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By Anmol Choubey (Reuters) -Gold raced past $4,000 an ounce for the first time on Wednesday as investors piled into a historic rally in the safe haven to hedge against global economic and geopolitical uncertainties, while also betting on U.S. interest rate cuts. Spot gold was up 1.4% at $4,039.10 per ounce by 0820 GMT.…

BEIJING (Reuters) -Taiwan President Lai Ching-te is “prostituting” himself to foreigners to try and win their favour but his schemes are doomed to fail, China’s government said on Wednesday after he gave an interview lauding U.S. President Donald Trump. China, which views democratically-governed Taiwan as its own territory, has a special dislike of Lai, saying…

By Matt Spetalnick, Nidal al-Mughrabi and Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON/CAIRO (Reuters) -Israel and Hamas agreed on Wednesday to the first phase of U.S. President Donald Trump’s plan for Gaza, a ceasefire and hostage deal that could open the way to ending a bloody two-year-old war that has upended the Middle East. Just a day after the…

By Dominique Vidalon, Michel Rose and Ingrid Melander PARIS (Reuters) -French President Emmanuel Macron will appoint a new prime minister in the next 48 hours, his office said on Wednesday, adding that a majority of lawmakers were against holding a snap parliamentary election amid France’s worst crisis in decades. Sebastien Lecornu, France’s fifth prime minister…

ANKARA (Reuters) -Turkey on Wednesday slammed an intervention by Israeli forces against a flotilla attempting to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza as an act of piracy and a violation of international law. Turkey’s foreign ministry said the intervention against the Freedom Flotilla, including Turkish nationals and lawmakers, showed that the “genocidal” Israeli government targeted all…

STRASBOURG (Reuters) -Recent drone incidents and other airspace violations show Europe is facing hybrid warfare to which it must respond with measures that go beyond traditional defence, EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Wednesday. “This is not random harassment,” von der Leyen said in a speech in European Parliament in Strasbourg. “It…

By Tamiyuki Kihara and John Geddie TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan’s likely next premier Sanae Takaichi is already facing criticism from her ruling party’s long-time coalition partner, a rift that could delay or, in an extreme scenario, jeopardise her premiership. Hardline conservative Takaichi, selected to head the ruling Liberal Democratic Party in a weekend vote, on Tuesday…

MADRID (Reuters) -Spanish emergency services have recovered the bodies of four people from beneath the rubble of a six-storey building that collapsed in central Madrid while being refurbished into a hotel, local authorities said on Wednesday. “It is with deep sadness that we confirm that Madrid firefighters have recovered the bodies of the people who…

By James Davey LONDON (Reuters) -How all non-European Union citizens, including British visitors, travel to and from the bloc will start to change from Sunday when its long-delayed new biometric entry-check system starts operations. The Entry/Exit System (EES) will require all non-EU citizens to register their personal details, including fingerprints and facial images, when they…