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Shanghai targets June 1 return to normal as COVID lockdowns cool economy

By Brenda Goh and Kevin Yao SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) - Shanghai set out plans on Monday for the return of more ...
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Flood saves Ukrainian village from Russian occupation

By Carlos Barria DEMYDIV, Ukraine (Reuters) - The intentional flooding of a small village north of Kyiv that created a ...
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Saudi King Salman leaves hospital, says royal court

(Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz, 86, left hospital on Sunday following a colonoscopy last week, the royal ...
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Ukraine counter-attacks Russian forces in the east

By Jonathan Landay and Tom Balmforth RUSKA LOZOVA, Ukraine (Reuters) - Russia attacked positions in eastern Ukraine as it tries ...
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N.Korea’s Kim orders military to stabilise supply of COVID-19 drugs

By Josh Smith and Joori Roh SEOUL (Reuters) - Leader Kim Jong Un has ordered North Korea's military to stabilise ...
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Shanghai aims for return to normal life from June 1

SHANGHAI (Reuters) -Shanghai aims to reopen broadly and allow normal life to resume from June 1, a city official said on ...
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Lebanon vote brings blow for Hezbollah allies in preliminary results

By Laila Bassam, Timour Azhari and Maya Gebeily BEIRUT (Reuters) - Iran-backed Hezbollah has been dealt a blow in Lebanon's ...
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S.Korea says it will spare no effort to help North Korea amid COVID outbreak

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's President Yoon Suk-yeol said on Monday the country will spare no effort to help North ...
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India bans wheat exports as heat wave hurts crop, domestic prices soar

By Rajendra Jadhav, Mayank Bhardwaj and Nigam Prusty MUMBAI (Reuters) -India banned wheat exports on Saturday days after saying it ...
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Food charity production line caters for displaced in Ukraine’s Dnipro

By Jorge Silva DNIPRO, Ukraine (Reuters) - Alla Dubovyk, a single mother of six, is among thousands of Ukrainians who ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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, ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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, ...
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Burning munitions cascade down on Ukrainian steel plant – video

LONDON (Reuters) -White, brightly burning munitions were shown cascading down on the Azovstal steel works in the Ukrainian port of ...
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Lebanon holds first parliament election since financial collapse, blast

By Maya Gebeily, Timour Azhari and Laila Bassam BEIRUT (Reuters) -Lebanese voted on Sunday in the first parliamentary election since ...
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Ukrainian troops holding destroyed village believe Russians withdrawing across border

(Note profanity in paragraph 2.) By Jonathan Landay RUSKA LOZOVA, Ukraine (Reuters) - While three of his men heaped dark ...
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As Australia votes, indigenous people call for debate on rights

By Praveen Menon CANBERRA (Reuters) -Activists at one of the world's longest-running protests for the rights of indigenous people are ...
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Germany’s conservatives on track to win key state vote

By Riham Alkousaa BERLIN (Reuters) -Germany's conservative CDU party was on track to win a regional election in North Rhine-Westphalia ...
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McConnell sees Wednesday U.S. Senate vote on $40 billion Ukraine aid bill

(Reuters) -U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell said on Sunday he expected the Senate to vote on Wednesday to approve ...
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Factbox-Old faces compete for presidency of turbulent Somalia

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Thirty-six aspirants are competing in Somalia's long-delayed presidential election on Sunday, to be decided by parliament in ...
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U.S.’ Blinken says talked to Turkish FM, confident consensus on Sweden, Finland

(Refiles to remove extra word in last line) BERLIN (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said he had ...
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Sweden to seek NATO membership as ruling party drops 73-year opposition

By Niklas Pollard and Simon Johnson STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson will seek broad support for an application ...
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Swiss voters approve ‘Lex Netflix’ TV streaming funding law

By John Revill ZURICH (Reuters) -Swiss voters on Sunday backed proposals to make global TV streaming services such as Netflix ...
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Opponents of Jerusalem cable car plan lose Supreme Court case

