Factbox-Top takeaways from Putin's trip to China
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin made a state visit to China on Thursday where he was greeted by China's Xi Jinping. What are the main takeaways from the visit? * Xi and Putin declare a "new era" partnership: In a joint statement...
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Panama president-elect builds business-friendly cabinet
(Reuters) - Panama President-elect Jose Raul Mulino on Thursday pulled a business leader and an economist into his ranks, the first cabinet selections in what Molino has promised will be a business-friendly administration. Mulino, who will be sworn...
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US seeks information about North Korean scheme to secure IT work with US firms
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States said on Thursday it is seeking information about three North Korean workers linked to the Communist country's Munitions Industry Department and an American accomplice involved in a scheme to secure illicit w...
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Grief and anger as Congo mourners blame Rwanda-backed rebels for attack
By Djaffar Sabiti KIBATI, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - Families huddled near the line of small coffins in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, all mourning the children and others killed in a rocket attack, many shouting out accusation...
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Russia expels UK defence attache in retaliatory move
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia said on Thursday it was expelling the British defence attache and promised further, unspecified retaliation after Britain threw out his Russian counterpart last week. Russia's Foreign Ministry said it had summoned a Britis...
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UN aid chief warns on Gaza food supplies, says relief work 'unplannable'
By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) -The U.N. aid chief warned on Thursday that famine was an immediate risk in Gaza with food stocks running out, describing fresh challenges since the start of the Israel's Rafah operation that made planning and distributin...
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White House's Brainard says China's exports can undermine investments in US
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - White House National Economic Adviser Lael Brainard said on Thursday China's industrial capacity and exports in certain sectors are so large, they can undermine the viability of investments in the United States. "China is now...
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Chad junta leader Deby declared winner of May 6 presidential election
N'DJAMENA (Reuters) - Chad's constitutional council on Thursday declared interim President Mahamat Idriss Deby winner of the central African nation's disputed May 6 presidential election with 61% of the vote, after earlier rejecting appeals to canc...
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Portraits of British royals from last 100 years on show in new London exhibit
LONDON (Reuters) - From Andy Warhol's colourful depiction of Queen Elizabeth II to Cecil Beaton's pictures of her sister Princess Margaret, a new exhibition looks at portrait photography of Britain's royal family over the last 100 years. "Royal Por...
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Residents cower as fighting picks up in Sudan's al-Fashir
By Nafisa Eltahir and Khalid Abdelaziz CAIRO/DUBAI (Reuters) - Residents are fleeing missile fire and sheltering without food and water amid escalating fighting in the Sudanese city of al-Fashir, witnesses and aid workers said, adding to fears of a...
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Moldovan parliament votes to hold EU referendum, presidential election on Oct 20
CHISINAU (Reuters) -Parliament in ex-Soviet Moldova voted on Thursday to hold a referendum on October 20 on European Union membership simultaneously with a presidential election. Membership of the EU is the cornerstone of the policies of President Maia...
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Garland blasts 'unfounded attacks' on US Justice Dept
By Andrew Goudsward and Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland on Thursday criticized what he called "unfounded attacks" on the Justice Department by congressional Republicans as he rejected their request for au...
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Russia declares independent news outlet SOTA an 'undesirable' organisation
LONDON (Reuters) - Russian prosecutors on Thursday labelled the independent media outlet SOTA an "undesirable" organisation, in what amounts to ban of its work in the country. The designation, which Moscow has handed to a host of Russian independen...
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Suspect in attack on Slovak PM showed no signs of extremism, neighbours say
By Boldizsar Gyori, Karol Badohal and Jan Lopatka LEVICE, Slovakia (Reuters) - A 71-year-old former security guard charged on Thursday with the attempted murder of Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico is the author of three collections of poetry who ...
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US targets illegal arms transfers between Russia, North Korea, Treasury says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States imposed sanctions on Thursday on two Russian individuals and three Russian companies for facilitating arms transfers between Russia and North Korea, including ballistic missiles for use in Ukraine, the Treas...
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Mass wedding plans for 100 Nigerian girls and women spark outrage
LAGOS (Reuters) - A Nigerian rights group has launched a petition to stop plans by religious leaders and a state lawmaker to push 100 girls and young women into marriage in a mass ceremony next week, which have sparked outrage in the West African n...
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In France, anti-LGBT+ offences rose 13% in 2023
By Gaelle Sheehan (Reuters) - Offences against the LGBT+ community in France rose 13% in 2023, with 4,560 incidents reported, and after a rise of 3% in 2022, data from the French interior ministry showed on Thursday. Seven out of ten victims were m...
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Trump's lawyers to attack Michael Cohen's story of hush money scheme
By Jody Godoy, Jack Queen and Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) - Donald Trump's lawyers plan to resume their cross-examination of the Republican presidential candidate's ex-fixer Michael Cohen on Thursday, aiming to undermine his testimony that Trump w...
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Jordan king says militant groups smuggling drugs, arms should be confronted
DUBAI (Reuters) - Jordan's King Abdullah said on Thursday that militant groups that smuggle drugs and arms should be confronted. The U.S.-allied kingdom foiled a suspected Iranian-led plot to smuggle weapons to help opponents of the ruling monarchy...
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Transgender Russian politician says he has detransitioned
LONDON (Reuters) - A transgender politician from Russia said on Thursday that he had reverted to his gender assigned at birth, in an unusual message amid a crackdown on LGBTQ rights in the country. Roman Alyoshin, who previously went by the name Yu...
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Turkey convicts former pro-Kurdish party officials over Kobani protests
By Huseyin Hayatsever ANKARA (Reuters) -A Turkish court convicted former leading officials from the pro-Kurdish HDP party, including co-leader Figen Yuksekdag, on Thursday for instigating 2014 protests triggered by an Islamic State attack on the Syrian...
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Three killed in Israeli raids in West Bank, Palestinian officials say
By Ali Sawafta RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Israeli forces killed three men in raids across the occupied West Bank on Wednesday night and Thursday morning, during which money-changing shops were searched, the Palestinian Health Ministry and Pale...
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Singapore wakes up to first new leader in 20 years
By Xinghui Kok SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore's first prime minister in 20 years held an initial cabinet meeting on Thursday after taking office with a pledge to sustain what he called the miracle of the wealthy city state amid an uncertain global...
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Tunisian lawyers go on strike, protest against alleged police abuse
TUNIS (Reuters) - Tunisian lawyers began a one-day nationwide strike on Thursday, with hundreds taking to the streets of the capital, to protest against the recent arrest of two of their colleagues, one of whom they say was tortured during his dete...
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Palestinian president calls on Arab countries for financial support
DUBAI (Reuters) - The Palestinian government has not received the financial support it had expected from international and regional partners, President Mahmoud Abbas said at an Arab League summit on Thursday. "It has now become critical to activate...
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