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Hamas tightens grip in Gaza as Trump pushes peace plan

By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Maayan Lubell CAIRO/JERUSALEM, Feb 19 (Reuters) - Hamas is cementing its hold over Gaza by placing loyalists in key government roles, collecting taxes and paying salaries, according to an Israeli military assessment seen by Reuters and sources in the

Belgian whiskies honoured at World Whiskies Awards

The World Whiskies Awards, one of the world's most respected whisky competitions, have recognized the "excellence" of Belgian whiskies. Judges awarded no less than six medals to products from two Belgian distilleries: Distillerie de Waterloo and Den Os Spirits. The awards are

Lee’s AI-fueled Kospi boom masks reform evasion

By one metric, Lee Jae Myung’s eight months as South Korean president have been a smashing success, with the stock market more than doubling on his watch. Before Lee’s election in June, he ran on a Kospi 5,000 platform that struck many as fanciful. At that time, the benchmark

FCC chair: Colbert sees the 'limelight is fading'

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chair Brendan Carr said that late-night host Stephen Colbert, who has been at the center of a controversy surrounding an interview he did with Texas Senate Candidate James Talarico, sees that " the limelight is fading.” “But look, I get