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NATO expects Turkey not to hold up Finland, Sweden membership

Posted on May 16, 2022May 16, 2022 By Reuters No Comments on NATO expects Turkey not to hold up Finland, Sweden membership
NATO expects Turkey not to hold up Finland, Sweden membership

By Humeyra Pamuk, John Irish and Johan Ahlander BERLIN/STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -NATO and the United States said on Sunday they were confident Turkey would not hold up membership of Finland and Sweden in the Western military alliance, as the two Nordic states took firm steps to join in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Finnish President…

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Poor workers bear the brunt of India’s heatwave

Posted on May 16, 2022May 16, 2022 By Reuters No Comments on Poor workers bear the brunt of India’s heatwave
Poor workers bear the brunt of India’s heatwave

By Sunil Kataria NOIDA, India (Reuters) – For construction worker Yogendra Tundre, life at a building site on the outskirts of the Indian capital New Delhi is hard enough. This year, record high temperatures are making it unbearable. As India grapples with an unprecedented heatwave, the country’s vast majority of poor workers, who generally work…

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Cuban lawmakers pass new penal code critiqued by rights, media groups

Posted on May 16, 2022May 16, 2022 By Reuters No Comments on Cuban lawmakers pass new penal code critiqued by rights, media groups
Cuban lawmakers pass new penal code critiqued by rights, media groups

HAVANA (Reuters) – Cuban lawmakers on Sunday approved a new penal code for the country that is being critiqued by some rights groups who say its clause on foreign funding may be used to unjustly stifle dissent and independent journalism in the wake of widespread anti-government protests last July. The government said the new code,…

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Western sanctions block $16-$18 billion worth of Belarusian exports to EU, U.S. – PM

Posted on May 16, 2022May 16, 2022 By Reuters No Comments on Western sanctions block $16-$18 billion worth of Belarusian exports to EU, U.S. – PM
Western sanctions block $16-$18 billion worth of Belarusian exports to EU, U.S. – PM

(Reuters) – Sanctions that have been imposed on Belarus have blocked $16-$18 billion worth of its annual exports to the West, the Belta news agency cited Belarusian Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko as saying late on Sunday. Belarus and Russia were hit by sanctions after Moscow sent tens of thousands of troops into Ukraine on Feb….

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Australia PM defends housing pitch as election campaign enters final week

Posted on May 16, 2022May 16, 2022 By Reuters No Comments on Australia PM defends housing pitch as election campaign enters final week
Australia PM defends housing pitch as election campaign enters final week

SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Monday defended his election pitch to allow first-time buyers to use part of their retirement savings to buy homes in a bid to lure younger voters as the campaign entered its final week. Morrison, trailing in polls ahead of the national election on Saturday, put housing…

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Battle rages for Ukrainian region of Donbas

Posted on May 15, 2022May 15, 2022 By Reuters No Comments on Battle rages for Ukrainian region of Donbas
Battle rages for Ukrainian region of Donbas

By Jonathan Landay and Tom Balmforth RUSKA LOZOVA, Ukraine (Reuters) -Russia pummelled positions in the east of Ukraine on Sunday, its defence ministry said, as it sought to encircle Ukrainian forces in the battle for Donbas and fend off a counteroffensive around the strategic Russian-controlled city of Izium. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) secretary…

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UK’s Johnson sees room for a deal on N.Ireland post-Brexit trade

Posted on May 15, 2022May 15, 2022 By Reuters No Comments on UK’s Johnson sees room for a deal on N.Ireland post-Brexit trade
UK’s Johnson sees room for a deal on N.Ireland post-Brexit trade

By William Schomberg LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he wanted to resolve a standoff with the European Union over Northern Ireland’s post-Brexit trade rules, but he kept open the option of unilateral action that the EU says could start a trade war. Johnson was due to travel to Belfast on Monday…

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Ex-Somali leader Mohamud wins presidency to face war and drought

Posted on May 15, 2022May 15, 2022 By Reuters No Comments on Ex-Somali leader Mohamud wins presidency to face war and drought
Ex-Somali leader Mohamud wins presidency to face war and drought

By Abdi Sheikh MOGADISHU (Reuters) -Former Somali leader Hassan Sheikh Mohamud won the presidency again in voting by parliamentarians on Sunday in an airport hangar protected by blast walls from Islamist insurgents whom he must now fight for a second time. The 66-year-old, who ruled from 2012 to 2017, reversed the previous election to defeat…

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Honduras arrests accused drug cartel leader sought by U.S. for extradition

Posted on May 15, 2022May 15, 2022 By Reuters No Comments on Honduras arrests accused drug cartel leader sought by U.S. for extradition

TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) – Honduran authorities arrested accused cartel leader Herlinda Bobadilla on Sunday, following an extradition request for her and her sons by the United States. Police arrested Bobadilla after an “intense confrontation,” during which her son Tito Montes Bobadilla was killed, according to a tweet by National Police Commissioner Gustavo Sanchez Velasquez. Three other…

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Mali’s military junta pulls out of regional G5 Sahel force

Posted on May 15, 2022May 15, 2022 By Reuters No Comments on Mali’s military junta pulls out of regional G5 Sahel force
Mali’s military junta pulls out of regional G5 Sahel force

BAMAKO (Reuters) -Mali is pulling out of a multi-national military force in West Africa’s Sahel region combatting an Islamist insurgency, the country’s military junta said in a statement on Sunday. The G5 Sahel force, which includes troops from Niger, Chad, Burkina Faso and Mauritania, was set up in 2017 to counter jihadists who have swept…

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