Mexico's Lopez Obrador pushes Biden on legal immigration at shared border
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Monday that he had spoken with U.S. President Joe Biden on keeping the countries' shared border open to legal immigration. The two spoke over the phone on Sunday afternoo...
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India protests over separatist slogans allowed at Toronto event
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India summoned the Canadian Deputy High Commissioner on Monday and expressed "deep concern and strong protest" after separatist slogans in support of a Sikh homeland were raised at an event addressed by Prime Minister Justin T...
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Exclusive-US military's pier in Gaza to cost $320 million
By Phil Stewart and Daphne Psaledakis WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. military's cost estimate to build a pier off Gaza to deliver humanitarian aid has risen to $320 million, a U.S. defense official and a source familiar with the matter told Reuter...
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Finnair pauses some Estonia flights due to GPS interference
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -Finnair is pausing flights to Tartu in eastern Estonia for one month due to GPS disturbances in the area, the Finnish airline said on Monday. GPS jamming and spoofing have grown worse in Eastern Europe, the Black Sea and the Middle...
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Russia's war in Ukraine boosts EU case for further expansion, chairman says
By Gabriela Baczynska BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine has given a fresh impetus to the European Union's drive to admit more countries, the bloc's chairman said on Monday, adding he hoped the 27-nation club and prospective new...
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Ghana's high court dismisses bid to speed up anti-LGBTQ law passage
ACCRA (Reuters) - A high court in Ghana has dismissed a legal challenge to President Nana Akufo-Addo's decision not to act immediately on an anti-LGBTQ bill passed by parliament in February, it ruled on Monday. Lawmakers who unanimously passed legi...
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German prosecutors launch probe into killing of Ukrainian soldiers
BERLIN (Reuters) - German prosecutors said on Monday that they had launched an investigation into a Russian citizen arrested on suspicion of stabbing two Ukrainian soldiers to death in southern Germany over the weekend. The soldiers - who had been ...
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Explainer-Scotland's leader Yousaf has resigned. What's next for SNP?
By Alistair Smout LONDON (Reuters) - Scotland's leader Humza Yousaf resigned on Monday, further imperilling more than a decade of governance by the Scottish National Party (SNP) and setting back its aspirations of independence from Britain. The cri...
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Russia says taking control of Ariston unit is response to Western hostilities
ROME (Reuters) - The transfer of the Russian subsidiary of Italian water heating firm Ariston to management by a Gazprom entity was a response to the "hostile actions" of Western countries, the Russian Embassy in Italy said in a Facebook post on Mo...
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Tajikistan summons Russian ambassador over Moscow's treatment of Tajiks
DUSHANBE (Reuters) - Tajikistan's foreign ministry summoned Russia's ambassador on Monday to protest over what it described as unfair treatment of its citizens by Moscow, in a rare dispute between post-Soviet allies. It said it was seriously concer...
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Bangladesh again shuts schools due to heatwave
By Ruma Paul DHAKA (Reuters) - Bangladesh again closed all primary schools across the country and educational institutions in almost half of districts including the capital as a severe heatwave saw temperatures climb above 43 degrees Celsius (109 F...
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Blinken says he'll press Israel on more humanitarian aid to Gaza
By Humeyra Pamuk RIYADH (Reuters) - The U.S. has seen measurable progress in the humanitarian situation in Gaza, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Monday, but he cautioned that it still wasn't sufficient and vowed to press Israeli offi...
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Ex-diplomat Maris top contender for new Thai foreign minister, sources say
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Retired diplomat Maris Sangiampongsa is the top candidate to become Thailand's new foreign minister, multiple sources said on Monday, after the previous holder of the post unexpectedly quit having lost his other position of depu...
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Vale, BHP propose $25 billion deal to settle reparations for Mariana disaster
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Vale, BHP and their joint venture Samarco have presented Brazilian authorities with a settlement proposal related to reparations for the 2015 Mariana tailings dam burst, which killed 19 people and left hundreds homeless. The p...
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Turkey backs Rutte as next NATO chief, Ankara official says
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey has told allies that it will back the candidacy of Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte to be NATO's next secretary-general, a Turkish official said on Monday, an important step towards securing him the top job. NATO's next chi...
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French actor Gerard Depardieu questioned over alleged sexual assaults
PARIS (Reuters) - French screen legend Gerard Depardieu was detained for questioning on Monday in connection with alleged sexual assaults against two women on separate film sets, police sources said. Depardieu, one of France's top movie stars, has ...
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Poland's Tusk calls prosecutor over potential Orlen scandal
WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland's prime minister said on Monday he had called the country's chief prosecutor and secret services coordinator to discuss potential links between former CEO of oil refiner Orlen, Daniel Obajtek, and Iran-backed Lebanese grou...
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Russian forces advance in Ukraine's east
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian forces advanced at points along the front line in Ukraine on Monday, taking a village in the Donetsk region, gaining better positions in the Kharkiv region and repelling a number of Ukrainian attacks, Russia's defence mi...
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Gaza protesters disrupt Paris's Sorbonne university
By Lucien Libert PARIS (Reuters) - Protesters angry over the Gaza war took to Paris' Sorbonne University on Monday, chanting 'Free Palestine' at the university's gates while some students set up tents in the courtyard. Days after similar protests a...
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NATO chief, on unannounced Kyiv visit, says arms flows to Ukraine will increase
KYIV (Reuters) - NATO boss Jens Stoltenberg told Ukrainians on Monday that his alliance's members had failed to live up to their promises of military aid in recent months, but said the flow of arms and ammunition would now increase. In an unannounc...
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Ukraine's Zelenskiy urges US to speed up weapons deliveries
KYIV (Reuters) - President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday that vital U.S. weapons were starting to arrive in Ukraine in small amounts and that the process needed to move faster as advancing Russian forces were trying to take advantage. Zelenski...
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Indian lawmaker allied with Modi's BJP faces sexual harassment probe
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's southern state of Karnataka will investigate a lawmaker whose party is a key ally of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), on suspicion of sexual harassment, the state's chief minister has said. ...
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Georgia at political crossroads as 'foreign agent' bill draws protests
By Felix Light TBILISI (Reuters) - Georgia faces more protests this week as lawmakers resume debate on a "foreign agents" law that opponents denounce as a Russian-inspired tool to crack down on freedom of speech. The bill would force organisations ...
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Gaza truce or Rafah assault? Netanyahu faces political dilemma
By Maayan Lubell JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Far-right allies of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are raising pressure on the embattled leader to reject a new Gaza ceasefire, jeopardising his government's stability if he backs away from an assa...
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Analysis-Panama presidential contenders downplay gathering economic clouds
By Valentine Hilaire and Elida Moreno PANAMA CITY (Reuters) - With Panama's business-friendly reputation bruised by a recent move to close a copper mine accounting for 5% of GDP, the country's next president will face unusually tough choices in try...
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