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- PAVEL POLITYUK and YULIIA DYSA
Kyiv, Ukraine
Reuters
Two people were killed, 10 were wounded and a family of three were believed to be still trapped under rubble following overnight Russian missile attacks in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region, Ukrainian officials said on Thursday.
Earlier, officials had said one person was killed after
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- KATE ABNETT, MAHA EL DAHAN and VALERIE VOLCOVICI
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Reuters
The UN climate summit clinched an early victory Thursday, with delegates adopting a new fund to help poor nations cope with costly climate disasters.
COP28 President Sultan Ahmed al-Jaber said the decision sent a "positive signal of momentum to the world and
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- NIDAL AL-MUGHRABI, MOHAMMAD SALEM and HUMEYRA PAMUK
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Gaza/Tel Aviv, Israel
Reuters
Hamas on Thursday released eight Israeli hostages in Gaza under a last-minute truce deal and Israel was expected to free 30 Palestinian prisoners as negotiators sought to extend a ceasefire again.
Israel identified two women who were released first on

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- NIDAL AL-MUGHRABI, MOHAMMED SALEM and EMILY ROSE
Gaza/Jerusalem
Reuters
Israel and Hamas struck a last-minute agreement on Thursday to extend their six-day ceasefire by at least one more day to allow negotiators to keep working on deals to swap hostages held in Gaza for Palestinian prisoners.
The truce has allowed much needed humanitarian aid

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- OLGA DZYUBENKO
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
Reuters
Kyrgyzstan's parliament voted on Wednesday to tweak the design of the national flag after critics, including President Sadyr Japarov, said its central element looked like a sunflower which in the local culture symbolises fickleness and servility.
A man wearing a Kyrgyz national

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- STEVE HOLLAND and ARSHAD MOHAMMED
Washington DC, US
Reuters
Henry Kissinger, a diplomatic powerhouse whose roles as a national security adviser and secretary of state under two presidents left an indelible mark on US foreign policy and earned him a controversial Nobel Peace Prize, died on Wednesday at age 100.
Kissinger died

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- RON POPESKI and OLEKSANDR KOZHUKHAR
Russia's military said on Wednesday that its forces had captured a village in a contested area of eastern Ukraine, while Ukrainian officials offered no comment but said Moscow's forces were suffering heavy losses while launching fierce attacks.
Russia's armed forces have focused on eastern Donetsk region

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- LOVASOA RABARY
Antananarivo, Madagascar
Reuters
Madagascar's army warned on Wednesday against any attempt to destabilise the country after the island nation's top prosecutor announced that two officers had been charged with inciting rebellion before the 16th November presidential election.
Madagascar's President and a presidential candidate Andry

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- LUC COHEN, JEFF MASON and DAVID BRUNNSTROM
New York City, US
Reuters
An Indian Government official directed an unsuccessful plot to assassinate a Sikh separatist, who is also a US citizen, on US soil, the US Justice Department said on Wednesday, in announcing charges against a man accused of orchestrating the attempted murder.
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