Russian Defence Ministry's head of HR detained for bribery - investigators
MOSCOW (Reuters) -The head of personnel management at Russia's Defence Ministry has been arrested on suspicion of bribery, the Investigative Committee, which handles serious crimes, said on Tuesday. The committee said Yuri Kuznetsov was suspected of "r...
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Israeli tanks push into Gaza's Rafah, as displaced civilians flee again
By Nidal al-Mughrabi CAIRO (Reuters) - Israeli tanks forged deeper into eastern Rafah, reaching some residential districts on Tuesday, stepping up an offensive in the southern border city where more than a million people had been sheltering after b...
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Austrian court approves rapist Fritzl's move to regular prison
VIENNA, Austria (Reuters) - An Austrian court said on Tuesday it had ruled that the country's most infamous living criminal, 89-year-old incestuous rapist Josef Fritzl, could be transferred to regular prison from a prison psychiatric unit. A transf...
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Pakistan unveils broader privatisation plan for state-owned enterprises
By Asif Shahzad ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan will privatise all state-owned enterprises, with the exception of strategic entities, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif announced on Tuesday, broadening its initial plans to take only loss-making state fir...
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Putin appoints Patrushev and Dyumin as Kremlin aides
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin appointed Nikolai Patrushev as an aide along with long-term ally Alexei Dyumin while raising his economic adviser, Maxim Oreshkin, to the job of deputy chief of staff, the Kremlin said on Tuesday....
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China launches campaign to halt school bullying, excessive homework
HONG KONG (Reuters) - China's Ministry of Education said on Tuesday it was launching a campaign to address issues including excessive homework and bullying in schools, as part of efforts to boost students' mental health. The announcement came a day...
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Putin to visit China May 16-17, Kremlin says
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit China on May 16-17, his first foreign trip since his inauguration for a new term as president, the Kremlin said on Tuesday. "At the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping, Vladimir ...
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Freight train derails in Russia due to 'interference', officials say
(Reuters) - Freight train cars derailed and a storage tank containing diesel fuel caught fire in the southern Russian region of Volgograd due to "outside interference," Russian officials said on Tuesday. "As a result of interference by unauthorised...
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At least 14 killed after billboard collapses in Mumbai during thunderstorm
MUMBAI (Reuters) - At least 14 people have died and dozens were injured after a huge billboard fell on them during a thunderstorm in India's financial capital Mumbai, according to local authorities. The billboard collapsed on some houses and a petr...
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UK to build six new warships for Royal Marines
LONDON (Reuters) - British defence minister Grant Shapps said on Tuesday that the Royal Marines would get up to six new warships, as the government starts to indicate where the rise in defence spending to 2.5% of GDP will be directed. (Reporting b...
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Analysis-West, Russia manage limited cooperation in Arctic despite chill in ties
By Gwladys Fouche and Gloria Dickie OSLO (Reuters) - When Arctic nations simulated a large oil spill for a virtual training exercise in March off northern Norway, Russia also took part - a rare sign of cooperation between Moscow and the West that h...
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U.S. citizen detained in Russia for using obscene language, Kommersant newspaper says
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A U.S. citizen has been detained for 10 days by a Russian court for using obscene language during a police search of his apartment, the Kommersant newspaper reported on Tuesday. Prosecutors said the U.S. citizen, named as 36-year...
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Houses damaged in Ukraine attack on Russia's Belgorod, governor says
(Reuters) - A power line and nearly two dozen houses were damaged in Ukraine's latest air attack on the city of Belgorod, the administrative centre of the Russian border region of Belgorod, the governor of the region said on Tuesday. "Several air t...
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LGBTIQ people in EU face less discrimination, more violence, survey finds
VIENNA (Reuters) - Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer (LGBTIQ) people in the European Union face less discrimination but more physical or sexual attacks than three years ago, a vast survey by an EU rights body showed on Tuesday...
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New Zealand Foreign Minister delays visit to Noumea as violence breaks out
By Lucy Craymer WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand's Foreign Minister Winston Peters on Tuesday postponed his visit to New Caledonia that had been scheduled for later in the week, as violence broke out in the French Pacific territory. A spokesperso...
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Hong Kong pressures UK over national security arrest of trade office official
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong leader John Lee on Tuesday called for full information from British authorities on the arrests of three men, including a manager at a Hong Kong government office in the UK, who were charged with assisting Hong Kong's...
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Australian court jails former military lawyer for sharing secret documents with journalists
SYDNEY (Reuters) - An Australian court has sentenced a former military lawyer to five years and eight months in jail for sharing with journalists classified military documents about the special forces actions in Afghanistan, media reported on Tuesd...
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White House: We do not believe genocide is occurring in Gaza
By Trevor Hunnicutt and Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan said on Monday that President Joe Biden's administration did not view the killings of Palestinians in Gaza by Israel in its war with Hamas as a genoci...
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Death toll from floods in Indonesia's West Sumatra rises to 50
JAKARTA (Reuters) - The number of people killed by flash floods and mud slides in Indonesia's West Sumatra province has risen to 52 and more than 3,000 people were evacuated, authorities said on Tuesday. Torrential rain on Saturday evening triggere...
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Exclusive-U.S. and Taiwan navies quietly held Pacific drills in April, sources say
TAIPEI (Reuters) - The U.S. and Taiwan navies conducted joint drills in the Pacific in April that, officially, did not take place, four people briefed on the matter said, as the two militaries boost cooperation amid rising Chinese military threats....
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Australia's Qantas to suspend flights to Shanghai on low demand
(Reuters) - Qantas Airways will suspend its Sydney-to-Shanghai service from July 28 due to low demand, and will redirect those aircraft to fly other routes across Asia experiencing high demand, Australia's flag carrier said on Tuesday. (Reporting ...
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Biden signs ban on imports of Russian nuclear reactor fuel into law
By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden signed a ban on Russian enriched uranium into law on Monday, the White House said, in the latest effort by Washington to disrupt President Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine. The ban o...
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Tunisian police storm lawyers' headquarters and arrest another lawyer
TUNIS (Reuters) - Tunisian police stormed the bar association's headquarters for the second time in two days and arrested a lawyer, witnesses said on Monday, after detaining two journalists as well as another lawyer critical of the president over t...
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UK's Labour pledges 'ironclad' commitment to Ukraine during Kyiv visit
By Anastasiia Malenko KYIV (Reuters) - Britain's opposition Labour Party affirmed its "ironclad" commitment to Ukraine during a visit to Kyiv on Monday by the party's foreign and defence chiefs. David Lammy and John Healey met Ukraine's defence min...
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Top Biden official doubts Israel can achieve 'total victory' in Gaza
By Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration does not see it likely or possible that Israel will achieve "total victory" in defeating Hamas in the Palestinian enclave of Gaza, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell said on...
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