Israeli troops battle Palestinian fighters in Gaza city of Khan Younis

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli troops battled Palestinian fighters in Khan Younis in southern Gaza and destroyed tunnels and other infrastructure, as they sought to suppress small militant units that have continued to hit troops with mortar fire, the military said on Friday. The Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) said troops had killed around 100 Palestinian fighters…

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    Amazon.com investors reject all 14 outside proposals at meeting

    By Greg Bensinger (Reuters) -Amazon.com investors voted against all 14 resolutions that asked the retailer to disclose more about its carbon emissions and its directors’ donations, and to form a committee to oversee artificial-intelligence development, among other issues. Amazon announced the preliminary vote at its annual shareholder meeting on Wednesday, where all 12 directors were…

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    Putin clears out deputy defence ministers, appoints his relative

    MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday sacked four deputy defence ministers and appointed a relative, Anna Tsivileva, to fill one of the vacancies. Putin sacked deputy defence ministers Nikolai Pankov, Ruslan Tsalikov, Tatiana Shevtsova and Pavel Popov, according to Kremlin decrees. He appointed Tsivileva, who Russian media said is the daughter of…

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