China embassy in South Korea says it opposes lawmakers visiting Taiwan
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's embassy in South Korea on Tuesday said it resolutely opposes and condemns South Korean lawmakers visiting Taiwan to attend the so-called "inauguration ceremony of the leader". A spokesperson for the embassy said the move...
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China's embassy in Japan says it opposes Japanese lawmakers visiting Taiwan
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's embassy in Japan on Tuesday said it firmly opposes Japanese lawmakers visiting Taiwan and expressed firm protests. "The Japanese government and some politicians ignored China's strong opposition and congratulated Taiwan'...
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More than 569 tons of aid delivered across floating pier into Gaza, says US CENTCOM
CAIRO (Reuters) - The U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said on Tuesday more than 569 metric tons of humanitarian assistance has been delivered so far across a temporary floating pier to Gaza, but not all the aid has reached warehouses. Aid deliveries...
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Australia, New Zealand send evacuation flights to New Caledonia
By Kirsty Needham and Lucy Craymer SYDNEY/WELLINGTON (Reuters) - Australia and New Zealand said they will send government planes to New Caledonia on Tuesday to evacuate nationals from the French territory which has experienced a week of deadly riot...
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Biden, Kenya's Ruto to discuss Kenyan debt relief this week
By Andrea Shalal, Trevor Hunnicutt and Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden will play host this week to Kenyan President William Ruto for wide-ranging talks expected to include debt relief for Kenya as well as the way forwa...
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Yale graduates stage pro-Palestinian walkout of commencement
By Michelle McLoughlin and Steve Gorman NEW HAVEN, Connecticut (Reuters) - Scores of graduating students staged a walkout from Yale University's commencement exercises on Monday, protesting the Israeli war in Gaza, Yale's financial ties to weapons ...
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Biden: What's happening in Gaza is not genocide
By Nandita Bose and Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden strongly defended Israel on Monday, saying Israeli forces are not committing genocide in their military campaign against Hamas militants in Gaza in a rejection of cri...
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Dominican Republic's Abinader eyes tax reform in new administration
(Reuters) - Dominican President Luis Abinader, a day after being re-elected for a second term , said on Monday that he will sit down with opposition leaders to discuss a potential fiscal reform. Abinader said the reform would include tweaks to taxa...
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ICC's Khan puts his office back on collision course with Washington
By Stephanie van den Berg THE HAGUE (Reuters) - The British lawyer and prosecutor who helped end a U.S. policy against the International Criminal Court on Monday requested an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, putting his...
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Head of Russia-annexed Luhansk says Ukrainian shelling damages fuel depot
(Reuters) - The head of Ukraine's Russia-annexed Luhansk region said on Monday that Ukrainian shelling had damaged a fuel depot and triggered a fire in the town of Dovzhansk. It was the third such Ukrainian attack on depots in the region this month...
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US has no plan to send military trainers into Ukraine, top general says
By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. is not planning to send military trainers into Ukraine and would likely do so only when the war there with Russia is over, the top U.S. general said on Monday, after France opened the d...
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Russia fails in rival UN bid on nuclear weapons in space
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - A Russian-drafted United Nations Security Council resolution that called on all countries to prevent "for all time" the placement, threat or use of weapons in outer space failed on Monday with the 15-m...
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Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel's divisive leader in the eye of the ICC storm
By James Mackenzie JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Benjamin Netanyahu was one of the most polarising leaders in Israel's history long before the International Criminal Court prosecutor's office said on Monday it had requested an arrest warrant against him ov...
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South Africa welcomes ICC prosecutor seeking warrants for Israel, Hamas leaders
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's presidency said on Monday it welcomed an announcement by the International Criminal Court's prosecutor saying he had requested arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his defence chief ...
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Mayor, two others killed in Cameroon amid National Day celebrations
By Amindeh Blaise Atabong YAOUNDE (Reuters) - Gunmen in Cameroon killed a local mayor and two others in the restive North West region as the nation observed its National Day on Monday, the regional governor said, the second ambush in two weeks targ...
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Netanyahu says ICC prosecutor's move absurd, comparison to Hamas shameful
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that the decision of the ICC prosecutor on Monday to seek arrest warrants against him and his defense minister was absurd and that the move was meant to target all of Israel. "I r...
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Biden says ICC move on arrest warrants for Israeli leaders "outrageous"
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday slammed the International Criminal Court prosecutor's application for arrest warrants for senior Israeli officials including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, calling the move "outrageous"....
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Ukraine President Zelenskiy speaks to Reuters in exclusive interview
KYIV (Reuters) - President Volodymyr Zelenskiy told Reuters in an exclusive interview in Kyiv on Monday that Ukraine's Western allies were taking too long to make decisions on military support for his country. Following are key quotes from the inte...
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Exclusive-Western aid to Ukraine too slow, risks from U.S. election limited-Zelenskiy
By Mike Collett-White and Dan Peleschuk KYIV (Reuters) - Western allies are taking too long to make decisions on military support for Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy told Reuters in an exclusive interview in Kyiv on Monday. He described the ...
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Exclusive-Donald Trump foreign policy advisers met Israeli PM Netanyahu, source says
By Gram Slattery (Reuters) - Three former U.S. foreign policy officials in Donald Trump's administration met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other public figures in Israel on Monday, according to a person with direct knowledge of the mat...
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Gazans, Hamas see false equivalence in ICC charges
By Nidal al-Mughrabi CAIRO (Reuters) - Gaza Strip residents criticised on Monday the International Criminal Court prosecutor's decision to seek the arrest of Hamas leaders, saying it falsely equated them with the Israeli leaders waging war in the P...
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UK says ICC arrest request for Israel's Netanyahu is unhelpful
LONDON (Reuters) - The ICC prosecutor's decision to request an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is unhelpful, a spokesperson for British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said on Monday. ICC prosecutor Karim Khan said after mor...
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Explainer-What happens after ICC prosecutor seeks warrants in Israel-Gaza conflict?
By Stephanie van den Berg THE HAGUE (Reuters) - The International Criminal Court prosecutor's office has requested arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his defence chief, and also for three Hamas leaders for alleged war...
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ANC support grows in weeks before South African election, poll shows
By Bhargav Acharya JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Support for South Africa's governing African National Congress has risen in the weeks leading up to this month's election, a tracking poll showed, suggesting it may only need a small coalition partner or ...
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Putin appoints another economist as deputy Russian defence minister
MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin on Monday appointed former deputy economy minister Oleg Savelyev as a deputy defence minister, according to a published decree, in a further sign of his intention to improve the efficiency of Russia's war...
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