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US Navy intercepts missiles in Red Sea while escorting Maersk ships

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -Maersk said explosions nearby forced two ships operated by its U.S. subsidiary and carrying U.S. military supplies to turn around when they were transiting the Bab al-Mandab Strait off Yemen, accompanied by the U.S. Navy. “While en route, both ships reported seeing explosions close by and the U.S. Navy accompaniment also intercepted multiple …

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COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -Maersk said explosions nearby forced two ships operated by its U.S. subsidiary and carrying U.S. military supplies to turn around when they were transiting the Bab al-Mandab Strait off Yemen, accompanied by the U.S. Navy. “While en route, both ships reported seeing explosions close by and the U.S. Navy accompaniment also intercepted multiple …

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US ‘deplores’ Israeli attack on UN training center in Gaza -State Dept

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States was concerned by an Israeli attack on a U.N. training center sheltering displaced people in Gaza’s Khan Younis on Wednesday, Deputy State Department spokesperson Vedant Patel said, repeating Washington’s calls for protection of civilians, humanitarian workers and aid facilities. “We deplore today’s attack on the U.N.’s Khan Younis training …

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US ‘deplores’ Israeli attack on UN training center in Gaza -State Dept

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States was concerned by an Israeli attack on a U.N. training center sheltering displaced people in Gaza’s Khan Younis on Wednesday, Deputy State Department spokesperson Vedant Patel said, repeating Washington’s calls for protection of civilians, humanitarian workers and aid facilities. “We deplore today’s attack on the U.N.’s Khan Younis training …

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Trump and Biden shift focus to general election rematch as Haley fights on

By Nathan Layne, Gram Slattery and James Oliphant MANCHESTER, New Hampshire (Reuters) – Donald Trump and Joe Biden attacked each other on Wednesday as they prepared for a likely election rematch in November after Trump’s win in New Hampshire’s Republican presidential primary made his White House nomination increasingly likely, although his last remaining rival Nikki …

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Jon Stewart is returning to ‘The Daily Show’ during US election cycle

By Helen Coster NEW YORK (Reuters) – Political comedian Jon Stewart is returning to “The Daily Show” as executive producer and will host every Monday starting Feb. 12, through the 2024 election cycle, Paramount announced on Wednesday. The show will feature a rotating lineup of hosts for the other three nights it airs each week, …

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Australia’s Domino’s Pizza plummets on withdrawing annual outlook, rating downgrades

By Himanshi Akhand (Reuters) – Shares in Australia’s Domino’s Pizza Enterprises posted a record drop on Thursday, after the retail food outlet operator withdrew its fiscal 2024 outlook and its first-half profit forecast missed expectations. The stock slumped as much as 31.1% to A$39.50, its lowest since August 2019, and was the top laggard on …

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Australia’s Domino’s Pizza plummets on withdrawing annual outlook, rating downgrades

By Himanshi Akhand (Reuters) – Shares in Australia’s Domino’s Pizza Enterprises posted a record drop on Thursday, after the retail food outlet operator withdrew its fiscal 2024 outlook and its first-half profit forecast missed expectations. The stock slumped as much as 31.1% to A$39.50, its lowest since August 2019, and was the top laggard on …

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Supreme Court declines to halt first US nitrogen-gas execution in Alabama case

By Andrew Chung (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to halt Alabama from proceeding with the nation’s first execution using nitrogen gas to carry out the death penalty on convicted murderer Kenneth Smith, who survived a botched lethal injection in 2022 that helped prompt a review of the state’s death penalty procedures. The …

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Nearly all US Senate Democrats back two-state solution for Israel and Palestinians

By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) – An overwhelming majority of President Joe Biden’s fellow Democrats in the Senate on Wednesday backed a statement reiterating U.S. support of a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Forty-nine of the 51 members of the Senate Democratic caucus backed an amendment supporting a negotiated solution to the conflict that …

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