China's Xi Jinping to talk Ukraine, investment on last European stop Hungary
By Anita Komuves BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungarian soldiers on horseback joined President Tamas Sulyok to give Chinese President Xi Jinping a warm welcome in the grounds of Budapest's spectacular Buda Castle on Monday on the third and final stop on Xi...
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Virginia school board considers restoring Confederate names to schools
By Julia Harte (Reuters) - A U.S. school board in Shenandoah County, Virginia, will vote on Thursday on whether to restore previously removed Confederate names to two schools, potentially becoming the first community in the nation to reinstate such...
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Hope fades for 44 trapped in collapsed South Africa building
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Relatives of 44 construction workers trapped under a collapsed building in the South African city of George faced a fourth day of anguished waiting on Thursday as heavy machinery worked at the site in a race against time to...
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Vietnam delays meeting with EU sanctions chief ahead of possible Putin visit, sources say
By Francesco Guarascio HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam's foreign affairs ministry told the European Union it was not available for a meeting next week with the bloc's top official on Russian sanctions, diplomats said, as Hanoi prepares for a possible vis...
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Plane skids off runway at Senegal's main airport, flights suspended, says source
DAKAR (Reuters) -Flights have been suspended at Senegal's main airport near the capital Dakar after a plane skidded off the runway, a source at Blaise Diagne airport told Reuters. The source did not give further details. A night-time video shared on so...
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Ukraine's parliament dismisses agriculture minister suspected of corruption, lawmaker says
KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine's parliament has dismissed Agriculture Minister Mykola Solsky who tendered his resignation in late April as he faces an investigation into alleged involvement in illegal acquisition of state-owned land, Ukrainian lawmaker Y...
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Thai communities ordered to evacuate after fire at fuel tank facility
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Communities and workers near the site of a fire at a fuel tank terminal in Thailand's eastern province have been ordered to urgently evacuate as the blaze was likely to spread, the industry ministry said on Thursday. One person ...
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North Macedonia nationalists seek coalition partner after election win
By Aleksandar Vasovic SKOPJE (Reuters) - North Macedonia's nationalist opposition began the search for a coalition partner on Thursday after voters frustrated by a lack of progress towards membership of the European Union ended seven years of rule ...
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Israeli strike on Lebanon kills four Hezbollah fighters, security sources say
BEIRUT (Reuters) - An Israeli air strike on a car in southern Lebanon killed four people on Thursday, according to Lebanon's civil defence, with security sources saying those killed were members of armed group Hezbollah. The conflict between Hezbol...
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Gunmen in Pakistan kill seven labourers near Gwadar port, say police
QUETTA, Pakistan (Reuters) - Gunmen shot and killed seven labourers near southwestern Pakistan's Gwadar port early on Thursday, police said. Police official Mohsin Ali said the gunmen stormed into a house some 25 km (15 miles) east of the port city...
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Myanmar junta reiterates election plan after ex-Cambodia PM seeks Suu Kyi access
(Reuters) - Myanmar's military chief discussed plans to hold an election in the country with former Cambodian leader Hun Sen in talks this week, a senior official said, even as the ruling junta faces unprecedented pressure from an expanding armed r...
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Yemen's Houthis say they targeted ships in Gulf of Aden, Indian Ocean
DUBAI (Reuters) - Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis targeted two ships, the MSC DEGO and the MSC GINA, in the Gulf of Aden using a number of ballistic missiles and drones, the group's military spokesman Yahya Sarea said in a televised speech on Thursday...
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Air Vanuatu cancels flights as government considers voluntary administration
(Reuters) - Air Vanuatu said on Thursday it had cancelled international flights for the rest of the week, as the Pacific Island nation's government considered placing its national carrier into voluntary administration. All of Air Vanuatu's internat...
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Iran to change nuclear doctrine if existence threatened, adviser to Supreme Leader says
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran will have to change its nuclear doctrine if its existence is threatened by Israel, an adviser to Iran's Supreme Leader, Kamal Kharrazi said, raising concerns about an Iranian nuclear weapon. "We have no decision to build a nu...
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Syria shoots down Israeli missiles fired from Golan Heights towards Damascus outskirts
By Tala Ramadan DUBAI (Reuters) - Syrian air defences on Thursday shot down Israeli missiles fired from the Golan Heights towards Damascus' outskirts targeting a building in the countryside, Syria's defence ministry said. Israel has been carrying o...
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China's Xi Jinping in Hungary to discuss Ukraine, infrastructure
By Anita Komuves BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Chinese President Xi Jinping is due to meet Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Thursday, with the war in Ukraine and infrastructure projects high on the agenda, as he makes his third stop on his first Eur...
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India's Modi skips election in Kashmir as critics dispute integration claims
By Krishn Kaushik and Fayaz Bukhari ANANTNAG, India (Reuters) - Prime Minister Narendra Modi is criss-crossing India in a marathon election campaign but, for the first time since 1996, his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is not contesting in Kashmir,...
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Ukrainian drones strike Russian fuel depot, officials say
(Reuters) - A Ukrainian drone attack sparked a fire and damaged several storage tanks at a fuel depot in Russia's Krasnodar region, the region's crisis administration said on Thursday. About six drones were destroyed and debris fell on the refinery...
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South Korea's Yoon: efforts to improve people's lives had fallen short
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said on Thursday his government's efforts to improve people's lives had fallen short, as he held a rare news conference to mark his first two years in office. Yoon also said a new government mi...
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US warns Israel that Rafah invasion will jeopardise weapons supply as assault continues
By Jarrett Renshaw, Nidal al-Mughrabi and Mohammad Salem WASHINGTON/CAIRO/RAFAH, Gaza Strip (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden for the first time publicly vowed to withhold weapons from Israel if its forces make a major invasion of Rafah in south...
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Exclusive-Panama's president-elect vows to help fix canal water problems, build major train line
By Valentine Hilaire and Elida Moreno PANAMA CITY (Reuters) - Panama's president-elect, Jose Raul Mulino, said on Wednesday he will urge lawmakers to approve a law enabling the Panama Canal to build large water reservoirs in the face of an unpreced...
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US sends warship through Taiwan Strait ahead of presidential inauguration
TAIPEI/BEIJING (Reuters) -A U.S. warship sailed through the narrow Taiwan Strait on Wednesday, less than two weeks before Taiwan's new president takes office, prompting an angry denunciation from Beijing. China claims sovereignty over democratically go...
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Former Fiji PM Bainimarama sentenced to year in jail, media report
(Reuters) - Fiji's former long-serving prime minister Frank Bainimarama was on Thursday sentenced to a year in prison for perverting the course of justice, local media reported. Bainimarama was initially spared jail in the case during sentencing la...
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UK refuses to sign global vaccine treaty, The Telegraph reports
(Reuters) - Britain is refusing to sign the World Health Organization's pandemic accord because the country says it would have to give away a fifth of its vaccines, the Telegraph reported on Wednesday. Britain will only agree to a legally binding g...
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Biden says US will withhold weapons from Israel if it invades Rafah
(Reuters) - President Joe Biden on Wednesday publicly warned Israel for the first time that the U.S. would stop supplying it weapons if Israeli forces make a major invasion of Rafah, a city in southern Gaza. "I made it clear that if they go into Ra...
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