UK and allies sanction Russian leader of LockBit cybercrime gang
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain, the U.S. and Australia have sanctioned a senior Russian leader of the cybercrime gang LockBit, the British government said on Tuesday. Dmitry Khoroshev will face asset freezes and travel bans after being identified as on...
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German finance minister stalls pension reform in budget wrangling, source says
BERLIN (Reuters) - German Finance Minister Christian Lindner has abruptly blocked a pension reform package from reaching cabinet, arguing that the spending demands of the labour ministry were excessive, a source said on Tuesday, confirming earlier ...
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'Tsar' Putin tells the West: Russia will talk only on equal terms
By Guy Faulconbridge MOSCOW (Reuters) - Vladimir Putin, honoured like a Russian tsar at his swearing-in for a new six-year presidential term, had a double-edged message for the West: the Kremlin is ready to talk but Russia is girding for victory in...
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UK Labour seeks to thwart Sunak over living-standards comeback
By William Schomberg LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's opposition Labour Party on Tuesday accused Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's government of being out of touch with reality by signalling that voters will soon feel the benefit from the end of a recession...
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Europe must increase defence capabilities to be safe, says Poland's Tusk
WARSAW (Reuters) - Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Tuesday that in order for Europe to avoid conflicts and be safe it must increase its defence capabilities, and he repeated his call for the construction of a common European air defence s...
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Ukraine catches Russian agents plotting Zelenskiy assassination, SBU says
(Reuters) - Ukraine's SBU State Security Service said it had caught Russian agents within the Ukrainian state guard service plotting the assassination of the president and other senior governmental officials. "Counterintelligence and SBU investigat...
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Czech court removes surgery requirement for gender transition
PRAGUE (Reuters) - The Czech Constitutional Court has struck down a legal requirement for transgender people to undergo surgery before they are able to officially complete their transition, the court said on Tuesday. The move brings the central Eur...
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Payments in focus as prosecutors make their case in Trump hush money trial
By Jack Queen, Luc Cohen and Andy Sullivan NEW YORK (Reuters) - Prosecutors in Donald Trump's criminal trial are expected to call more witnesses on Tuesday as they build out their argument that he was responsible for illegally covering up a hush mo...
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Moldova says it won't obstruct Russian gas flows to its breakaway region
By Nerijus Adomaitis OSLO (Reuters) - Moldova will not obstruct the supply of Russian gas to its breakaway Transdniestria region after a transit deal with Ukraine expires this year, the Moldovan energy minister said on Tuesday. Kyiv has no plans to...
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Massive tree falls across busy road in Malaysian capital, killing one man, damaging cars
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - A massive tree fell across one of Kuala Lumpur's busiest roads on Tuesday, killing a man, hurting two others, disrupting monorail services and damaging more than a dozen cars, officials said. Videos and photos on social med...
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Macron seeks to charm Xi into trade concessions in Pyrenees jaunt
TARBES, France (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron welcomes Chinese President Xi Jinping in the Pyrenees mountains on Tuesday, for the second day of a trip during which Xi showed little sign of being ready to offer major concessions on tra...
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Cambodia's former PM urges Myanmar junta chief to allow video call with Suu Kyi
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - Cambodia's former Prime Minister Hun Sen asked Myanmar's ruling general on Tuesday to allow him to speak to detained Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi on a video call, a request he said the junta chief would consider. Suu Kyi, ...
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US soldier arrested in Russia on theft charges, RIA reports
(Reuters) - A U.S. soldier who was detained in Russia on charges of criminal misconduct was arrested by a Vladivostok court on theft charges, Russia's RIA state news agency reported on Tuesday. Citing the court's press office, RIA said that the sol...
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Germany's Scholz: China must play bigger role in poorer nations' debt
BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Tuesday that he spoke with Chinese President Xi Jinping during his trip to Beijing about China's role in helping poor countries with their debt burdens. "It is clear that China, as one of the...
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Gaza is 'choked off' from aid since crossing closures, UN agencies say
GENEVA (Reuters) - U.N. agencies said on Tuesday that the two main crossings into the southern Gaza Strip remain shut, virtually cutting off the enclave from outside aid with very few stores stationed inside. The global agency's humanitarian office...
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Iran says talks with IAEA's Grossi have been 'positive'
DUBAI (Reuters) - Talks between Iran and the U.N. nuclear watchdog have been positive and productive, Iran's nuclear chief Mohammad Eslami said on Tuesday in a joint news conference with the IAEA chief Rafael Grossi in the Iranian city of Isfahan. ...
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Russia's Vladimir Putin sworn in as president for a fifth term
MOSCOW (Reuters) -President Vladimir Putin was sworn in for a new six-year term on Tuesday at a Kremlin ceremony that was boycotted by the United States and a number of other Western countries due to Russia's war in Ukraine. Putin, in power as presiden...
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Russia says missile moratorium 'in question' because of US approach - RIA
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Tuesday that Russia's moratorium on deployment of intermediate-range and shorter-range missiles is in question because of the "destructive" approach of the U.S., Russia's sta...
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Israeli military take control of vital Rafah crossing from Gaza into Egypt
By Mohammad Salem and Nidal al-Mughrabi RAFAH, Gaza Strip/CAIRO - The Israeli military took control of the vital Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt on Tuesday, pushing into the southern Gazan town after a night of air strikes and as prosp...
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Poland says it finds bugging devices in room where government was due to meet
WARSAW (Reuters) - Polish special services have found and dismantled bugging devices in a room where the council of ministers was due to meet on Tuesday, the special services coordinator's spokesman said. Poland, a hub for Western military supplies...
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EBRD warns Georgia 'foreign agents' law could hit economy, investor confidence
LONDON (Reuters) - Tensions around Georgia's controversial draft "foreign agents" law could hit the country's economy and investor confidence, the president of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) warned on Tuesday. The draft...
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Israel says it has taken control of Gaza side of Rafah Crossing amid truce talks
By James Mackenzie and Nidal al-Mughrabi JERUSALEM/CAIRO (Reuters) - The Israeli military said on Tuesday it had taken operational control of the Palestinian side of Gaza's southern Rafah Crossing, which borders Egypt and has been pivotal for the d...
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South Korea LGBTQ event finds home in streets after permit struggle
By Hyunsu Yim SEOUL (Reuters) - The Seoul Queer Culture Festival will take place in the capital's streets this year, organisers of South Korea's annual LGBTQ gathering said on Tuesday, after the city government denied their requests to hold events ...
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Japan tells US that Biden's 'xenophobia' comment is regrettable
By Kiyoshi Takenaka TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan has described as "regrettable" U.S. President Joe Biden's comment that "xenophobia" is stifling the Asian nation's economic growth, the top government spokesperson said on Tuesday. Last week Biden said "x...
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Four killed, dozens trapped in building collapse in South Africa
By shafiek tassiem GEORGE, South Africa (Reuters) - Rescuers searched through the debris of a multi-storey building collapse in the South African city of George that left four people dead and dozens still trapped early on Tuesday. Twenty-four const...
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