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Backers of Tunisian president rally against ‘coup’ accusations

By Tarek Amara TUNIS (Reuters) – Thousands of supporters of Tunisian President Kais Saied rallied in the capital on Sunday to show their backing for his suspension of parliament and promises to change the political system, acts his critics call

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Lebanon patriarch calls for end to meddling in judiciary after blast probe stalls

AMMAN (Reuters) – Lebanon’s top Christian cleric said on Sunday the government should put an end to any meddling in the judiciary after the probe into last year’s vast Beirut port blast was halted by the latest of a series

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Ecuador police, military enter Guayaquil jail amid violence

By Alexandra Valencia QUITO (Reuters) – A police and military operation to enter a jail in the southern Ecuadorean city of Guayaquil amid disturbances mobilized more than a thousand personnel, officials said on Saturday. The Regional Guayas jail is located

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Fire damages Rome’s 19th century ‘Iron Bridge’

ROME (Reuters) – A huge fire on Saturday night severely damaged Rome’s famed “Iron Bridge,” with parts of the 19th century structure plunging into the River Tiber. The bridge, which was opened 1863 and whose formal name is Ponte dell’

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French Catholic Church had an estimated 3,000 pedophiles since 1950s: commission head

PARIS (Reuters) -The French Catholic Church has had an estimated 3,000 paedophiles in its ranks over the past 70 years, the head of an independent commission investigating the sex abuse scandal said in an interview published on Sunday. The scandal

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Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema: the centrists blocking Biden’s agenda – The Guardian

Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema: the centrists blocking Biden’s agenda  The Guardian Rep. Ted Budd: Democrats I talked to were ‘ashen’ over failed infrastructure vote  Fox News Sen. Sanders says his initial $6T spending package ‘too little,’ Americans’ support on ‘our side’  Fox

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Bomb Targeting Mosque in Kabul Kills a ‘Number of Civilians’

KABUL, Afghanistan — A bomb exploded in the entrance of a mosque in the Afghan capital on Sunday leaving a “number of civilians dead,” a Taliban spokesman said. The bomb targeted the sprawling Eidgah Mosque in Kabul, where a memorial

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Trump on a 2024 GOP primary vs. Ron DeSantis: ‘I’d beat him like I would beat everyone else’ – Yahoo Finance

Trump on a 2024 GOP primary vs. Ron DeSantis: ‘I’d beat him like I would beat everyone else’  Yahoo Finance Trump on prospect of facing DeSantis in 2024: ‘I’d beat him’  POLITICO Donald Trump told a Christian TV network that nobody had

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Sinema slams Democratic leaders over failure to hold vote on infrastructure bill – New York Post

Sinema slams Democratic leaders over failure to hold vote on infrastructure bill  New York Post McConnell accuses Dem leaders of ‘letting the radical left run Capitol Hill’ after infrastructure bill stalls  Fox News Sinema says lack of infrastructure vote ‘inexcusable’ and erodes

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Woman shot by school safety officer to be disconnected from life support, family says – CNN

Woman shot by school safety officer to be disconnected from life support, family says  CNN California teen mom shot by school safety officer to be taken off life support  NBC News California teen shot by school safety officer to be taken off

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