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli and Palestinian opponents of an Israeli plan to run a cable car over Jerusalem to the ...
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World leaders pay respects in UAE after death of pro-West president

DUBAI (Reuters) -World leaders descended on the United Arab Emirates on Sunday to offer condolences to new leader Sheikh Mohammed ...
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‘Stefania Express’: Ukraine cheers war-time Eurovision victory

By Tom Balmforth and Natalia Zinets KYIV (Reuters) - Proud Ukrainians revelled in their Eurovision Song Contest victory on Sunday, ...
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Sweden’s security needs best served by NATO membership, PM says

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden's security needs are best served by NATO membership, Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson said on Sunday, after ...
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Germany’s conservatives set to win election in key state – exit polls

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's conservatives CDU party is on track to win a regional election in the western state of ...
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Sweden’s ruling party backs joining NATO, paving way for bid

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -Sweden's ruling Social Democrats said on Sunday they backed the country joining NATO, abandoning decades of opposition in ...
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NATO deputy chief ‘confident’ of finding consensus on Finland, Sweden membership

By Sabine Siebold and John Irish BERLIN (Reuters) - NATO is confident that it can overcome objections by Turkey and ...
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Italy prevents pro-Russian hacker attacks during Eurovision contest

MILAN (Reuters) - Italian police thwarted hacker attacks by pro-Russian groups during the May 10 semi-final and Saturday final of ...
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N.Korea reports more deaths, says taking ‘swift measures’ against COVID outbreak

By Josh Smith and Byungwook Kim SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea said on Sunday a total of 42 people had ...
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Beautiful song shows Ukraine’s bravery, NATO deputy says lauding Eurovision win

By John Irish and Sabine Siebold BERLIN (Reuters) - Eurovision and NATO might not usually be associated, but on Sunday ...
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Finnish president confirms country will apply to join NATO

By Essi Lehto HELSINKI (Reuters) -Finland's President Sauli Niinisto confirmed on Sunday that his country would apply for membership of ...
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Explosions heard near site of Somali presidential vote

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Explosions sounding like mortar shells were heard on Sunday in the area of Mogadishu airport where parliamentarians ...
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Finnish leader says latest Putin talk on NATO ‘calm and cool’

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Finnish President Sauli Niinisto said on Sunday his latest talk with Russian President Vladimir Putin about his ...
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Russia’s behaviour amounts to repudiation of agreement with NATO, Germany says

BERLIN (Reuters) - Russia's behaviour amounts to the unilateral repudiation of a 1997 cooperation agreement with NATO, Germany's Foreign Minister ...
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Ukraine has deployed new U.S. howitzers at front lines – embassy

KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine has deployed many of its new U.S. M-777 howitzers at the front lines and Washington has ...
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Price protests turn political in Iran as rallies spread

DUBAI (Reuters) - Spreading protests across Iran over a cut in state subsidies on food have turned political with slogans ...
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To parents of toddler killed in Beirut blast, Lebanon’s vote ‘means everything’

By Maya Gebeily BEIRUT (Reuters) - Their index fingers stained with purple ink, Paul and Tracy Naggear emerged solemnly on ...
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Germany’s Baerbock says Finland, Sweden already at heart NATO members

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's foreign minister said on Sunday that Finland and Sweden were already in essence members of NATO, ...
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NATO’s Stoltenberg says Russia’s Ukraine offensive not going to plan

BERLIN (Reuters) - Russia's offensive in Ukraine is failing and its operation in the Donbass region has stalled, NATO's secretary ...
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Turkey lays out demands as Finland, Sweden seek NATO membership

BERLIN (Reuters) -Turkey's foreign minister said on Sunday that Sweden and Finland must stop supporting terrorist groups in their countries, ...
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Palestinian militant dies of wounds, days after clashes with Israeli troops

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A Palestinian gunmen, brother of a prominent militant in the occupied West Bank, died in an Israeli ...
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Russia says it strikes Ukraine positions in battle for Donbas

