Former Kazakh minister gets 24 years in prison for murdering his wife
ASTANA (Reuters) - A former economy minister of Kazakhstan was sentenced to 24 years in prison on Monday for murdering his wife, a Reuters reporter in the court said, following a widely watched trial that some see as a litmus test of President Kass...
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South Africa's Ramaphosa denies pause in power cuts is linked to election
By Tannur Anders and Bhargav Acharya JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday rejected opposition allegations that a recent pause in the electricity cuts that have plagued the country for years was due to an electi...
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Israel protests after Nobel laureate denounces Gaza invasion at Vatican
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Israel's Embassy to the Holy See issued a protest on Monday after a Yemeni Nobel Prize winner accused Israel of "genocide" in Gaza during an event hosted by the Vatican. The embassy said it felt "indignation and shock" over...
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Tunisia extends the detention of two journalists, lawyers begin a strike
TUNIS (Reuters) - Tunisia's public prosecutor extended on Monday the detention of two journalists, while lawyers began a one-day strike to protest against the arrest of a prominent critic of the president, amid a growing political crisis in the cou...
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Russian parliament approves Novak as deputy PM
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Duma, the lower house of the Russian parliament, on Monday approved the nomination of Alexander Novak as Deputy Prime Minister. On Saturday, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin proposed to lawmakers to re-appoint Novak as deputy...
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Aggrieved former lawyer Michael Cohen to testify against Trump at hush money trial
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) - Donald Trump's estranged former fixer Michael Cohen is expected to begin giving testimony on Monday that could determine whether jurors convict the former U.S. president of illegally hiding a payment to silence a p...
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'Trust me', UK's Sunak appeals to voters before national election
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak called on voters on Monday to trust him to keep them safe in an increasingly dangerous world, listing his achievements in an unashamedly political campaign speech ahead of a national election du...
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South Korea's top diplomat warns of rising economic competition with China
By Hyonhee Shin (Reuters) - Economic relations between South Korea and China face risks and challenges due to increasingly fierce competition over technology, South Korea's Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul said on Monday ahead of talks with his Chinese...
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Singapore's incoming PM Wong appoints new deputy PM in minor reshuffle
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore's incoming prime minister Lawrence Wong announced a minor cabinet reshuffle on Monday ahead of assuming the top post later this week, with the biggest change the promotion of the trade minister to become his deputy, ...
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Pakistan PM approves $86 million grant for Kashmir region after protests
By Tariq Maqbool MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif approved a grant of 24 billion rupees ($86.25 million) on Monday for Pakistan-ruled Kashmir where there have been several days of violent protests over infla...
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Russia ready if West wants to fight for Ukraine, Lavrov says
MOSCOW (Reuters) - If the West wants to fight for Ukraine on the battlefield, Russia is prepared for it, acting Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov was quoted as saying on Monday. "It's their right - if they want it to be on the battlefield, it ...
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EU countries approve law to slash trucks' CO2 emissions
By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union countries gave their final approval on Monday to a law to cut carbon dioxide emissions from trucks, which will require most new heavy-duty vehicles sold in the EU from 2040 to be emissions-free. Th...
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Floods kill 37 in Indonesia's West Sumatra, 17 missing
TANAH DATAR (Reuters) - Flash floods and mud slides in Indonesia's West Sumatra province killed at least 37 people this weekend while the search for 17 missing people is still ongoing, authorities said on Monday. Torrential rain on Saturday evening...
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Germany says cybercrime by foreign actors rose by 28% in 2023
BERLIN (Reuters) - Cybercrime by foreign perpetrators surged in Germany in 2023, rising by 28% on the previous year, data released on Monday showed, at a time of heightened anxiety in Europe over suspected Russian hackers and spies in the run-up to...
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Explainer-How hard will new Biden tariffs hit China?
By Ellen Zhang and Sarah Wu BEIJING (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden is set to announce new China tariffs as soon as Tuesday, targeting sectors including electric vehicles, medical supplies and solar equipment, according to people familiar with...
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Ukraine plans record power imports after infrastructure damage
KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine plans record electricity imports from five European countries on Monday after reporting significant energy infrastructure damage from Russian strikes, the energy ministry said. Imports are expected to rise to 19,484 megawat...
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Israeli forces step up attacks on Gaza's Jabalia camp, Rafah
By Nidal al-Mughrabi CAIRO (Reuters) - Israeli tanks, under cover from heavy fire from air and ground, pushed further into Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip on Monday, residents and Hamas media said, while airstrikes hammered Rafah in the south. I...
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German court upholds extremist classification for far-right party
MUENSTER, Germany (Reuters) - A German high court on Monday ruled that domestic security services could continue to treat the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) as a potentially extremist party, meaning they retain the right to subject it to s...
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Armenian police detain 88 people during anti-government protests - IFX
TBILISI (Reuters) - Armenian police detained 88 people at a protest in the capital Yerevan by demonstrators demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan over his decision to cede several border villages to Azerbaijan, Interfax news a...
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Factbox-Key issues for South African voters in wide open 2024 election
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africans will vote in a national election on May 29 with an unprecedented sense of uncertainty about the outcome, as polls suggest the African National Congress will lose its majority after 30 years in power. With coa...
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Gazans strive to study as war shatters education system
By Dawoud Abu Alkas, Nidal al-Mughrabi, Aidan Lewis and Saleh Salem AL-MAWASI, Gaza (Reuters) - Pupils sitting cross-legged on the sand take classes in a tent near Khan Younis in Gaza. Two sisters connect online to a West Bank school from Cairo. A ...
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Philippine coast guard won't allow China reclamation at disputed shoal, official says
MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) is committed to sustain a presence in a disputed area of the South China Sea to ensure China does not carrying our reclamation activities at the Sabina Shoal, its spokesperson said on Monday. The ...
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Georgia police push protesters away ahead of 'foreign agent' bill debate, Russia's TASS reports
(Reuters) - Georgia's police have begun pushing away demonstrators who staged an all-night rally at parliament in Tbilisi ahead of a lawmakers' debate of a "foreign agents" bill that has sparked a political crisis, Russia's TASS news agency reporte...
May 13, 2024
Ukrainian drones attack at several Russian regions, officials say
(Reuters) - A drone sparked a short-lived fire at an electrical substation in Russia's Lipetsk region in a Ukrainian attack that also targeted the Belgorod and Kursk regions, Russian officials said. "There are no casualties. The fire in the territo...
May 13, 2024
Indian election enters fourth phase as rhetoric over religion, inequality sharpens
By Rishika Sadam and Jatindra Dash HYDERABAD/BHUBANESWAR, India (Reuters) - India voted on Monday in the fourth phase of a seven-week long general election, as campaign rhetoric became more strident over economic disparities and religious division...
May 13, 2024