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UNICEF says Israel blocking one million syringes needed to vaccinate Gaza children
GENEVA (Reuters) -- UNICEF said Tuesday essential items including syringes to vaccinate children and bottles for baby formula are being denied entry into Gaza by Israel, preventing aid agencies from reaching those in need in the war-devastated territory. As UNICEF undertakes a mass children's vaccination campaign with a fragile ceasefire in place, it said it faces serious challenges getting 1.6 million syringes and solar-powered fridges to store vaccine vials into Gaza. The syringes have awaited
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Suicide bomber kills 12 outside Islamabad court as Pakistan violence rises
ISLAMABAD (AP) — A suicide bomber struck outside a court in Pakistan's capital Tuesday, detonating his explosives next to a police car and killing 12 people in the latest of an uptick in violence across the country. Witnesses described mayhem. The blast, which also wounded 27 people, was heard for kilometers and came at a time of day when the area outside the district court in Islamabad is typically crowded with hundreds of visitors. A breakaway faction of the Pakistani Taliban, the Jamaat-ul-Ah
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Venezuelan military preparing guerrilla response in case of US attack
Venezuela was deploying weapons, including decadesold Russian-made equipment, and was planning to mount a guerrilla-style resistance or sow chaos in the event of a US air or ground attack, according to sources with knowledge of the efforts and planning documents seen by Reuters. The approach is a tacit admission of the South American country's shortage of personnel and equipment. US President Donald Trump has suggested the possibility of ground operations in Venezuela, saying "the land is going
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Thieves steal Roman statues from Syria's national museum
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) -- Thieves broke into Syria 's national museum and stole several ancient statues dating back to the Roman era, officials said Tuesday. The National Museum of Damascus was briefly closed after the heist was discovered early Monday. The museum had reopened in January as the country was recovering from a 14-year civil war and the fall of the 54-year Assad family rule last year. The country's largest museum houses priceless antiquities. After the civil war started in March 2011,
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Turkey seeks more than 2,000 years behind bars for Erdogan rival
ISTANBUL (AFP) -- Turkish prosecutors on Tuesday charged Istanbul's jailed mayor Ekrem Imamoglu with 142 offenses in a massive legal case that could carry a penalty of more than 2,000 years in jail, court documents showed. Imamoglu is President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's main political rival and seen as the only politician capable of beating him at the ballot box, with his arrest in March sparking Turkey's worst bout of street unrest since 2013. The nearly 4,000-page indictment charged the popular o
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Close Zelenskyy ally accused of orchestrating major graft scheme
KYIV, Ukraine (AFP) -- Ukrainian investigators on Tuesday accused a close ally of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of orchestrating a $100 million corruption scheme, as a major standoff over graft in the war-torn country escalates. The accusations against Timur Mindich are the latest episode in a sweeping corruption scandal involving claims of massive embezzlement from the energy sector, even as the country's infrastructure is battered by Russian attacks. Mindich co-owns the media production compan
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Gal Gadot win's Israel's Genesis Prize
Israeli actor Gal Gadot has been awarded Israel's Genesis Prize in recognition of her strong support for the country at a time when many in the entertainment industry have criticized it over the war in Gaza. Describing herself as a "proud Jew and a proud Israeli," the "Wonder Woman" star, who at times has paid a personal price for her advocacy, said she would donate the $1 million prize to organizations committed to helping Israel recover from the trauma of its two-year war against Hamas. "Israe
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Musicians march through Venice after La Fenice names music director with ties to Meloni
VENICE, Italy (AP) -- The storied Venetian opera house La Fenice is locked in an escalating dispute with its workers over the appointment of a young and telegenic music director with ties to Premier Giorgia Meloni but none with the musicians with whom she has been hired to construct the theater's musical future. On Monday, musicians, singers and backstage hands marched through Venice with workers from other Italian opera houses, including Milan's Teatro alla Scala, Verona's Arena and Turin's Reg
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Pope Leo to host Hollywood stars including Cate Blanchett, Pine at Vatican
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -- Lights, camera, action, pope? About three dozen Hollywood stars will meet Pope Leo this weekend, including actors Cate Blanchett, Chris Pine and Adam Scott, the Vatican said on Monday. Also joining a special audience at the Vatican with Leo, the first pope from the United States, will be Oscar-winning directors Spike Lee, George Miller and Gus Van Sant. The pope "has expressed his desire to deepen dialogue with the World of Cinema ... exploring the possibilities that ar
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Ukraine's anti-graft agency alleges $100 million energy kickback scheme
KYIV, Ukraine (Reuters) -- Ukraine's anti-corruption bureau said it was investigating the country's energy sector on Monday, alleging a $100 million kickback scheme involving the state nuclear power company. The state agency, which operates independently of the Ukrainian government, announced the investigation as Ukraine braces for winter with its power sector under frequent fire from Russia and facing regular outages. It alleged in a statement published on social media that a "high-level crimin
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UN warns of rough winter ahead for refugees
GENEVA (AFP) -- The UN warned Tuesday that millions of refugees and displaced people face a grueling winter, with far less humanitarian aid available this year as the coldest months arrive in the northern hemisphere. UNHCR, the UN refugee agency, has seen its funding from governments slashed and is trying to raise at least $35 million in public donations to help Syrian, Afghan and Ukrainian refugees through the winter. "Families will have to endure freezing temperatures without things many of us
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Netanyahu and Kushner meet as Gaza ceasefire's first phase winds down
US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, met on Monday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to discuss the next stages of the fragile Gaza ceasefire, while Israel returned the remains of another 15 Palestinians. The remains of four hostages are still in Gaza after Palestinian militants released the remains of another on Sunday. The first stage of the ceasefire agreement that took effect on Oct. 10 is nearing its end. The next stage calls for the implementation of a govern
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Intense fighting in central Sudan displaces 2,000 people in just days, a UN agency says
Intense fighting in central Sudan displaced some 2,000 people over the past three days, the UN migration agency said Monday, the latest in a war that has convulsed the country for more than two years and killed tens of thousands. The International Organization for Migration said the displaced fled from several towns and villages in the area of Bara in North Kordofan province between Friday and Sunday. Kordofan has been one of two areas, along with the western Darfur region, that recently became
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Canada loses measles elimination status after ongoing outbreaks
Canada is no longer measles-free because of ongoing outbreaks, international health experts said Monday, as childhood vaccination rates fall and the highly contagious virus spreads across North and South America. The loss of the country’s measles elimination status comes more than a year after the highly contagious virus started spreading. Canada has logged 5,138 measles cases this year and two deaths. Both were babies who were exposed to the measles virus in the womb and born prematurely. Measl
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Trump threatens $1 billion action as BBC apologizes for edit error
LONDON (AFP) -- US President Donald Trump threatened the BBC with a billion-dollar lawsuit Monday as the broadcaster apologized for editing a speech that gave the impression he urged "violent action" ahead of the 2021 assault on the US Capitol. In a letter seen by Agence France-Presse, Trump's lawyers gave the British broadcaster until Friday to fully retract the documentary containing the edit, apologize and "appropriately compensate" the president "for the harm caused." If the BBC does not com
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