LONDON (Reuters) - Russia said on Sunday it had pummelled Ukrainian positions in the east with missiles, targeting command centres ...
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Thousands in Tunisia protest against president, demand democratic return

By Tarek Amara TUNIS (Reuters) -Thousands of Tunisians protested on Sunday against President Kais Saied, demanding a return to the ...
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Curfew lifted for Buddhist festival in crisis-hit Sri Lanka, new PM picks cabinet

By Uditha Jayasinghe and Alasdair Pal COLOMBO (Reuters) -A nationwide curfew was fully lifted on Sunday to allow Sri Lankans ...
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Indonesian president’s rating hits six-year low as prices rise

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesian President Joko Widodo's approval rating has hit a six-year low amid dissatisfaction over soaring cooking oil ...
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Shanghai aims to reopen more COVID-shut businesses, Beijing battles on

By Brenda Goh and Tony Munroe SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) -Shanghai will gradually begin reopening businesses such as shopping malls and hair ...
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Ukraine’s top diplomat meets Blinken, touts more weapon supplies

(Corrects to remove reference to Kuleba briefing NATO ministers) KYIV/BERLIN (Reuters) - Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said he met ...
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Analysis-Neutral Switzerland leans closer to NATO in response to Russia

By John Revill BERN (Reuters) - Switzerland's fabled neutral status is about to face its biggest test in decades, with ...
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Pope declares 10 new saints, including Dutch priest killed by Nazis

By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis on Sunday declared 10 people saints of the Roman Catholic Church, ...
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Ukraine and Russia: What you need to know right now

(Reuters) - A Ukrainian counteroffensive was underway near the Russian-held town of Izium, but its military said Russian forces were ...
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Japan’s Okinawa marks half century since U.S. handover as regional tensions grow

By Elaine Lies TOKYO (Reuters) - The Japanese island chain of Okinawa marked the 50th anniversary on Sunday of the ...
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Ireland calls on UK to cool Brexit tensions over Northern Ireland

LONDON (Reuters) - Ireland's foreign minister Simon Coveney urged British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Sunday not to introduce new ...
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Beijing extends work-from-home guidance in several city districts

BEIJING (Reuters) - Beijing on Sunday extended guidance to work from home in four districts of the Chinese capital, including ...
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Polls open in Lebanese parliamentary election

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Polls opened on Sunday in Lebanon's first parliamentary election since the country's economic collapse. Voting was due ...
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For Ukrainian fighters Eurovision win heralds coming victory over Russia

By Sergiy Karazy (Reuters) - Gathered in a basement used as safe quarters north of Kyiv a small group of ...
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Missiles destroy military infrastructure in western Ukraine near Polish border – governor

(Reuters) - Four missile strikes hit military infrastructure in the Yavoriv area of western Ukraine, near to the Polish border, ...
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Britain says Russia has lost a third of its forces in Ukraine

LONDON (Reuters) -Russia has probably lost around a third of the ground forces it deployed to Ukraine and its offensive ...
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Missile hits military infrastructure in Ukraine’s Lviv region – governor

(Reuters) -A missile strike hit some military infrastructure in the western Ukrainian region of Lviv early on Sunday, the region's ...
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Croatia says Turkish talks with Finland, Sweden over NATO on “good track”

BERLIN (Reuters) - Croatia's foreign minister said on Sunday talks between Turkey with Finland and Sweden over its concerns with ...
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Australia PM, trailing in election polls, announces housing policy

(Reuters) - Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced a housing policy on Sunday aimed at boosting home ownership and curbing ...
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Russian village bordering Ukraine shelled, one wounded – governor

(Reuters) - One person was wounded when forces in Ukraine fired at a Russian village close to the border, Vyacheslav ...
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Canada says hopes for ratification of Finland, Sweden in NATO “within weeks”

BERLIN (Reuters) - Canada hopes for a swift ratification process should Finland and Sweden decide to apply for NATO membership, ...
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NATO deputy chief confident consensus can be found on Finland, Sweden membership

