Ukraine's first lady makes her premier visit to Belgrade
BELGRADE (Reuters) - Ukraine's first lady Olena Zelenska arrived in Belgrade on Sunday, the first visit by a top Ukrainian dignitary to Serbia since Russia's invasion in 2022 and a signal of the Balkan country's swing away from Moscow, its traditio...
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Death toll from rains in Brazil's south reaches 143, govt announces emergency spending
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - The death toll from heavy rains in Brazil's Rio Grande do Sul state rose to 143, the local civil defense government body said on Sunday, up from 136 in the previous day, while another 125 people remain unaccounted for. On...
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Seinfeld speech at Duke commencement prompts walkout protesting his support for Israel
(Reuters) - Dozens of students walked out of Duke University's commencement ceremony on Sunday as some chanted "free Palestine" to protest its guest speaker, comedian Jerry Seinfeld, for supporting Israel throughout the war in Gaza, according to vi...
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Israel lacks 'credible plan' to safeguard Rafah civilians, says Blinken
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Sunday defended a decision to pause a delivery to Israel of 3,500 bombs over concerns they could be used in the Gazan city of Rafah, saying Israel lacked a "credible plan" to protect ...
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Exclusive-Before arrest in Russia, US soldier's relationship with Russian girlfriend turned bloody, wife says
By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Months before his arrest in Russia, U.S. Army soldier Gordon Black made a surprise video call from his overseas tour in South Korea to his 6-year-old daughter in Texas. Instead of a normal chat,...
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Powerful Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Sadr girds for political comeback
By Timour Azhari and Ahmed Rasheed NAJAF, Iraq (Reuters) - Powerful Iraqi Shi'ite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr is laying the groundwork for a political comeback two years after a failed and ultimately deadly high-stakes move to form a government w...
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Israel pushes back into northern Gaza, ups military pressure on Rafah
By Nidal al-Mughrabi CAIRO (Reuters) - Israel sent tanks into eastern Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip early on Sunday, after a night of heavy aerial and ground bombardments, killing 19 people and wounding dozens of others, health officials said....
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Banning UK arms exports to Israel would strengthen Hamas, UK's Cameron says
LONDON (Reuters) - Stopping British arms sales to Israel if it launches a ground assault on Rafah in the Gaza Strip would strengthen Hamas, Britain's Foreign Secretary David Cameron said on Sunday. Israel ordered Palestinians to evacuate more of th...
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US Marine pilot arrested in Australia worked with Chinese hacker, lawyer says
By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) - A former U.S. Marine pilot fighting extradition from Australia on U.S. charges of training Chinese military pilots to land on aircraft carriers, unknowingly worked with a Chinese hacker, his lawyer said. Daniel ...
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Ukrainian shelling kills at least three in Russian apartment block
MOSCOW (Reuters) - At least three people were killed when a section of a multi-storey apartment block partially collapsed due to a Ukrainian missile strike in the Russian city of Belgorod near the border with Ukraine, Russian media reported. Footag...
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Death toll from Afghanistan floods rises to 315, Taliban ministry says
KABUL (Reuters) -The Taliban-run ministry for refugees said on Sunday the death toll from flooding in northern Afghanistan was 315 with more than 1,600 people injured. The interior ministry had said on Sunday the official death toll from the flash floo...
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Indonesia's Prabowo reiterates 'Asian Way' to defuse tension, Al Jazeera says
JAKARTA (Reuters) - As Indonesia's president elect Prabowo Subianto prepares to enter office in October, he looks set to take a more assertive stance in foreign policy, saying that diplomacy, negotiations, and the "Asian way" have helped to defuse ...
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Ukraine-launched drone sparks fire at Russia's Volgograd refinery, regional governor says
(Reuters) - An overnight drone attack launched from Ukraine sparked a brief fire at an oil refinery in the Volgograd region in southern Russia, the region's governor said on Sunday. "The fire was extinguished. There were no casualties," Andrey Boch...
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Lithuanian presidential hopefuls vow to stand up to Russian threat
By Andrius Sytas VILNIUS (Reuters) - Lithuanians vote on Sunday in a presidential election expected to hand a new term to incumbent Gitanas Nauseda, a staunch supporter of Ukraine in its two-year war with Russia, following a campaign focusing on se...
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Catalans vote in election that offers new chance to exiled separatist leader
By Joan Faus BARCELONA (Reuters) - Catalans go to the polls on Sunday in a regional vote which offers the choice of an exiled separatist politician who led a breakaway push in 2017, or an anti-independence government led by the Socialist Party. Opi...
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Canadian police arrest fourth man for murder of Sikh leader Nijjar
TORONTO (Reuters) - A fourth person has been arrested and charged with the murder of Sikh separatist leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar last year, Canadian police said on Saturday, in a case that strained diplomatic relations with India. Canadian police e...
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Switzerland wins Eurovision Song Contest 2024
MALMO, Sweden (Reuters) - Swiss rapper and singer Nemo won this year's Eurovision Song Contest with "The Code", a drum-and-bass, opera, rap and rock tune about Nemo's journey of self-discovery as a non-binary person. (Reporting by Jacob Gronholt-P...
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Protesters return to streets across Israel, demanding hostage release
TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Thousands of Israelis took to the streets on Saturday demanding that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government do more to secure the release of hostages being held in the Gaza Strip by Islamist group Hamas. Family members ...
May 11, 2024
Russia's Belgorod governor says Ukraine shelling kills one, wounds 29
(Reuters) - The governor of Russia's Belgorod region, which borders Ukraine, said on Saturday that one woman was killed and 29 people were wounded, including a child, in shelling by Ukraine's armed forces. "The city of Belgorod and Belgorod region ...
May 11, 2024
Gunmen kidnap more than 100 in attack on villages in northwest Nigeria
By Ahmed Kingimi MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - More than 100 people were kidnapped by gunmen during Friday night raids on three villages in northwest Nigeria, a district head and residents said on Saturday, the latest abduction of villagers in a r...
May 11, 2024
In Nigeria, Prince Harry speaks of 'brave souls' losing lives in conflict
By Camillus Eboh ABUJA (Reuters) - Prince Harry spoke in Nigeria on Saturday of the tragic loss of the "brave souls" in the country's military who had lost their lives in conflicts, and said he felt "goosebumps" after seeing plans for a new centre ...
May 11, 2024
New field hospital established in Gaza, Israeli military says
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel's military said on Saturday that a new field hospital had been established in the central Gaza Strip and was being run by a non-governmental organization, the International Medical Corp. "The field hospital will be oper...
May 11, 2024
Russian PM proposes new ministers, retains ministers of finance, economy
(Reuters) - Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin proposed a raft of ministerial appointments on Saturday, including new names, but retained Maxim Reshetnikov as economy minister and Anton Siluanov as finance minister, Russian news agencies said...
May 11, 2024
Egypt refuses to coordinate with Israel on entry of aid from Rafah crossing, Alqahera News reports
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt has refused to coordinate with Israel on the entry of aid into Gaza from the Rafah crossing due to Israel's "unacceptable escalation", Egypt's state affiliated Alqahera News satellite TV reported on Saturday, citing a senior...
May 11, 2024
Factbox-Who is in - and who is out - in the Russian government?
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday reappointed Mikhail Mishustin as prime minister. What are the other key positions in the government still to be filled? * Prime Minister - Mikhail Mishustin Proposed: * First Deputy PM -...
May 11, 2024