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The Israel Defense Forces killed Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar during a strike in Gaza, Israel’s government confirmed Thursday night. In a speech to announce Sinwar’s death, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned: “Today evil has suffered a heavy blow, but…

BRUSSELS — Burning oil, gas and coal is increasing the probability and ferocity of flood-bringing rains in Central Europe, scientists warn.  The rising waters that killed at least 24 people from Poland to Romania this month are twice as likely to…

BRUSSELS — China’s top trade official, Wang Wentao, has been turning up the volume on a whistle-stop tour of the European Union to ward off its threat to tax imports of electric cars but, after well-attended gigs this week in…