Ukrainian drone attack kills mother, son in Russia's Belgorod region, governor says
(Reuters) - A Ukrainian drone strike killed a mother and her 4-year-old son who were travelling in a car in Russia's southern Belgorod region, the regional governor said early on Friday. Vyacheslav Gladkov, writing on the Telegram messaging app, sa...
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Tracking China's 'grey zone' balloon flights over Taiwan
By Jackie Gu and Yimou Lee TAIPEI (Reuters) - About a month before Taiwan's January presidential election, China began sending intruders over the Taiwan Strait: more than 100 balloons, some of which passed through the island's airspace or busy, Tai...
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Israeli hostage to UN: We can't normalize this unprecedented terror
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Shoshan Haran, her daughter and two grandchildren were taken hostage by Hamas militants in Israel on Oct. 7. On Thursday, Haran recalled the effects of 50 days in captivity on her three-year-old grandd...
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Panama weighs more checkpoints in treacherous jungle increasingly crossed by migrants
By Elida Moreno PANAMA CITY (Reuters) - Panama's next government is considering erecting new checkpoints along a stretch of thick jungle on its southern border that has become a treacherous part of the journey for growing masses of U.S.-bound migra...
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Senegalese prime minister criticises French military bases on territory
DAKAR (Reuters) - Senegal's prime minister Ousmane Sonko raised the possibility of closing French military bases in the West African country on Thursday in a wide-ranging speech that also touched on the euro-backed CFA franc currency, oil and gas d...
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North Korea leader's sister denies arms exchange with Russia, KCNA says
By Ju-min Park and Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) -Kim Yo Jong, the powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, again denied arms exchanges with Russia, state media KCNA reported on Friday. The U.S. and South Korea accused North Korea of transferri...
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Long air raid alert lifted in Kharkiv after drone strikes, missile warning
(Reuters) - A protracted air raid alert in most of Ukraine's northeastern Kharkiv region was lifted early on Friday after officials reported Russian drone strikes and a missile warning in the city of Kharkiv. Regional Governor Oleh Syniehubov said ...
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US exploring limited easing of sanctions on Israeli billionaire Dan Gertler
By Daphne Psaledakis WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury Department is exploring a limited easing of U.S. sanctions on Israeli mining magnate Dan Gertler to facilitate his exit from the Democratic Republic of Congo, a U.S. official said on Thu...
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Israel accuses South Africa of making false claims at ICJ genocide case
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel's foreign ministry said South Africa was 'presenting biased and false claims' that 'rely on unreliable Hamas sources' in response to a case brought to the U.N.'s top court accusing Israel of genocide on Thursday. "Israe...
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US defense chief plans to meet with Chinese counterpart in Singapore, US official says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is expected to meet with China's defense minister during a conference in Singapore later this month, a U.S. official said on Thursday. The meeting will be the first substantial in-person en...
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Top NATO commander says Russian troop numbers insufficient for Kharkiv breakthrough
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - NATO's top commander said on Thursday he did not believe Russia's military has deployed enough troops to make a strategic breakthrough in the region around Kharkiv in northeastern Ukraine. General Christopher Cavoli, NATO's sup...
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Spain denied port of call to ship carrying arms to Israel
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain has refused permission for an Israel-bound ship carrying arms to call at the southeastern port of Cartagena, Transport Minister Oscar Puente said on Thursday. The Marianne Danica was carrying a cargo of arms to Israel and h...
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IMF to launch new Ukraine mission to review loan, latest economic developments
By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund will start a new Ukraine mission in coming weeks to assess the war-torn country's $15.6 billion loan program and latest economic developments there amid stepped up Russian milit...
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G7 to back EU line on frozen Russian assets, Italian official says
ROME (Reuters) - Finance ministers from the Group of Seven (G7) major democracies meeting in Italy next week will back a European Union plan to use the profits from frozen Russian assets to help Ukraine's war effort, an Italian Treasury official sa...
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Factbox-The key people in Israel's government
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - More than seven months into the war in Gaza, Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant publicly demanded a clear "day after" strategy in Gaza from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, laying bare deep divisions in the cabinet over t...
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Israeli cabinet rifts over Gaza break out into the open
By James Mackenzie JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli government splits over the war in Gaza broke open this week, after the Defence Minister publicly demanded a clear strategy from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as troops returned to battle Hamas fi...
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Russia ramps up strike drone use on Kharkiv front, Ukrainian artillery crew says
By Max Hunder KHARKIV REGION, Ukraine (Reuters) - Ukrainian artillery on the Kharkiv frontline are facing a bigger threat than ever from Russia's fleet of Lancet kamikaze drones, according to a howitzer crew fighting there. "One comes, then a secon...
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Factbox-Top takeaways from Putin's trip to China
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin made a state visit to China on Thursday where he was greeted by China's Xi Jinping. What are the main takeaways from the visit? * Xi and Putin declare a "new era" partnership: In a joint statement...
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Panama president-elect builds business-friendly cabinet
(Reuters) - Panama President-elect Jose Raul Mulino on Thursday pulled a business leader and an economist into his ranks, the first cabinet selections in what Molino has promised will be a business-friendly administration. Mulino, who will be sworn...
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US seeks information about North Korean scheme to secure IT work with US firms
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States said on Thursday it is seeking information about three North Korean workers linked to the Communist country's Munitions Industry Department and an American accomplice involved in a scheme to secure illicit w...
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Grief and anger as Congo mourners blame Rwanda-backed rebels for attack
By Djaffar Sabiti KIBATI, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - Families huddled near the line of small coffins in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, all mourning the children and others killed in a rocket attack, many shouting out accusation...
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Russia expels UK defence attache in retaliatory move
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia said on Thursday it was expelling the British defence attache and promised further, unspecified retaliation after Britain threw out his Russian counterpart last week. Russia's Foreign Ministry said it had summoned a Britis...
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UN aid chief warns on Gaza food supplies, says relief work 'unplannable'
By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) -The U.N. aid chief warned on Thursday that famine was an immediate risk in Gaza with food stocks running out, describing fresh challenges since the start of the Israel's Rafah operation that made planning and distributin...
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White House's Brainard says China's exports can undermine investments in US
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - White House National Economic Adviser Lael Brainard said on Thursday China's industrial capacity and exports in certain sectors are so large, they can undermine the viability of investments in the United States. "China is now...
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Chad junta leader Deby declared winner of May 6 presidential election
N'DJAMENA (Reuters) - Chad's constitutional council on Thursday declared interim President Mahamat Idriss Deby winner of the central African nation's disputed May 6 presidential election with 61% of the vote, after earlier rejecting appeals to canc...
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