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Russian missile damages residential buildings in Ukraine’s Odesa, no casualties

(Reuters) -A Russian missile struck a residential district in Ukraine’s Black Sea port of Odesa late on Friday, triggering a fire, but causing no casualties, officials said. An official city Telegram channel said a three-storey building had sustained damage along with 10 private homes. Emergency services were at the site. There was no independent verification …

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Hezbollah fires rockets into northern Israel as Israeli strikes pound Gaza

By Maayan Lubell and Maya Gebeily JERUSALEM/BEIRUT (Reuters) -The Israeli military said Hezbollah had fired dozens of rockets and several drones into northern Israel on Saturday killing one person, with one drone directed at Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s holiday home, according to his spokesman. The volley came as health officials in the Gaza Strip …

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Italian coastguard vessel picks up migrants from Albania to transfer them to Italy

SHENGJIN, Albania (Reuters) – An Italian coastguard vessel collected migrants held in reception centres in Albania on Saturday to transfer them to Italy, after a court ruling dealt a blow to Rome’s plans to house migrants picked up at sea outside the EU. The Italian government vowed on Friday to push ahead with Prime Minister …

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Gunmen kill two Mozambique opposition figures ahead of election protests

By Tim Cocks JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -Gunmen killed a Mozambique opposition lawyer and a party official after firing multiple rounds at a car in which they were travelling on Saturday, rights groups said, ratcheting up tensions ahead of protests against a disputed election result. New opposition party Podemos and its presidential aspirant Venancio Mondlane reject provisional …

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Large bets in election prediction market are from overseas, source says

By Michelle Conlin NEW YORK (Reuters) -Four accounts on crypto-based prediction market Polymarket that placed large bets on former President Donald Trump winning the 2024 election, and have been the subject of much online speculation, are owned by non-Americans or a non-American, according to a source familiar with the matter on Friday. Opinion polls indicate …

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Harris, Trump court early voters; Usher, Lizzo on the campaign trail

By Steve Holland, Andrea Shalal and Trevor Hunnicutt (Reuters) – Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump hit the campaign trail on Saturday, pressing their case with voters from Georgia to Pennsylvania who are already starting to cast ballots in the U.S. presidential election. Harris and Trump are essentially tied in the most competitive states …

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Analysis-Advocates hope US election will mark turning point for Black maternal health

By Bianca Flowers and Disha Raychaudhuri ATLANTA, Georgia (Reuters) – Francisca Shaw said she knew something was deeply wrong as she was rushed into an emergency cesarean for the delivery of her third child, a daughter, at Seattle’s University of Washington Medical Center in 2015.  “I remember I told my doctor when I was getting …

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France warns that North Korean troops fighting in Ukraine would be an escalation

By Max Hunder and John Irish KYIV (Reuters) -The involvement of North Korean regular troops to support Russia’s invasion of Ukraine would be a serious escalation of the war, France and Ukraine’s foreign ministers said at a joint press conference in Kyiv on Saturday. France’s Jean-Noel Barrot, who was making his first trip to Ukraine …

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After Sinwar’s death, Israel aims to lock in strategic gains before U.S. election

By Samia Nakhoul, Tom Perry and James Mackenzie DUBAI/JERUSALEM (Reuters) – The killing of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, a mastermind of the attack that ignited the war in the Gaza Strip, marked a major triumph for Israel. But Israeli leaders are also seeking to lock in strategic gains that go beyond military victories – to …

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