Author: The Gazette
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UN aims to surge aid, medical supplies into Gaza once ceasefire starts
By Jasper Ward (Reuters) -The United Nations plans to ramp up its delivery of humanitarian aid to Gaza in the first 60 days of a ceasefire in the enclave, a top UN official said on Thursday, hours after a deal was struck between Israel and Hamas. The deal is expected to go into effect 24…
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US National Weather Service says La Nina conditions likely to persist through Dec 2025 to Feb 2026
(Reuters) -The U.S. National Weather Service’s Climate Prediction Center published an advisory Thursday on the emergence of La Nina conditions in September, which are likely to persist through December 2025 to February 2026, with a 55% chance of a transition to ENSO-neutral likely in January to March 2026. WHY IT’S IMPORTANT The La Nina weather…
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Analysis-Trump exerted leverage for Gaza deal but tough questions remain
By Matt Spetalnick WASHINGTON (Reuters) -With the Gaza war entering its third year, U.S. President Donald Trump has achieved something no other world leader has been able to do: strong-arm Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu into the first step of a broader peace deal while persuading other Middle Eastern countries to pressure Hamas. But despite…
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Mission to evacuate north Gaza babies suspended amid ongoing fighting, UN says
GENEVA (Reuters) -The U.N. children’s charity said on Thursday it had to suspend a pre-approved mission to transfer two newborn babies from Gaza City because they did not get Israeli security clearance as military operations continue despite a new ceasefire deal. The babies are part of a group of 18 newborns in north Gaza hospitals…
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Former French justice minister Badinter’s grave desecrated ahead of Pantheon ceremony
By Dominique Vidalon PARIS (Reuters) -The grave of former French justice minister Robert Badinter was desecrated on Thursday, hours before President Emmanuel Macron is set to dedicate a cenotaph in his memory in a Paris mausoleum, one of the highest honours in France. “Shame on those who sought to tarnish his memory. Tonight, he will…
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Pro-Gaza flotilla charity says Israel blocking aid to be sent via Jordan
ROME (Reuters) -Israel is blocking 250 tons of aid for Gaza, including food, medical supplies and educational material, because of disagreements over its content, an Italian charity involved in last month’s international flotilla said on Thursday. Italy’s Music for Peace NGO said it collected large quantities of aid as part of a mobilisation in support…
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Beshear becomes first major Democrat to question Jay Jones after violent texts revealed
Gov. Andy Beshear (D-KY) became the first leading Democratic lawmaker to publicly question voting for Virginia attorney general candidate Jay Jones, breaking with his party’s reluctance to address the campaign. The Virginia race blew up earlier this month when violent text messages from Jones resurfaced, in which he suggested former state Republican House Speaker Todd…
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Fed’s Williams, Daly call out job market risks; Barr urges caution
By Ann Saphir and Michael S. Derby (Reuters) -The influential New York Federal Reserve President John Williams signaled on Thursday he would be comfortable with cutting interest rates again, voicing what appears to be a dominant view at the Fed despite some policymakers’ qualms about rising inflation. “The risk of a further slowdown in the…
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Joe Concha says Jay Jones’s campaign is the Democratic Party’s ‘permission slip to violence’
Washington Examiner senior writer Joe Concha slammed the Democratic Party for refusing to demand that Jay Jones drop out of this year’s Virginia attorney general race. “No Democrat has said that Jay Jones should drop out of the race,” Concha said on Fox Business’s Kudlow on Wednesday. “He wished death on his opponent — Republican…
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US imposes sanctions on China refinery, others for Iran oil purchases
By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. imposed sanctions on about 100 individuals, entities and vessels, including a Chinese independent refinery and terminal, that helped Iran’s oil and petrochemicals trade, the administration of President Donald Trump said on Thursday. The Treasury Department sanctioned the Shandong Jincheng Petrochemical Group, which it said is an independent teapot…