PARIS (Reuters) - NATO's deputy secretary general said on Sunday he was confident Turkey's concerns over Finland and Sweden joining ...
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Malaysia foreign minister meets counterpart from Myanmar shadow govt in Washington

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia Foreign Minister Saifuddin Abdullah met his counterpart from Myanmar's National Unity Government (NUG), a shadow ...
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Ukraine wages counteroffensive against Russian forces in east

By Tom Balmforth and Jonathan Landay KYIV/BEZRUKY, Ukraine (Reuters) -Ukrainian forces have launched a counteroffensive near the Russian-held town of ...
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Envoy says Russian diplomats in U.S. are threatened, enticed by FBI

(Reuters) -Russian diplomats in Washington are being threatened with violence and U.S. intelligence services try to make contact with them, ...
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Chile’s constitutional assembly rejects major mining overhaul

SANTIAGO (Reuters) - A constitutional assembly in the world's top-copper producing nation on Saturday rejected a major overhaul to mining ...
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Large convoy from Mariupol reaches safety, refugees talk of ‘devastating’ escape

By Gleb Garanich and Leonardo Benassatto ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine (Reuters) - A large convoy of cars and vans carrying refugees from ...
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Top Senate Republican meets Zelenskiy, Russia says U.S. involvement dangerous

(Reuters) -Mitch McConnell, the top Republican in the U.S. Senate, paid an unannounced visit to Kyiv on Saturday with other ...
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Ukraine band makes plea for Mariupol at Eurovision final

TURIN, Italy (Reuters) - Ukraine's Kalush Orchestra on Saturday made a plea for the city of Mariupol and its Azovstal ...
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Russia denies Ukraine forces damaged navy ship in Black Sea

(Reuters) - Russia on Saturday dismissed Ukraine's claim it had damaged a modern navy logistics ship in the Black Sea ...
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G7 to continue economic pressure on Russia, tackle ‘wheat war’

By Alexander Ratz and John Irish WEISSENHAUS, Germany (Reuters) -Group of Seven foreign ministers vowed on Saturday to reinforce Russia's ...
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Portugal blocks mansion sale over ‘strong conviction’ it belongs to Abramovich

By Catarina Demony LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal blocked the sale of a 10 million euro ($10.4 million) luxury house over ...
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Ukraine’s Zelenskiy: situation in Donbas region remains very difficult

(Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Saturday said the situation in the Donbas region remained very difficult, adding that ...
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UAE President and pro-West moderniser Khalifa dies

By Yomna Mohamed and Alexander Cornwell ABU DHABI (Reuters) -United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, a ...
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Greece says ready to welcome Finland, Sweden in NATO

ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece fully supports Sweden's and Finland's plans to join NATO, its foreign minister said on Saturday. "Greece ...
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One killed as price protests continue in Iran

DUBAI (Reuters) - Protests over soaring food prices continued in several cities in Iran on Saturday, according to postings on ...
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Turkey to hold talks with Sweden, Finland over NATO membership

By Sabine Siebold and John Irish BERLIN (Reuters) -Foreign ministers from Finland, Sweden and Turkey will hold clear the air ...
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Tourists return to Paris post-pandemic but Asians, Americans stay away

By Manuel Ausloos PARIS (Reuters) - On a sunny afternoon this week, Eli Mwenda happily snapped pictures of his sister ...
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UAE strongman Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed named new president

DUBAI (Reuters) -The United Arab Emirates' de facto leader Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan was elected president of the Gulf ...
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At NATO meet, Turkey criticises Swedish and Finnish support for PKK

BERLIN (Reuters) - Turkey's foreign minister criticised on Saturday the "unacceptable and outrageous" support that prospective new NATO members Sweden ...
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Russian missile leaves widow with just one memento of late husband

By Jonathan Landay BEZRUKY, Ukraine (Reuters) - The Russian missile turned Vera Kosolopenko’s small home into a fiery pyre that ...
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We are 100% behind Finnish, Swedish NATO membership, Norway tells Turkey

