India to probe railway collision that killed nine, injured dozens
By Subrata Nag Choudhary KOLKATA, India (Reuters) - India will launch an investigation on Tuesday into a train collision that killed nine people in the state of West Bengal and injured more than 50, a day after a top railway official blamed the inc...
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Factbox-North Korea and Russia trade record number of delegations
By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea and Russia have ramped up diplomatic and economic exchanges in recent months, culminating in this week's visit by Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit to North Korea for the first time in 24 years. ...
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New Zealand will increase its military contribution to N. Korea sanctions monitoring
By Lucy Craymer WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand will increase its contribution to North Korea sanctions monitoring, out of Japan, New Zealand's Prime Minister Christopher Luxon said Tuesday. Luxon said in a statement the government had committed...
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'Normal' Nigel Farage resonates with UK seaside voters
By Sarah Young and Will Russell CLACTON-ON-SEA, England (Reuters) - Nigel Farage's brand of politics has found a home in the English seaside town of Clacton-on-Sea, where voters described the right-wing party leader as a straight talker who, unlike...
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Oil depots on fire in Russia's Rostov region after drone attack
(Reuters) - Several oil storage tanks were on fire after a drone attack early on Tuesday in the town of Azov in Russia's southern region of Rostov, officials said. "According to preliminary data, there are no casualties," Vasily Golubev, governor o...
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Magnitude 5.8 earthquake strikes Northern Peru region, GFZ says
(Reuters) - A magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck the northern region of Peru, on Monday, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) said. The quake was at a depth of 10 km (6.21 miles), GFZ said. (Reporting by Disha Mishra in Bengaluru; Edi...
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South Korea orders doctors to return to work amid prolonged strike
SEOUL (Reuters) - The South Korean government issued a return-to-work order for doctors on Tuesday as more doctors including medical professors join the months-long strike to protest increasing medical school admissions. Around four percent of some...
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Taiwan keeping watch after Chinese submarine surfaces in Taiwan Strait
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan's defence minister said on Tuesday that they have a "grasp" of the situation after pictures appeared online of a Chinese nuclear submarine surfacing in the sensitive Taiwan Strait near Taiwanese fishermen. The narrow strai...
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Former Thai PM formally indicted in royal insult case - official
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's influential former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has been formally indicted for allegedly insulting the monarchy, the attorney-general's office said on Tuesday. Thaksin is expected to seek bail from a criminal cou...
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S.Korean military fires warning shots after N.Korean soldiers cross demarcation line, Yonhap reports
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's military fired warning shots after North Korean soldiers crossed the Military Demarcation Line near the border, the Yonhap news agency reported on Tuesday citing the country's Joint Chiefs of Staff. (Reporting by Hy...
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Chinese Premier Li to meet business leaders in mineral-rich Western Australia
By Kirsty Needham and Renju Jose SYDNEY (Reuters) -Chinese Premier Li Qiang will meet business leaders in Western Australia on Tuesday, and is expected to visit a lithium processing plant in the resource-rich state on the last day of his four-day visit...
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Thailand braces for court cases amid risk of political crisis
By Panu Wongcha-um BANGKOK (Reuters) - Four high-profile cases involving key political players in Thailand are scheduled to go before the courts on Tuesday, in the latest legal wrangling that could see Southeast Asia's second-largest economy plunge...
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Two key Democrats in US Congress approve major arms sale to Israel, Washington Post reports
(Reuters) - Two key Democrats in the U.S. Congress have agreed to support a major arms sale to Israel that includes 50 F-15 fighter jets worth more than $18 billion, the Washington Post reported on Monday, citing three unnamed officials. Representa...
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Putin congratulates South Africa's Ramaphosa on re-election, an indication of warm ties
(Reuters) - Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin congratulated South Africa's Cyril Ramaphosa on his re-election as president on Monday, reflecting continued good relations with Pretoria despite uncertainty over Moscow's more than two-year-old invasion of...
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Japan PM Kishida mulls Germany visit to meet Scholz early July, NHK reports
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is considering visiting Germany to meet Chancellor Olaf Scholz when he attends a NATO summit in the United States in early July, public broadcaster NHK reported on Tuesday, citing a government...
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Putin vows to take North Korea ties to higher level
SEOUL (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said he plans to lift relations with North Korea to a higher level and pledged his unwavering support, Pyongyang's state media KCNA reported on Tuesday ahead of his planned visit to the country. In...
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Four opposition activists detained in Venezuela, candidate says
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's opposition coalition said on Monday that four activists from two of its political parties have been detained in recent days, as tensions rise ahead of a July presidential contest. Gabriel Gonzalez, Javier Cisneros, J...
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Russian official says Ukraine pouring troops into contested Kharkiv region
(Reuters) - A Russian official said on Monday that fighting was gripping parts of Ukraine's northeastern Kharkiv region which Moscow has been trying to seize and added that Ukraine's military was pouring men and equipment into the contested area. U...
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Austrian ruling coalition will limp on after clash over EU nature law
VIENNA (Reuters) - Austria's ruling coalition of conservatives and Greens flirted with collapse on Monday after a minister went it alone to tip the balance in the European Union in favour of a nature restoration law, but the alliance will limp on. ...
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Mexico's Sheinbaum says polls show support for judicial reform
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Polls commissioned by Mexico's ruling MORENA party showed support for a proposed reform of the country's judiciary, including support for the popular election of Supreme Court judges, President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum said o...
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France and Belgium strengthen their cooperation in land defence
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - France and Belgium signed a memorandum of understanding on Monday to strengthen their cooperation in land defence with both countries acquiring each a 10% stake in John Cockerill Defense, the defence unit of Belgian equipment m...
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Israeli fire kills 8 Palestinians amongst merchants and civil guards waiting for commercial trucks, health officials say
CAIRO (Reuters) - Eight Palestinians were killed by Israeli fire as merchants and civil guards waited for commercial trucks along the eastern road of the Gaza Strip, which is designated for commercial trucks to roll on, health officials told Reuter...
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US-UK forces launch strikes on Yemen's Hodeidah and Kamaran Island, Houthi-run TV says
By Mohammed Ghobari, Adam Makary and Jaidaa Taha ADEN (Reuters) - U.S. and British forces have carried out at least six airstrikes on Yemen's Hodeidah International Airport and four strikes on Kamaran Island near the port of Salif off the Red Sea, ...
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Estonia's Kallas, fierce Russia critic, tipped as new EU foreign policy chief
By Andrius Sytas VILNIUS (Reuters) - Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas is tipped become the European Union's next foreign policy boss, but her tough stance on Russia may raise doubts whether she can represent views from across the bloc. EU leader...
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Portugal's Antonio Costa expected to be next head of European Council
By Sergio Goncalves LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal's Antonio Costa has long been building support among European peers to become the president of the European Council, hoping his skills as a pragmatic negotiator will help him win the job. Costa, 62, s...
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