Thai PM says cannabis to be re-listed as narcotic by end of 2024
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin said on Wednesday that cannabis would be re-listed as a narcotic by end of 2024, in a stunning U-turn for the country two years after it became the first in the region to decriminalise its re...
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Russian billionaire Usmanov's sister Ismailova loses bid to overturn EU sanctions
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Gulbakhor Ismailova, the sister of Uzbek-Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov, lost a legal battle on Wednesday to overturn EU sanctions placed on her after Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine. The EU's Court of Justice said in a ...
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Berlin senator struck on head as concern grows over attacks on politicians
BERLIN (Reuters) - Berlin senator and former city mayor Franziska Giffey became the latest victim in a string of attacks on German politicians when a man struck her from behind with a heavy object in a local library, according to a police statement...
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Boeing cargo plane lands in Istanbul without front landing gear, no casualties
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - A FedEx Airlines Boeing cargo plane landed at Istanbul Airport on Wednesday without the front landing gear deployed and managed to stay on the runway, Turkey's transport ministry said, adding that there were no casualties. The ...
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Four arrested for duping young Indian men into fighting for Russia in Ukraine
By Sakshi Dayal NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's federal police said four people linked to a network of human traffickers have been arrested, accused of luring young men to Russia with the promise of lucrative jobs or university admissions only to for...
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EU court says European parliament cannot deny FOI request about convicted lawmaker
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union's General Court ruled on Wednesday that the European Parliament could not deny a Freedom of Information request for documents sought by transparency activists about an unidentified member of the EU Parliament...
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Hong Kong court bans protest anthem 'Glory to Hong Kong'
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong's appeal court on Wednesday granted an application by the government to ban a protest anthem named "Glory to Hong Kong", overturning a lower court judgement last year that had rejected the government's bid citing fre...
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North Macedonia votes in elections crucial for EU accession
By Aleksandar Vasovic SKOPJE (Reuters) - North Macedonia will head to the polls on Wednesday in parliamentary and presidential elections in which the rightist opposition is expected to gain ground against a ruling party that has failed to progress ...
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Exclusive-India's Modi, chasing reform legacy, shifts income goals for struggling farmers
By Shivangi Acharya and Sarita Chaganti Singh MATHURA, India (Reuters) - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has drawn up new targets to boost farmer incomes as he seeks to secure his legacy of reforming the world's largest democracy and tries to ...
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Factbox-Parties vying for power in South Africa's 2024 election
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's election on May 29 could bring momentous change, with polls suggesting the ruling African National Congress is likely to lose its majority after 30 years in power. The following are key facts about the ANC an...
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Pakistan court orders ex-PM Imran Khan's wife to shift to jail from house arrest, lawyer says
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A Pakistan court on Wednesday ordered former Prime Minister Imran Khan's wife Bushra Bibi to shift to a jail from house arrest, her lawyer said. Bibi, who had been detained at Khan's hilltop mansion in Islamabad since they bot...
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Russian court says US soldier charged with theft causing 'significant' damage
MOSCOW (Reuters) - U.S. soldier Gordon Black, who has been detained the Russian city of Vladivostok until July 2, has been charged with theft causing significant damage, a Russian court said. The detention of Black, who the Pentagon said travelled ...
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Russia targets energy facilities in air attack on Ukraine, officials say
By Pavel Polityuk and Gleb Garanich KYIV (Reuters) - A Russian air attack on Ukraine damaged several facilities in a strike targeting energy infrastructure across the country, Ukraine's military and energy officials said on Wednesday. "Another mass...
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World's record-breaking temperature streak extends through April
By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The world just experienced its hottest April on record, extending an 11-month streak in which every month set a temperature record, the European Union's climate change monitoring service said on Wednesday. Each ...
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US optimistic revised Hamas proposal may break Gaza ceasefire impasse
By Nidal al-Mughrabi, Steve Holland and Mohammad Salem CAIRO/WASHINGTON/RAFAH, Gaza Strip (Reuters) - The United States believes the remaining differences between Israel and Hamas can be bridged in negotiations over the Palestinian militant group's...
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North Korean propaganda chief who served all three leaders dies
By Jack Kim SEOUL (Reuters) - Kim Ki Nam, one of the longest-serving North Korean officials who served all three generations of its leaders cementing their political legitimacy and heading the propaganda apparatus for the dynastic state, has died, ...
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Tunisia detains a prominent activist for migrants' rights
TUNIS (Reuters) - Tunisia's public prosecutor on Tuesday detained Saadia Mosbah, a prominent activist and head of a nongovernmental group that defends the rights of migrants, human rights groups said, hours after President Kais Saied accused some g...
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Ukraine hits oil depot in Russian-held city, local leader says
(Reuters) -Ukrainian forces attacked an oil storage depot and sparked a large fire, injuring five people late on Tuesday on the outskirts of the Russian-held city of Luhansk in eastern Ukraine, the region's Russia-installed leader said. "Late at night,...
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Three men accused in Canadian Sikh leader's death appear in court
TORONTO (Reuters) - The three men accused of murdering Canadian Sikh leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar last year in a killing that triggered a diplomatic crisis between Canada and India appeared briefly in a British Columbia courtroom on Tuesday. Karanpr...
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Peru port conflict escalates as Chinese firm insists on original terms
By Marco Aquino LIMA (Reuters) - The Chinese state-owned company at the center of a dispute over operations of a megaport it is building on Peru's Pacific coast insisted on Tuesday on terms agreed with the government, as some local officials have s...
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Italy bans NGO planes from using airports close to migrant routes
ROME (Reuters) - Italy said on Tuesday that planes used by charities to track migrant boats in difficulty would no longer be able to fly from airports on the islands of Sicily, Pantelleria and Lampedusa that are close to the shipping routes. The de...
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Hamas official warns of no ceasefire deal if Israeli aggression on Gaza continues
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Hamas official Osama Hamdan warned on Tuesday that if Israel's military aggression continues in Rafah, there will be no ceasefire deal. Hamdan's comments were made during a press conference in Beirut as a delegation from Hamas, t...
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US has been holding up several weapons shipments to Israel for 2 weeks, source says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden's administration has been holding up several shipment of weapons to Israel for at least two weeks, a source familiar with the matter said on Tuesday. Politico, which broke the news, cited a U.S. offic...
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Colombia prosecutors weigh immunity for ex-officials in government corruption case
By Luis Jaime Acosta BOGOTA (Reuters) - Two former officials of Colombia's National Unit for Disaster Risk Management (UNGRD) have requested immunity in exchange for their cooperation with prosecutors investigating a corruption scandal, the attorne...
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US seeks labor dispute panel over Atento facility in Mexico, USTR says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative has called for United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement panel to review a labor dispute at a facility operated by Atento Servicios in Pachuca de Soto, Hidalgo, Mexico, it said in a st...
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