Mexico's Sheinbaum says polls show support for judicial reform
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Polls commissioned by Mexico's ruling MORENA party showed support for a proposed reform of the country's judiciary, including support for the popular election of Supreme Court judges, President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum said o...
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France and Belgium strengthen their cooperation in land defence
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - France and Belgium signed a memorandum of understanding on Monday to strengthen their cooperation in land defence with both countries acquiring each a 10% stake in John Cockerill Defense, the defence unit of Belgian equipment m...
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Israeli fire kills 8 Palestinians amongst merchants and civil guards waiting for commercial trucks, health officials say
CAIRO (Reuters) - Eight Palestinians were killed by Israeli fire as merchants and civil guards waited for commercial trucks along the eastern road of the Gaza Strip, which is designated for commercial trucks to roll on, health officials told Reuter...
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US-UK forces launch strikes on Yemen's Hodeidah and Kamaran Island, Houthi-run TV says
By Mohammed Ghobari, Adam Makary and Jaidaa Taha ADEN (Reuters) - U.S. and British forces have carried out at least six airstrikes on Yemen's Hodeidah International Airport and four strikes on Kamaran Island near the port of Salif off the Red Sea, ...
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Estonia's Kallas, fierce Russia critic, tipped as new EU foreign policy chief
By Andrius Sytas VILNIUS (Reuters) - Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas is tipped become the European Union's next foreign policy boss, but her tough stance on Russia may raise doubts whether she can represent views from across the bloc. EU leader...
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Portugal's Antonio Costa expected to be next head of European Council
By Sergio Goncalves LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal's Antonio Costa has long been building support among European peers to become the president of the European Council, hoping his skills as a pragmatic negotiator will help him win the job. Costa, 62, s...
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Israeli anti-government protesters rally in Jerusalem
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Anti-government protesters converged on Jerusalem on Monday, calling for new elections in an effort to replace Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who once again sits atop one of the most right-wing coalitions in Israel's histo...
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Indian man accused in Sikh separatist assassination plot pleads not guilty
NEW YORK - Nikhil Gupta, an Indian national accused of involvement in an unsuccessful plot to assassinate a New York-based Sikh separatist, pleaded not guilty to U.S. criminal charges on Monday. (Reporting by Luc Cohen in New York)
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Over 20 NATO allies to spend at least 2% of GDP on defense in 2024, says Stoltenberg
By Jonathan Landay and Daphne Psaledakis , WASHINGTON (Reuters) - More than 20 NATO members will meet the military alliance's target of spending at least 2% of GDP on defense this year, Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Monday. Speaking to...
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Mbappe's call to vote resonates with youth in his old neighbourhood
By Layli Foroudi PARIS (Reuters) - In the Paris suburb where footballer Kylian Mbappe grew up, 22-year old Leana Aggoune said that she agrees with the French striker's call on young people to vote in the French parliamentary election this month. Ma...
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Train crash in eastern India kills 15, injures dozens
By Subrata Nag Choudhary and Sudipto Ganguly KOLKATA (Reuters) - A freight train smashed into the rear of a stationary passenger train in India's West Bengal state on Monday, killing at least 15 people and injuring dozens, police said, in an accide...
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Scholz expects quick decision on EU commission chief
BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Monday he was certain the European Union would be able to agree quickly on the next head of the bloc executive, and that this was necessary as the continent was going through difficult times....
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Canada defends sending ship to Cuba as vital to deterring Russia
OTTAWA (Reuters) - The Canadian Liberal government, criticized by opposition legislators for sending a patrol ship to Havana while Russian vessels were there, on Monday said the visit was meant to send a message of deterrence to Moscow. The Canadia...
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Hunter Biden's lawyers withdraw motion for new gun trial
(Reuters) -Lawyers for Hunter Biden, the son of President Joe Biden, on Monday withdrew a filing seeking a new trial in his federal gun case, moments after the motion was uploaded to his case's docket in Delaware federal court, according to a note on a...
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Rahul Gandhi to retain family bastion as Congress seeks to build after polls
By Sakshi Dayal NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi has chosen to represent his family bastion of Raebareli in parliament as his Congress Party seeks to build on the stronger than expected showing of opposition groups in the...
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Malawi mourns VP amid protests over plane crash response
By Frank Phiri BLANTYRE (Reuters) - Malawians gathered to mourn Vice President Saulos Klaus Chilima amid heavy security on Monday, a day after people from his home district launched protests over the government's response to the plane crash that ki...
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EU urges China to stop human rights crackdown
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union on Monday repeated calls for China to stop human rights violations after an EU delegation visited Tibet and also met with Chinese officials. The EU said in a statement it was concerned about what it called th...
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UK's MI5 issued Chinese spy alert to divert attention from PM scandal, court hears
By Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's domestic spy agency MI5 issued an alert branding a woman a Chinese agent possibly to detract attention from a COVID lockdown party scandal involving former Prime Minister Boris Johnson, a tribunal in L...
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India, US commit to addressing barriers to bilateral trade, cooperation
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The national security advisors (NSA) of India and the U.S. on Monday committed to concrete action to address barriers to bilateral strategic trade, technology and industrial cooperation, they said in a joint 'fact sheet' share...
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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, Tatian...
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Ammunition blast at Czech army training area injures nine, Czech TV reports
PRAGUE (Reuters) - An explosion involving ammunition at a Czech army training area injured nine people on Monday, Czech Television reported. The explosion took place at the Libava training area in the east of the Czech Republic, the Czech army said...
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Russian attack on Ukraine's Poltava region injures nine, causes power cuts
(Reuters) - A Russian missile attack on Ukraine's east-central Poltava region on Monday injured nine people and damaged power lines, knocking out electricity for over 55,000 consumers, a regional governor said. According to preliminary information,...
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The highs and lows of Russia-North Korea relations under Putin
SEOUL (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit North Korea on Tuesday and Wednesday and hold talks with its leader, Kim Jong Un, the two countries said. Below is a timeline of key events in relations between Russia and North Korea ov...
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South Africa's unity government now has five parties, ANC says
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - The African National Congress said on Monday South Africa's new government has five parties in it so far, representing more than two thirds of the seats in the National Assembly, and talks with other parties were ongoing. F...
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Russian-Uzbek billionaire Usmanov sues UBS in Germany, lawyer says
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian-Uzbek billionaire Alisher Usmanov has filed a lawsuit against the bank UBS Europe SE in Frankfurt over what his lawyers said were unsubstantiated reports made about his transactions that triggered an investigation of him....
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