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Argentina's Milei says shutting central bank 'non-negotiable'
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentina's President-elect Javier Milei said on Friday that the closure of the country's central bank, a signature campaign pledge, was a "non-negotiable matter", according to a statement from his office posted on social media platform X.
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France's Sarkozy denies wrongdoing in illegal campaign financing case
PARIS (Reuters) - Former President Nicolas Sarkozy told a Paris appeals court on Friday he was innocent of any wrongdoing, as he tried to overturn a 2021 conviction for illegal campaign financing.
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Congo opposition candidate Katumbi vows more security in militia-plagued east
GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - Presidential candidate Moise Katumbi has promised residents in the Democratic Republic of Congo's eastern city of Goma not to abandon them amid spiralling militia violence in the region and to make security a priority if he wins the Dec. 20 vote.
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World
Collapsed Indian tunnel had no safety exit, was built through geological fault - panel member
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - A tunnel which collapsed, trapping 41 workers in the Indian Himalayas this month, did not have an emergency exit and was built through a geological fault, a member of a panel of experts investigating the disaster said on Friday.
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World
Some migrants are swapping their American dream for a Mexican one
SALTILLO, Mexico (Reuters) - On a recent factory shift in the northern Mexican city of Saltillo, Honduran refugee Walter Banegas extracted a steaming-hot piece of molded metal destined for a street lamp from a die-casting machine.
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World
Dutch minister says she hopes aid to Ukraine will continue despite election outcome
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Dutch Defence Minister Kajsa Ollongren said on Friday she hoped the country's military support to Ukraine would continue even under a new government led by anti-EU populist Geert Wilders, who has said the Dutch should stop providing Kyiv with arms.
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World
Armenian PM says Russia has not delivered weapons Yerevan has paid for -TASS
(Reuters) - Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said on Friday that Russia had not yet delivered weapons his country had paid for and that talks were underway to try to find a solution, Russian state news agency TASS reported.
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World
Stark reality of migration confronts scuba diving tourists on Spain's El Hierro
LA RESTINGA, Spain (Reuters) - El Hierro's crystal-clear waters and abundance of marine life have made this island in Spain's Canaries archipelago one of the world's top scuba diving spots.
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World
Montenegro court approves extradition of 'cryptocurrency king' Do Kwon
SARAJEVO (Reuters) - A court in Montenegro said on Friday it had approved the extradition of cryptocurrency entrepreneur Do Kwon, leaving a minister to decide if he will be handed over to South Korea or the United States, which both want him.
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World
Ukraine ready to evacuate stranded truckers as Polish protests persist
KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine's top truckers union said on Friday its hopes of a rapid end to Polish trucker protests at the border were fading, as Kyiv prepared to evacuate its hauliers stranded in Poland.
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World
Kremlin says NATO's desire for a 'military Schengen' zone in Europe ratchets up tensions
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Friday that NATO's desire to have a military analogue of the Schengen Zone in Europe to allow the alliance's armed forces to move around freely to counter Russia had ratcheted up tensions and was a cause for concern.
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World
Finland shuts more Russia border points, says asylum inflow must stop
HELSINKI (Reuters) - Russia must stop sending asylum seekers across its frontier into Finland in what amounts to a "hybrid attack", Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo said on Friday, after the Nordic nation temporarily shut all border passenger crossings bar one.
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Dutch politician Wilders' hopes of building coalition hit hurdle
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Populist politician Geert Wilders' hopes of establishing a right-wing government in the Netherlands hit an early hurdle on Friday as the party whose support he needs most ruled out directly joining a new cabinet.
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World
Calm restored to Dublin streets after 34 arrested for riots
DUBLIN (Reuters) -Calm was restored to the streets of central Dublin on Friday night amid a heavy police presence after 34 people were arrested following rioting the previous night that was triggered by the stabbing of three young children in the street.
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Cybersecurity
How ‘pig butchering’ scams have emerged as a billion-dollar crypto industry
Such scams have drawn intensifying scrutiny from global law enforcement over the past year, but little is publicly known about the people behind them.
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Internet
Internet out: India deploys shutdowns in name of security
When trouble brews with political unrest or sectarian violence, authorities are quick to sever Internet service to stem disinformation – cutting off millions of people who depend on the web for communication, information and business.
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World
South African 'Blade Runner' Pistorius seeks parole a decade after killing girlfriend
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African former Paralympic star Oscar Pistorius, jailed in 2014 for killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, will get another chance for an early release at a parole hearing on Friday.
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Internet
Be careful not to make these mistakes when writing a professional email
Emails remain the basic tool of business communication, despite the rise of professional messaging services like Slack. That means you need to take care when writing them, being careful not to commit certain faux pas so as not to incur the wrath of your colleagues or managers.
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World
Drilling snags delay rescue of 41 men trapped in Indian tunnel
SILKYARA, India (Reuters) - Hopes for the imminent rescue of 41 men trapped in a highway tunnel in the Indian Himalayas for nearly two weeks were dashed by recurring problems with the drilling equipment, officials said on Friday.
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AI
What we know about OpenAI’s new Q* super intelligence
OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, is reportedly developing a new type of artificial intelligence, codenamed Q*.
