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Bolsonaro knew of plot to kill Lula, Brazil police find, CNN Brasil says

RIO DE JANEIRO/SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian federal police have concluded that former president Jair Bolsonaro had "full knowledge" of a plot to kill then president-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in 2022 before he took office, CNN Brasil reported on Thursday, citing police sources.

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South Africa declares food-borne illnesses a national disaster

JOHANNESBURG, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- South Africa has declared food-borne illnesses a national disaster following a recent surge in food poisoning cases that left dozens of children dead and hundreds hospitalized.

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Romania's radical right leader Simion, a Trump fan, sets eyes on presidency

BUCHAREST (Reuters) - George Simion, Romania's youngest presidential candidate, admires U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and would stop military aid to Ukraine, while his vocal anti-Brussels rhetoric chimes with that of Hungary's Viktor Orban. 

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Ethiopia set to earn 2 bln USD from gold export this year

ADDIS ABABA, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- Ethiopia will earn up to 2 billion U.S. dollars in revenue from the export of gold in this Ethiopian fiscal year that started on July 8, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said.

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Feature: Displaced Lebanese face harsh living conditions amid escalating conflict

BEIRUT, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- Pointing at a shade in a room shared by two families, Ferial Zayat managed to make some privacy for her two daughters.

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Nearly half of L.A.'s record homelessness budget went unspent: city controller

NEW YORK, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- Nearly half of Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass' record 1.3 billion U.S. dollars homelessness budget for fiscal 2023-24 went unspent, The Los Angeles Times reported on Thursday.

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Rwanda keeps key interest rate at 6.5 pct to curb inflation

KIGALI, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- Rwanda's central bank has decided to maintain its key interest rate at 6.5 percent for the next quarter to tame inflation, John Rwangombwa, governor of the National Bank of Rwanda, said Thursday.

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US agency votes to launch review, update undersea telecommunications cable rules

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday voted to propose new rules and launch a comprehensive review of its rules governing undersea communications cables that handle nearly all the world's internet traffic in the face of growing security concerns.

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Roundup: Ethiopia expects over 700 mln USD from pulse, oilseed exports this year

ADDIS ABABA, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- Ethiopia anticipates generating over 700 million U.S. dollars in revenue from the export of pulses and oilseeds during the current Ethiopian 2024/2025 fiscal year that started on July 8, according to the Ethiopian Ministry of Trade and Regional Integration.

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Uganda, Huawei host annual job fair to promote employment in ICT sector

KAMPALA, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- The Ugandan government and Chinese technology firm Huawei on Thursday launched a two-day job fair aimed at promoting youth employment in the information, communication and technology (ICT) sector.

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Italy moves to replace courts that ruled against its migrant detentions

ROME (Reuters) - Italy's right-wing coalition has passed rules to change the courts responsible for validating the detention of migrants, in what the opposition said was a vendetta against judges who recently blocked a plan to send asylum seekers to Albania.

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Belarus opposition fears for former Ukraine volunteer extradited by Vietnam

(Reuters) - Vietnam has extradited a prominent Belarusian opposition figure to Belarus where he faces a heavy prison sentence or possibly the death penalty, according to exiled opponents of President Alexander Lukashenko.

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Brazil's Lula says attempt to poison him failed

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Thursday that he is thankful for his life after an attempt to 'poison' him did not work, in his first public comments about an alleged plot to kill him in 2022, days before he took office.

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WHO chief Tedros says back to work after being discharged from hospital

GENEVA (Reuters) - The head of the World Health Organization said on social media platform X on Thursday he had been discharged from a hospital in Rio de Janeiro after being admitted overnight.

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Mexico has plan ready to receive deported Mexicans from U.S.

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico will receive deported Mexicans and has a plan for it if the government of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump moves forward deportations, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Thursday.

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Brazil police accuse Bolsonaro and ex-ministers of 2022 coup plot

BRASILIA (Reuters) -Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro plotted a coup to overturn the 2022 election along with dozens of ex-ministers and senior aides, federal police said in a formal accusation filed on Thursday with the country's Supreme Court.

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Malaysia re-elected to Uncitral for 2025-2031 term

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia has been successfully re-elected to the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (Uncitral) for the 2025-2031 term.

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Work one day for free, French asked in latest budget plan

PARIS (Reuters) - France's national budget is so strained that lawmakers are pushing a proposal to make the French work an extra seven hours each year without pay - the equivalent of one working day - to generate extra funds for state coffers.

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ICC issues arrest warrants for Israel's Netanyahu, Gallant and Hamas leader

AMSTERDAM (Reuters): Judges at the International Criminal Court have issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former defence chief Yoav Gallant, as well as a Hamas leader, Ibrahim Al-Masri, for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity.

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Angry farmers block access to Bordeaux port to up pressure on French government

PARIS (Reuters) - A group of protesting farmers on Thursday sought to block operations at the port of Bordeaux in southwestern France, as a new bout of agricultural anger intensified in Europe's largest crop-producing country.