US, Egyptian presidents hold phone call over Gaza ceasefire talks
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi received a phone call on Monday from U.S. President Joe Biden to discuss the latest developments in negotiations regarding a ceasefire in Gaza and the dangers of a military escalation in Raf...
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US appeals to UAE, others to stop support for Sudan's warring parties
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.S. is appealing to all countries - including the United Arab Emirates - to stop support for Sudan's warring parties, the U.S. envoy to the United Nations said on Monday, warning that a "crisis of...
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Uruguay ex-president Jose Mujica diagnosed with 'challenging' cancer
By Lucinda Elliott MONTEVIDEO (Reuters) - Jose Mujica, Uruguay's former president and one of Latin America's best-known leaders, announced a cancer diagnosis on Monday that doctors say will be challenging to treat. Mujica, who turns 89 in May, said...
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Duchess Sophie visits Ukraine in first trip by British royal since start of war
LONDON (Reuters) - Sophie, Britain's Duchess of Edinburgh, has visited Ukraine, meeting with President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and his wife in the first trip to the country by a British royal since the conflict with Russia began, Buckingham Palace said...
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'Multiple' law enforcement officers shot in North Carolina, police say
(Reuters) - Multiple law enforcement officers have been shot in Charlotte, North Carolina, local police said on Monday, in what they described as an "active" scene. The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department said in a written statement that the sh...
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UK to deport migrants to Rwanda based on group agreed by Kigali, document shows
LONDON (Reuters) - The first asylum seekers to be deported from Britain to Rwanda will come from a group of 5,700 people that Kigali has agreed in principle to take, according to a British government document published on Monday. Under a scheme tha...
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Italy neutralises Houthi drone attack in the Red Sea
ROME (Reuters) - An Italian navy ship shot down a drone fired by Yemen's Houthi rebels and targeting a European cargo, the Italian defence ministry said in a statement on Monday. The drone was intercepted "in the late morning" near the Bab-el-Mande...
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US found five Israeli military units committed gross human rights violations before Gaza war
By Simon Lewis WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department found five units of the Israeli military responsible for gross violations of human rights in incidents that took place outside of Gaza before conflict broke out between Israel and Hama...
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Exclusive-UN experts say North Korea missile landed in Ukraine's Kharkiv
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The debris from a missile that landed in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv on Jan. 2 was from a North Korean Hwasong-11 series ballistic missile, United Nations sanctions monitors told a Security Council c...
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Blinken, Saudi crown prince discuss achieving peace, security in Gaza, US says
RIYADH (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Monday in Riyadh, where they discussed the urgent need to reduce tensions in the region, the U.S. Department of State said in a statement. ...
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Russian envoy meets Sudan's army commander in show of support
(Reuters) - Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov visited Sudan on Monday in a signal of support for the Sudanese army which is locked in a year-long war with the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). Bogdanov, also a special represen...
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Clean up your house and get rid of Putin's propaganda, EU chief tells far right
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen sharply attacked far-right parties such as the German AfD who are standing for the European Union parliamentary election, telling them to "clean up their house" and get rid of Krem...
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Athletics-Father of the Ingebrigtsen brothers charged with physical abuse
(Reuters) - Norwegian police said on Monday they have pressed charges against Gjert Ingebrigtsen, the father of Olympic 1,500 metres champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen, for alleged physical abuse. Jakob, 23, and his older brothers Henrik, 33, and Filip, 3...
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Austrian prosecutors investigate far-right leader, suspect breach of trust
VIENNA (Reuters) - Austrian prosecutors said on Monday they are investigating far-right leader Herbert Kickl on suspicion of breach of trust for allegedly using public funds to take out media advertising in exchange for favourable party coverage wh...
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Exclusive-Gaza hospital staff questioned by ICC war crimes prosecutors, sources say
By Stephanie van den Berg THE HAGUE (Reuters) - Prosecutors from the International Criminal Court have interviewed staff from Gaza's two biggest hospitals, two sources told Reuters, the first confirmation that ICC investigators were speaking to med...
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USDA to test ground beef in US states with outbreaks of bird flu in dairy cows
By Tom Polansek CHICAGO (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Monday it is collecting samples of ground beef in states with outbreaks of bird flu in dairy cows for testing but remains confident the meat supply is safe. The USDA wil...
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Russian missile hits educational institution, kills two in Ukraine's Odesa
(Reuters) - A Russian missile attack on an educational institution in the Ukrainian Black Sea port of Odesa on Monday killed two people and injured at least 17, officials said. Regional governor Oleh Kiper, writing on the Telegram messaging app, sa...
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Argentina oilseed union strikes to protest Milei labor reforms
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentina's SOEA oilseed workers' union kicked off a strike on Monday to protest a labor reform bill backed by President Javier Milei, which hit the lower house floor for debate shortly before. Argentina is one of the world...
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Ecuador says it has sued Mexico over granting of asylum to former VP
By Alexandra Valencia QUITO (Reuters) - Ecuador's foreign ministry said on Monday it has sued Mexico at the International Court of Justice over Mexico's granting of asylum to former Ecuadorean vice-president Jorge Glas. Glas, twice convicted of cor...
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Lawmakers scuffle again in Georgia over 'foreign agent' bill
TBILISI (Reuters) - A female Georgian member of parliament hit a male colleague with a water bottle on Monday as tempers ran high during discussion of a contentious "foreign agents" law. Video posted by local media showed opposition member of parli...
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Factbox-Who could replace Humza Yousaf as Scotland's first minister?
LONDON (Reuters) - Scotland's First Minister Humza Yousaf said on Monday he would step down, saying he was not the right candidate to rebuild ties with other parties after he ended a coalition with the Greens and faced defeat in confidence votes th...
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Kenya Airways to suspend Kinshasa flights over detained employees
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya Airways said on Monday that it would suspend flights to the Democratic Republic of Congo's capital Kinshasa, after military authorities there failed to release its employees from detention despite a court order. Congo's mi...
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Soccer-Rubiales ordered to make monthly court appearances, restricted to leave Spain
By Fernando Kallas MADRID (Reuters) - Luis Rubiales, the disgraced former Spanish soccer federation (RFEF) chief, will have to appear before a local court in Madrid at least once a month and will need to ask permission to leave the country, a Spani...
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Three more activists detained, Venezuela opposition says
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's opposition coalition said late on Sunday that three more activists have been detained, the latest arrests of opposition members ahead of a July presidential election. The three activists are all from Portuguesa state...
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Columbia University urges pro-Palestinian protesters to disperse after failed talks
By Julia Harte NEW YORK (Reuters) - Columbia University's president said on Monday that talks with pro-Palestinian protesters who began camping on the Ivy League campus two weeks ago had failed, and urged them to voluntarily disperse, without sayin...
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