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UN’s Guterres condemns Israel for ‘heartbreaking’ killings in Gaza

By Elias Biryabarema KAMPALA (Reuters) – United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Sunday denounced Israel for the “heartbreaking” deaths of Palestinian civilians in Gaza and called it unacceptable to resist statehood for the Palestinian people. “Israel’s military operations have spread mass destruction and killed civilians on a scale unprecedented during my time as secretary-general,” Guterres …

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Residents of southern Mexican town set govt palace on fire after police kill young man

LERDO DE TEJADA, Mexico (Reuters) – Residents of a Mexican town set fire to the municipal palace overnight on Friday in a violent protest after local police shot a young man in the neck, according to his relatives, after he did not stop his car at a checkpoint. National media reported that police shot dead …

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Israeli soldiers uncover Gaza tunnel that once held hostages -army

(Corrects spellings in media slug of Jan. 20 story, no change to story text) JERUSALEM (Reuters) -At the end of a kilometer-long, booby-trapped tunnel in the Gaza Strip, Israeli soldiers discovered cramped cells where the military said Hamas kept about 20 hostages. They found a holding area, five narrow rooms behind metal bars, toilets, mattresses, …

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OpenAI suspends bot developer for Congressman Dean Phillips- The Washington Post

(Reuters) – Microsoft-backed OpenAI has banned the developer of a bot mimicking Democratic presidential hopeful Congressman Dean Phillips, the first action the ChatGPT maker has taken in response to what it sees as a misuse of its artificial intelligence (AI) tools in a political campaign, the Washington Post reported on Saturday. “We recently removed a …

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Haley targets Trump’s affinity for dictators during final sprint in New Hampshire

By James Oliphant and Nathan Layne PETERBOROUGH/MANCHESTER, New Hampshire (Reuters) -Former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley accused Republican rival Donald Trump of being “obsessed” with dictators and too old to lead on Saturday in a final stretch of campaigning in New Hampshire ahead of Tuesday’s presidential nominating contest. The former U.S. president ramped up his …

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US-Mexico immigration coordination producing results, official says

By Mike Stone WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A high-level U.S. State Department meeting with Mexican officials on Friday lauded progress following a crackdown on illegal immigration, a State Department spokesman said on Saturday. A crackdown on migrant smuggling networks, train and bus routes has produced results, Matthew Miller, a State Department spokesman, said in a statement. …

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US personnel suffer minor injuries in Iraq base attack: U.S. official

By Phil Stewart and Timour Azhari WASHINGTON/BAGHDAD (Reuters) -U.S. personnel suffered minor injuries and a member of Iraq’s security forces was wounded in an attack on Iraq’s Ain al-Asad air base on Saturday, a U.S. official said on Saturday, speaking on condition of anonymity. The U.S. military’s Central Command said in a statement that the …

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Protesters in Tel Aviv call for change to Netanyahu government

TEL AVIV (Reuters) – Thousands of Israelis gathered in Tel Aviv on Saturday to protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government, accusing the veteran leader of mishandling the nation’s security and calling for a new election. Anti-government protests that shook the nation for much of 2023 ceased after the attacks by Hamas in southern Israel …

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Biden’s New Hampshire votes matter, even though he’s not on the ballot

By Steve Holland and Jarrett Renshaw WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democrats are trying to temper expectations for U.S. President Joe Biden in next week’s Democratic primary election in New Hampshire, as supporters scramble to gin up write-in support for him since his name is not on the ballot. The primary on Jan. 23 offers the first …

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