BERLIN (Reuters) - Norway on Saturday backed Finnish and Swedish plans to join NATO against criticism from Turkey. "We don't ...
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UK PM Johnson to travel to UAE to pay respects

LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will travel to the United Arab Emirates on Sunday to pay respects ...
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Putin tells Finland that swapping neutrality for NATO is a mistake

(Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin told his Finnish counterpart Sauli Niinisto on Saturday that ditching neutrality and joining NATO ...
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Palestinians welcome foreign support in inquiry into reporter’s death

RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) -The Palestinian Authority said on Saturday it would welcome international support in the inquiry into the ...
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Russia forges new partnerships in face of West’s ‘total hybrid war’ – Lavrov

By Mark Trevelyan LONDON (Reuters) -Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Saturday that Moscow was the target of "total ...
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Sri Lanka opposition, protesters push anti-govt campaign despite new PM

By Uditha Jayasinghe and Alasdair Pal COLOMBO (Reuters) -Sri Lanka's main opposition party joined anti-government protesters on Friday in rejecting ...
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Chadian police fire tear gas to disperse anti-French protest

N'DJAMENA (Reuters) - Chadian police fired tear gas and used water canon to disperse hundreds of protesters who took to ...
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Building fire kills 27 in New Delhi, police arrest company owners

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Police in New Delhi arrested two people suspected of flouting fire safety regulations on Saturday after ...
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Turkey has offered sea evacuation for wounded Ukrainian fighters – Erdogan adviser

By Orhan Coskun, Jonathan Spicer and Can Sezer ISTANBUL (Reuters) - NATO member Turkey has proposed carrying out a sea ...
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Hungary’s new president condemns Putin’s ‘aggression’, plans trip to Warsaw

BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungary's President Katalin Novak at her inauguration ceremony on Saturday condemned Russia's invasion of Ukraine and said ...
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Nigeria’s Sokoto state declares curfew over student killing protests

By Hamza Ibrahim KANO, Nigeria (Reuters) -Nigeria's Sokoto state has declared an immediate 24-hour curfew to quell protests demanding the ...
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Ukraine presses counteroffensive on key Russian line of assault – governor

By Tom Balmforth KYIV (Reuters) - Ukrainian forces are on the counteroffensive near the Russian-held town of Izium, the governor ...
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Islamic state claims responsibility for attack on Egyptian soldiers in Sinai

CAIRO (Reuters) -Islamic state on Saturday claimed responsibility for a deadly attack that killed five Egyptian soldiers in the country's ...
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Exclusive-Turkey ‘not closing door’ to Sweden, Finland NATO entry, Erdogan advisor says

By Orhan Coskun, Jonathan Spicer and Can Sezer ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey has not shut the door to Sweden and ...
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New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern tests positive for COVID

(Reuters) - New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern tested positive for COVID-19 with moderate symptoms, her office said in a ...
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North Korea’s Kim says COVID ‘great turmoil’, 21 new deaths reported

By Heekyong Yang and Jack Kim SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said on Saturday the spread of ...
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Finland’s president tells Russia’s Putin about plans to join NATO, Ifax cites Bloomberg as reporting

(Reuters) - Finnish President Sauli Niinisto told Russian President Vladimir Putin by phone about Helsinki's plans to join NATO, Interfax ...
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Russian fighter jets take part in Baltic Sea drills – Interfax

(Reuters) - Russian Su-27 fighter jets have taken part in drills to repel a mock air strike on Russia's Kaliningrad ...
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Sri Lanka eases curfew as new PM begins forming cabinet

By Uditha Jayasinghe and Alasdair Pal COLOMBO (Reuters) -Sri Lanka lifted a nationwide curfew for 12 hours on Saturday, further ...
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UAE’s newly elected ruler sees Iran, Islamists as threat to Gulf safe haven

