Putin says Russia is carving out a buffer zone in Ukraine's Kharkiv region
MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that Russian forces advancing in Ukraine's Kharkiv region were creating a "buffer zone" to protect Russian border regions, but said capturing the city of Kharkiv was not part of Russia's cu...
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Vatican urges caution over weeping Madonnas and other supposed apparitions
By Alvise Armellini VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Vatican issued new guidelines on Friday recommending a cautious approach to supposed supernatural events such as weeping Madonnas and blood-dripping crucifixes that have for centuries whipped up the ...
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Dominican Republic`s Abinader looks set for first-round election win
By Dave Sherwood (Reuters) - The Dominican Republic's Luis Abinader, an anti-corruption crusader who helped catapult the island nation's economy from pandemic lows to one of the fastest growing in Latin America, looks set for a first round victory ...
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Uprooted by Brazil floods, foreign refugees 'start all over again'
By Lisandra Paraguassu PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of Haitians and Venezuelans who found refuge in southern Brazil after escaping hunger, violence and natural disasters are being forced once more to rebuild lives now wrecked ...
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Alleged Russian agent loses appeal over removal of UK citizenship
LONDON (Reuters) - An Afghan-born man, whose British citizenship was removed after he was accused of being a Russian intelligence agent, lost his appeal on Friday to restore his citizenship at a London tribunal. The man, who says he worked for Brit...
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UK expands sanctions list for North Korea and Russia
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain has added three new designations to its North Korea sanctions list, relating to Pyongyang's military programmes, and one to its Russia sanctions regime, an update to the government's website showed on Friday. The governme...
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Russia says US 'playing with fire' in 'indirect war' with Moscow
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A top Russian diplomat said on Friday the United States had long since entered into a state of indirect war with Moscow and was playing with fire over Ukraine by behaving in such a way that the situation could spin out of control...
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Ghana parliament recalled for urgent business after LGBT row
By Maxwell Akalaare Adombila ACCRA (Reuters) - Ghana's parliament, which has been adjourned since March following a row between the speaker and the president over an anti-LGBT bill, will reconvene on Friday to discuss approval of ministerial appoin...
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Putin calls U.S. tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles 'unfair competition'
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday during a visit to China that U.S. tariffs on Chinese-made electric vehicles were an example of unfair competition. "Unfortunately, the way the world works today, sometimes situation...
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Russia and China to sign Power of Siberia-2 gas pipeline contract 'in near future', says Novak
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia and China expect to a sign a contract "in the near future" on the Power of Siberia-2 gas pipeline, which will carry Russian gas to China, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak was cited as saying by Interfax late o...
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Israel tells World Court South Africa case makes a mockery of genocide
THE HAGUE (Reuters) - Israel on Friday defended the military necessity of its Gaza offensive at the International Court of Justice after South Africa asked judges to order it to halt operations in Rafah and completely withdraw from the Palestinian ...
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Mongolian climber dies in season's first Everest fatality
By Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Sherpas recovered the body of a Mongolian climber from Mount Everest and were looking for another mountaineer missing since the weekend, officials said on Friday. It marked the first confirmed death on Everest ...
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Aid trucks begin moving ashore via Gaza pier, US says
DUBAI (Reuters) - The U.S. Central Command said on Friday that trucks carrying humanitarian assistance began moving ashore via a temporary pier in Gaza at 9 a.m. local time (0600 GMT). No U.S. troops went ashore in Gaza, it added. "This is an ongoi...
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German minister: Ukraine needs long-range weapons to defend Kharkiv
STRASBOURG (Reuters) - Ukraine needs more long-range weapons to fight off Russian advances in the northern Kharkiv region where the situation around the country's second-largest city remains "highly dramatic", Germany's foreign minister said on Fri...
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Belgium's Ghent university severs ties with three Israeli institutions
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Belgium's University of Ghent (UGent) is severing ties with three Israeli educational or research institutions which it says no longer align with UGent's human rights policy, its rector said. Pro-Palestinian protesters in Ghent...
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Taiwan lawmakers exchange blows in bitter dispute over parliament reforms
By Ben Blanchard and Fabian Hamacher TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwanese lawmakers shoved, tackled and hit each other in parliament on Friday in a bitter dispute about reforms to the chamber, just days before President-elect Lai Ching-te takes office with...
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Spain will not authorise calling of ships carrying weapons for Israel
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain will not authorise ships carrying weapons for Israel to call at its ports, Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares said on Friday, after the country refused to let a ship call at the southeastern port of Cartagena. The ship wa...
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Hugs but not the full socialist-era kiss for Putin, Xi in Beijing
BEIJING (Reuters) - A vaunted 'new era' of strategic partnership between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his counterpart Xi Jinping begun in Beijing on Thursday may not exactly have been sealed with a kiss, but it did lead to rare hugs between...
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Foreigners sell Vietnam securities amid political turbulence, data show
By Francesco Guarascio and Phuong Nguyen HANOI (Reuters) - Foreign investors have reduced by nearly $2 billion their securities holdings in Vietnam's main stock market since early 2023 despite the bourse's positive performance, with the largest out...
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French police 'neutralised' armed person who tried to set fire to synagogue in Rouen - Darmanin
PARIS (Reuters) - French police officers in Rouen 'neutralised' an armed individual who was intent on setting fire to the town's synagogue, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said on Friday. The incident occurred early on Friday morning, Darmanin sa...
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Slovak doctors to discuss transporting PM Fico to Bratislava on Monday - local media
(Reuters) - Slovak doctors will meet on Monday to assess Prime Minister Robert Fico's health and discuss the possibility of transporting him from Banska Bystrica to the capital Bratislava, local media reported on Friday without citing sources. Fico...
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Russia says its diplomacy with the West is in crisis management mode, says TASS
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's diplomacy with the West is in crisis management mode and is focused on trying to ensure that tensions do not spill over into a large-scale conflict, the TASS news agency on Friday reported a top diplomat as saying. TASS ...
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Russian oil refinery fire after drone attack contained
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Authorities have managed to contain a fire at Russia's Tuapse oil refinery that broke out after a Ukrainian drone attack, officials in the Krasnodar region said. According to preliminary information, there are no casualties, they...
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North Korea fires ballistic missile, reports Yonhap
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea fired a ballistic missile towards the sea off its east coast, Yonhap news reported, citing South Korea's military. (Reporting by Jack Kim; Editing by Ed Davies)
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Ukraine military says it downs all 20 drones launched by Russia
KYIV (Reuters) - Ukrainian forces shot down all 20 drones Russia dispatched in an overnight attack, the Ukrainian military said on Friday. The drones were shotdown over the regions of Kharkiv, Poltava, Vinnytsia, Odesa and Mykolaiv. Russian forces...
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