …

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By Joan Faus VALVERDE, Spain (Reuters) – Two years ago forensic pathologist Modesto Martinez, 68, moved to the tiny Canary Island of El Hierro with an eye to retiring. Instead, he’s been called out day and night to deal with dead African migrants, as they arrive by sea in increasing numbers.  “I thought El Hierro …

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ROME (Reuters) -Syrian rebels entered the residence of the Italian ambassador in Damascus on Sunday, but did not harm him or his security staff, Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said, calling for a peaceful transfer of power in the country. The Islamist fighters, who declared President Bashar al-Assad’s ouster after seizing control of the capital …

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NICOSIA (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will visit Cyprus on Tuesday as part of a regional tour, the island’s presidency said on Sunday. The working visit “underscores excellent relations between Cyprus and the United Kingdom”, President Nikos Christodoulides’s office said in a statement. The two countries will discuss their strategic partnership, Cyprus’s long-running …

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