DUBAI (Reuters) - United Arab Emirates strongman Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan, who was formally elected president on Saturday, led ...
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Canada’s Joly says Sweden, Finland accession to NATO should be quick

WEISSENHAUS, Germany (Reuters) - Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly said on Saturday that there should be consensus at NATO for ...
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Somali police announce curfew in capital during Sunday’s presidential vote

By Feisal Omar MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Police in Somalia have announced a 33-hour curfew on the capital Mogadishu that will ...
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Israeli police beat mourners at funeral of slain Palestinian journalist

JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israeli police officers charged at Palestinian mourners carrying the coffin of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh on ...
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French President Macron to visit Emirates to mourn death of pro-West ruler

PARIS (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron has announced a trip to the United Arab Emirates to mourn the death ...
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U.S. hails ‘new era’ with ASEAN as summit commits to raise level of ties

By Jeff Mason, David Brunnstrom and Michael Martina WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden said on Friday a first summit ...
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Moscow will respond if NATO moves nuclear forces closer to Russia’s border

(Reuters) - Moscow will take adequate precautionary measures if NATO deploys nuclear forces and infrastructure closer to Russia's border, Russian ...
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Moscow-administered Kherson to ask to be included in Russia, UK says

(Reuters) - The Russian-imposed military-civilian administration in Ukraine's Kherson region said it will ask Russia to include it in the ...
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China test flies first home-grown C919 jet to be delivered – Xinhua

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China on Saturday completed a test flight of the country's first C919 jetliner to be delivered, the ...
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Duma deputy head visits Ukraine’s Russian-occupied Kherson – RIA

(Reuters) - Senior Russian lawmaker Anna Kuznetsova visited the Russian-occupied region of Kherson in Ukraine to discuss social and healthcare ...
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Over 700,000 refugees from Ukraine registered in Germany -Welt

BERLIN (Reuters) - More than 700,000 people fleeing the war in Ukraine have been recorded in Germany thus far, Welt ...
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Australia’s Morrison vows more empathy if re-elected PM

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison promised on Saturday to be more empathetic if he wins re-election, as ...
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Shanghai hunkers down for final COVID battle, Beijing outbreak stubborn

SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) - Shanghai was tightening its COVID-19 lockdown for what it hoped would be the final week of its ...
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Ukraine thwarts Russian forces at river, sees long fight ahead

By Jonathan Landay DERGACHI, Ukraine (Reuters) -Ukrainian forces destroyed parts of a Russian armoured column as it tried to cross ...
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Relatives of fighters in Ukraine steel plant plead for help, Kyiv working on rescue

(Reuters) -Relatives and supporters of Ukrainian fighters in the Azovstal steel plant on Thursday called for fresh efforts to save ...
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Australia says Chinese spy ship did not breach law of the sea

SYDNEY (Reuters) -A Chinese intelligence ship tracked off Australia's west coast within 50 nautical miles of a sensitive defence facility ...
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Mexican girl at center of outcry over violence was sexually assaulted, murdered: autopsy

By Laura Gottesdiener MONTERREY, Mexico (Reuters) - Mexico's president Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador vowed on Friday to deliver justice for ...
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Ukraine and Russia: What you need to know right now

(Reuters) - Ukrainian forces destroyed parts of a Russian armoured column as it tried to cross a river in the ...
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Malaysia touts trade access as U.S. Indo-Pacific plan only a ‘good beginning’ -trade chief

By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Malaysia views U.S. President Joe Biden's proposed Indo-Pacific economic bloc as a welcome initiative ...
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Ukraine: Talks with Russia on freeing Azovstal defenders very complex

By David Ljunggren (Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Friday said talks with Russia on getting wounded defenders out of ...
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Sweden sets out benefits of NATO as membership bid looms, Turkey objects

By Simon Johnson and Johan Ahlander STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -Swedish membership of NATO would boost national security and help stabilise the ...
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G7 backs more aid, weapons to Ukraine in show of unity against Russia

