Israel levels buildings in a Gaza district, the US Army charges Private Travis King with desertion, and China will curb exports of a key battery material.
Plus, Italy's prime minister leaves her partner after he made sexist comments on TV.
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Residential buildings destroyed in Israeli strikes are seen in Zahra City. REUTERS/Shadi Tabatibi |
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- Israel levelled a northern Gaza district after giving families still there a half-hour warning to escape, and ordered the evacuation of the biggest Israeli town near Lebanon, as it made clear that a command to invade Gaza was expected soon.
- We unpack Israel's plan for Gaza after its offensive is over, and who could take control of the enclave in Hamas' place, in today's Reuters World News daily podcast.
- A Greek Orthodox church in the Gaza Strip which was sheltering hundreds of displaced Palestinians was hit overnight by an Israeli air strike, the Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem and Palestinian health officials said.
- Violence in the occupied West Bank has surged since Israel began bombarding the Gaza Strip and clashing with Hezbollah at the Lebanon border, fueling concerns that the flashpoint Palestinian territory could become a third front in a wider war.
- Drones and rockets targeted two military bases housing US forces in Iraq, sources and officials said, the latest in a series of attacks after Iraqi militants warned Washington against intervening to support Israel against Hamas in Gaza.
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- The US House of Representatives is due to hold a third vote to fill its vacant speaker's chair, but Republicans who control the chamber appear no closer to resolving a leadership battle that has paralyzed the House for more than two weeks.
- Sidney Powell, former lawyer for Donald Trump, pleaded guilty to aiding the former president's efforts to overturn his election defeat in the state of Georgia and agreed to testify against him if called.
- The US Army has charged Private Travis King with crimes ranging from desertion for running into North Korea in July to assault against fellow soldiers and solicitation of child pornography, according to documents obtained by Reuters.
- Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones cannot use his personal bankruptcy to escape paying at least $1.1 billion in defamation damages stemming from his repeated lies about the 2012 Sandy Hook elementary school massacre, a US bankruptcy judge ruled.
- Britain's Labour Party dealt a crushing blow to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's Conservatives, winning two previously safe parliamentary seats in victories leader Keir Starmer said showed voters wanted change at the next national election.
- Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said she had separated from her television journalist partner Andrea Giambruno, who has drawn criticism in recent weeks for sexist comments made on and off air.
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- Red October rumbled on in world markets as the sight of US government bond yields hitting 5% for the first time since 2007 amid an increasingly threatening conflict in the Middle East left investors searching for safety.
- Elon Musk's warning that high interest rates could sap electric-vehicle demand knocked shares of the sector, with some analysts questioning if Tesla can maintain the runaway growth that has for years set it apart from other automakers.
- China said it will require export permits for some graphite products to protect national security, in its latest move to control supplies of critical minerals in response to challenges over its global manufacturing dominance.
- US companies across sectors such as food and beverage makers and manufacturers of glucose monitors have faced investor questions over the risk to future sales from the growing popularity of promising weight-loss treatments. Here's what companies have said about the potential impact.
- United Auto Workers union members who went on strike at Mercedes-supplier ZF's plant in Alabama last month demanding higher pay and better healthcare benefits ended a nearly month-long walkout.
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China weighs options to blunt US sanctions in a Taiwan conflict |
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A Chinese warship fires towards the shore during a military drill near the Taiwan-controlled Matsu Islands. REUTERS/Thomas Peter |
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In a war with the US over Taiwan, China would need to create a global network of companies under US sanctions, seize American assets within its borders, and issue gold-denominated bonds, according to Chinese government-affiliated researchers studying the Western response to Russia after its invasion of Ukraine.
The sanctions against Moscow have prompted hundreds of Chinese economists, financiers, and geopolitical analysts to examine how China should mitigate extreme scenarios, according to a Reuters review of more than 200 Chinese-language policy papers and academic articles. |
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Solar panels are installed in satellite dishes at the Leuk Teleport and Data Center in Switzerland. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse |
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High in the Alps, two Swiss companies are repurposing obsolete satellite antennas into giant solar panels, taking advantage of Switzerland's mountainous terrain to generate much-needed green energy. |
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