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Blinken heads to the Middle East as U.S. looks to kick start Gaza ceasefire talks

By Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will depart for the Middle East on Monday, the State Department said, as Washington is pushing to kickstart ceasefire negotiations to end the Gaza war following the death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar. The top U.S. diplomat’s latest trip to the region, his …

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Woman who threw banana milkshake at UK’s Farage pleads guilty to assault

LONDON (Reuters) – A woman who threw a milkshake over Nigel Farage, leader of Britain’s Reform Party, has pleaded guilty to assault by beating, PA Media said on Monday. Victoria Thomas Bowen, 25, launched the McDonald’s banana milkshake at Farage outside a pub in Clacton-on-Sea, in southeast England, in June while the politician was on …

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UK-based dissident can sue Saudi Arabia for alleged spyware, court rules

LONDON (Reuters) – A prominent Saudi dissident who accuses Saudi Arabia of targeting him with spyware can sue the kingdom in London, his lawyers said on Monday. Yahya Assiri, a founder of the opposition National Assembly Party (NAAS) who lives in exile in Britain, alleges his electronic devices were targeted with surveillance software between 2018 …

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Italy picked for 30 billion euro data centre project by a single group, minister says

MILAN (Reuters) – Italy is the chosen location for a 30 billion euro ($33 billion) data centre investment by a single foreign corporation, the country’s industry minister said on Monday without naming the company. “We just mentioned the 4 billion euro data centre investment in Lombardy,” Industry Minister Adolfo Urso told a gathering of Assolombarda, …

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Story on ‘King Conker’ being cleared of cheating is withdrawn

(Reuters) – The story on the winner of the Men’s World Conker Championships having been exonerated of any accusations of cheating is withdrawn as the statement was sent to Reuters in error. There will be no replacement story. STORY_NUMBER: L8N3LW070 STORY_DATE: 20/10/2024 STORY_TIME: 1629 GMT (Editing by Alison Williams)

‘King Conker’ did not cheat, tournament organisers say after investigation

LONDON (Reuters) – The World Conker Championships has dismissed complaints of cheating against this year’s men’s champion David Jakins following an investigation, a statement issued on Monday by tournament organisers said. The game of conkers involves trying to smash an opponent’s conker – the hard brown fruit of the horse chestnut tree, which is threaded …

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King Charles heckled by Indigenous Australian senator on visit to Canberra

By Lewis Jackson CANBERRA (Reuters) -King Charles was accused of “genocide” by an Indigenous senator at Australia’s Parliament House on Monday, moments after he delivered a speech in which he paid his “respects to the traditional owners of the lands”. Charles, on his 16th official visit to Australia and his first major foreign trip since …

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