Romanian hard-right takes healthcare on the road ahead of EU polls
By Luiza Ilie LUDESTI, Romania (Reuters) - Before a medical caravan organised by Romania's hard-right opposition AUR party drove up to her village in April, Florina Purcareanu had not had a blood test in more than 15 years. To get it, she would nee...
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Exclusive-UK tightens scrutiny of all Indian spice imports amid contamination allegations
By Rishika Sadam HYDERABAD (Reuters) - Britain's food watchdog has applied extra control measures on all spice imports from India, it said on Wednesday, becoming the first to ramp up scrutiny of all Indian spices after contamination allegations ag...
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Jailed Pakistan ex-PM Imran Khan appears in top court by video link
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan appeared in the Supreme Court on Thursday by video from prison, in connection with a case he has filed against amendments to Pakistan's anti-graft laws. (Reporting by Asif Shahzad i...
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Philippine group calls civilian mission in South China Sea a 'major victory'
MANILA (Reuters) - A Philippine group leading a civilian supply mission in the South China Sea delivered food and fuel to Filipino fishermen despite being shadowed by Chinese vessels, its officials said on Thursday, calling it a "major victory". At...
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Five Israeli soldiers killed by Israeli tank fire in Gaza, military says
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The Israeli military said on Thursday that five soldiers were killed in the northern Gaza Strip when they were struck by Israeli tank fire. Israeli ground forces re-entered parts of northern Gaza this month to crack down on at...
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Slovak government to meet following assasination attempt on PM
PRAGUE (Reuters) - Slovakia will convene a state security council meeting and the government will also meet from 11:00 a.m. (0900 GMT) on Thursday, the government office said. Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico was shot in an assassination attempt w...
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Kremlin says Switzerland conference on Ukraine is futile
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin said a planned summit that Switzerland hopes will pave the way for a peace process in Ukraine will be futile without the participation of Russia. "Without Russia, discussing security issues that concern us is absolute...
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New Dutch government to look for 'opt out' of EU asylum rules
By Bart H. Meijer AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The incoming Dutch government led by nationalist Geert Wilders' PVV party will look to opt out of European Union migration rules, as its says it is facing an asylum crisis. Wilders on Wednesday reached a deal...
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Analysis-As US hikes China tariffs, imports soar from China-reliant Vietnam
By Francesco Guarascio HANOI (Reuters) - As the United States intensifies efforts to reduce trade with China by hiking tariffs, it has greatly boosted imports from Vietnam, which relies on Chinese input for much of its exports, data show. The surge...
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US soldier held in Russia pleads guilty, RIA agency reports
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Gordon Black, a U.S. soldier being held in the Russian city of Vladivostok, has pleaded guilty to theft charges and is cooperating with investigators, Russia's RIA state news agencies reported on Thursday. "He is cooperating (wit...
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Donald Trump is supportive of AUKUS defence pact, former Australian PM says
By Lewis Jackson SYDNEY (Reuters) - Donald Trump gave the AUKUS defence pact a "warm reception", during a meeting with former Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, the latter said, one of the few public signs about Trump's view of the deal. Mor...
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US aid pier for Gaza floats into wartime reality
By Jonathan Landay and Michelle Nichols WASHINGTON/UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United States aims to have a floating pier in place off the Gaza Strip coast in the coming days to boost aid deliveries, but Washington is facing the same challenges ...
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Hundreds arrested, roads barricaded in New Caledonia as riots continue
By Kirsty Needham and Camille Raynaud SYDNEY (Reuters) - Armed forces were protecting New Caledonia's two airports and port after a third night of violent riots that have killed four people, the Pacific Island's top French official said on Thursday...
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Meta restores Facebook posts by Malaysian media on PM Anwar's meeting with Hamas
By Danial Azhar KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Meta Platforms has restored Facebook posts by Malaysian media covering Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim's meeting this week with a Hamas leader, saying they were removed in error. The removal had drawn complaint...
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Indonesia's death toll rises to 67 from Sumatra floods, 20 still missing
JAKARTA (Reuters) - The number of people killed by weekend flash floods and mud slides in Indonesia's West Sumatra province has risen to 67 and 20 are still missing, authorities said on Thursday, as the government plans to relocate survivors to saf...
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Taiwan's incoming president faces angry China, fractured parliament
By Ben Blanchard and Yimou Lee TAIPEI (Reuters) - Lai Ching-te takes office as Taiwan's president on Monday, facing a China that calls him a "dangerous separatist" and has ramped up military drills, as well as a fractured parliament at home where n...
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Russia says it destroys five Ukraine-launched ATACMS missiles over Crimea
(Reuters) - The Russian defence ministry said on Thursday that its air defence forces destroyed five long-range missiles known as ATACMS that Ukraine's military launched overnight at Crimea. The ministry did not provide any evidence that Ukraine us...
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UN sees number of young migrants crossing the dangerous Darien Gap up by a third
PANAMA CITY (Reuters) - The number of minors crossing the treacherous jungle between Colombia and Panama known as the Darien Gap is on pace to rise by 34% to reach 160,000 this year, the United Nations' Children Fund (UNICEF) said on Wednesday. The...
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Tunisian bar association accuses policemen of torturing a lawyer during detention
TUNIS (Reuters) - Tunisian lawyer Mahdi Zagrouba was tortured by police officers after being arrested on Monday, lawyers and a human rights organisation said on Wednesday after he collapsed in court and was taken to a hospital. The Interior Ministr...
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Police called in as protesters take building at University of California, Irvine
(Reuters) - Pro-Palestinian protesters occupied a building at the University of California, Irvine, on Wednesday, leading university officials to call in multiple police agencies, cancel classes and advise people on campus to shelter in place, a un...
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UK's Labour sets out priorities for government, planning on election win
By Andrew MacAskill LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's opposition Labour leader Keir Starmer will set out six priorities for his party if it wins power, including economic stability and fixing the health service, in a challenge to the governing Conservat...
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South Africa seeks halt to Israel's Rafah offensive at World Court
By Stephanie van den Berg THE HAGUE (Reuters) - South Africa will ask the top U.N. court on Thursday to order a halt to the Rafah offensive as part of its case in The Hague accusing Israel of genocide in the Gaza Strip. The hearings at the Internat...
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Peru's president to visit China in June, possible beef exports on agenda, minister says
LIMA (Reuters) - Peru's President Dina Boluarte will travel to China in June to meet with her counterpart Xi Jinping, her agriculture minister announced on Wednesday, adding that beef exports to the Asian giant are among the topics likely to be on ...
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Magda Chambriard, new Petrobras CEO, charged by Lula with firing up job creation
By Marta Nogueira, Sabrina Valle and Rodrigo Viga Gaier RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - The next chief executive of Petrobras, Magda Chambriard, arrives with the résumé and mandate to make Brazil's state-run oil firm what it was under prior Workers Part...
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Putin to visit China's Xi to deepen strategic partnership
By Guy Faulconbridge MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit China on Thursday for talks with Xi Jinping that the Kremlin hopes will deepen a strategic partnership between the two most powerful geopolitical rivals of the Unit...
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