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By Trevor Hunnicutt ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (Reuters) -The White House on Tuesday said it had its own intelligence that Hamas was using Gaza’s largest hospital Al Shifa to run its military operations, and probably to store weapons, saying those actions constituted a war crime. “We have information that confirms that Hamas is using that particular hospital for a command and control mode” and probably to store weapons, national security […]

By Simon Lewis and Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States would like to see an evacuation of patients at Gaza hospitals to get them out of harm’s way and will support an independent third party to conduct those evacuations, U.S. State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said on Tuesday. Speaking at a news briefing, Miller said Washington did not want to see any civilians, “certainly not babies in incubators” […]

BAMAKO (Reuters) -Mali’s army said on Tuesday it had taken the northern rebel stronghold of Kidal after carrying out a raid that inflicted heavy losses on armed insurgents. Ethnic Tuareg rebels, who have long controlled much of the north from Kidal, last month seized a base vacated by the departing U.N. peacekeeping mission, raising the spectre of a showdown as the army headed north to take it back. “Today, our […]

(Reuters) – Former U.S. President Donald Trump’s election interference case in Georgia may not conclude until the winter of 2024 or early 2025 after a trial that will last many months, the prosecutor, Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, said on Tuesday. “I believe the trial will take many months and I don’t expect that we will conclude until the winter or the very early part of 2025,” she said […]

(Corrects date in dateline) WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republican Donald Trump is planning to punish his political enemies, fire thousands of government employees, deport millions of migrants and reshape global trade if he wins a second White House term in the November 2024 presidential election, according to his campaign and media reports. Here is a look at some of the policies Trump has pledged to institute: TRADE Trump has floated the idea […]

By Jonathan Landay WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of demonstrators gathered in Washington on Tuesday for a “March for Israel” to show solidarity with Israel in its war with Hamas and condemn rising antisemitism. Streets were closed around much of downtown amid heightened security, as people gathered in bright sunshine on the National Mall, many draped in Israeli and U.S. flags. “We are here to show the world that […]

By David Morgan and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson will brave opposition from fellow Republicans and rely on Democratic votes on Tuesday in a risky tactic to avert a government shutdown. The House of Representatives has scheduled a vote at 4:20 p.m. (2120 GMT) on a stopgap spending bill that would extend government funding beyond Nov. 17, when it is due to run out. Facing opposition […]

(Corrects date in dateline) WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republican Donald Trump is planning to punish his political enemies, fire thousands of government employees, deport millions of migrants and reshape global trade if he wins a second White House term in the November 2024 presidential election, according to his campaign and media reports. Here is a look at some of the policies Trump has pledged to institute: TRADE Trump has floated the idea […]

By Divya Rajagopal TORONTO (Reuters) – As Glencore prepares for a long grind to convince Canada of the virtues of the Swiss trader-led consortium’s $9 billion bid for Teck Resources’ coal unit, investors and lawyers are optimistic about the deal approval despite the government’s increased scrutiny of foreign investments. In recent years, Canada has tightened the Investment Canada Act (ICA), the main tool the government uses to review inbound deals […]