By Alexander Ratz and John Irish WEISSENHAUS, Germany (Reuters) -Foreign ministers from the G7 group of rich nations backed giving ...
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Ukrainian servicemen load bodies of Russian soldiers onto refrigerated rail cars

(Reuters) - Ukrainian military authorities loaded the bodies of Russian soldiers collected after fighting in the Kyiv and Chernihiv regions ...
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Israeli attack over Syria’s Hama kills five and injures seven- state media

DAMASCUS (Reuters) - An Israeli missile attack on the Masyaf area in Syria's Hama countryside late Friday killed five and ...
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Soaring bread prices spark protests and shop fires in Iran – IRNA

DUBAI (Reuters) -Soaring bread prices have triggered protests in Iran in which some shops were set on fire, prompting police ...
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Canada Supreme Court rules extreme intoxication can be violent crime defense

By Brendan O'Brien (Reuters) -The Supreme Court of Canada on Friday ruled that defendants accused of violent crimes such as ...
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At least 26 killed in fire in western Delhi suburb

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - At least 26 people died on Friday in a fire that broke out in a four-storey ...
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EU says talks with Iran ‘positive enough’ to reopen nuclear negotiations

By John Irish WEISSENHAUS, Germany (Reuters) -The European Union on Friday said it believed it had breathed fresh life into ...
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“Moles in the dark”: survival and escape from the Mariupol steelworks

By Alessandra Prentice ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine (Reuters) - Five storeys below the besieged Azovstal steelworks, Ukrainian soldiers told Nataliya Babeush she ...
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U.S. praises EU’s Iran nuclear push, but no certainty of deal

(Reuters) -The U.S. State Department said on Friday it appreciated the European Union's efforts to revive talks on restoring the ...
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Georgian breakaway territory sets July 17 referendum on joining Russia -Tass

(Reuters) -The president of the Georgian breakaway region of South Ossetia on Friday announced the territory would hold a referendum ...
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Biden and Jordan’s King Abdullah discuss reducing Israel, West Bank tensions

(Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden and Jordan's King Abdullah discussed on Friday "urgent mechanisms" to cut violence and tensions ...
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Brazil’s Ukrainian diaspora offers familiar comforts for homesick refugees

By Pilar Olivares GUARAPUAVA, Brazil (Reuters) - Far from the bomb blasts and constant sirens in her ruined home city ...
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Imported infant formula could help lift U.S. supply in weeks -FDA chief

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Food and Drug Administration will outline a plan next week to streamline imports of infant formula, ...
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‘Not free from COVID’: Thousands pray at Portuguese shrine despite fears of new wave

By Catarina Demony and Miguel Pereira FATIMA, Portugal (Reuters) - Happy but cautious at being able to join a mass ...
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Yellen to meet Polish prime minister at start of trip to G7 finance meeting

By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will meet with Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki on ...
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In first since Ukraine invasion, Pentagon chief speaks with Russian counterpart

By Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin called for an immediate ceasefire in Ukraine when he spoke ...
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Royal Society names climate scientist first Brazilian member since 1800s

By Jake Spring SAO PAULO (Reuters) - The Royal Society scientific academy has elected climate scientist Carlos Nobre, a leading ...
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Syria govt criticises U.S. decision to allow investment in country’s north

DAMASCUS (Reuters) - Syria's foreign ministry on Friday criticised a U.S. decision to allow some foreign investment in areas of ...
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Russian air forces hit arms depot in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region – RIA

(Reuters) - Russian air forces have attacked an arms depot in Ukraine's Kharkiv region, state news agency RIA quoted the ...
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Ukrainian town copes with aftermath of Russian strike on community center/aid base

By Jonathan Landay DERGACHI, Ukraine (Reuters) - As his helpers retrieved a dust-covered sound system from inside this town's devastated ...
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Japan to offer up to $100 million in aid to help Indo-Pacific nations fight COVID

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan plans to extend up to $100 million in aid to developing countries in the Indo-Pacific region ...
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