Three killed as bus falls into river in Russia's St Petersburg, TASS says
ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) -Three people died after passenger bus fell off a bridge and into the Moika river in the Russian city of St Petersburg on Friday, the TASS news agency cited local authorities as saying. Six more people have been hospital...
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Trump prosecutors prepare to call final witnesses in hush money trial
By Luc Cohen and Jody Godoy NEW YORK (Reuters) - Donald Trump is set to return to court Friday after porn star Stormy Daniels' lurid testimony about her alleged sexual encounter with him, as prosecutors prepare to call their final witnesses in the ...
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Pandemic treaty talks to the wire, likely to miss first deadline, sources say
By Jennifer Rigby LONDON (Reuters) - Talks to draw up a global pact to help fight future pandemics are likely to miss an initial deadline on Friday, three sources close to the process said. Negotiators from the World Health Organization's 194 membe...
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Elderly climate activists damage Magna Carta case at British Library
LONDON (Reuters) - Two climate protesters aged 82 and 85 smashed parts of the reinforced case holding an original text of the Magna Carta in the British Library in London on Friday before the pair - one an Anglican priest - were stopped by security...
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Suspects in alleged Russia-linked UK arson attack to face trial next year
LONDON (Reuters) - Four men will go on trial next year accused of setting fire to a London commercial property linked to Ukraine, an arson attack allegedly paid for by Russian intelligence, a British court heard on Friday. They were charged last mo...
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Ukraine expects energy deficit to rise in summer due to Russian attacks
KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine may face an increase in electricity shortages this summer caused by recent Russian attacks on power stations amid rising consumption and a repair campaign at nuclear power plants, the head of the country's grid operator sai...
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Israeli tanks encircle eastern half of Rafah
By Nidal al-Mughrabi CAIRO (Reuters) - Israeli tanks captured the main road dividing the eastern and western halves of Rafah on Friday, effectively encircling the entire eastern side of the city in the southern Gaza Strip. Residents described almos...
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Russia says protesters tried to occupy former Russian consulate in Leipzig
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Six unidentified people tried to take over a building owned by the Russian government in the German city of Leipzig on Thursday, Russia's foreign ministry said on Friday, adding that it would lodge an official complaint. It said ...
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Gaza aid could grind to a halt within days, UN agencies warn
LONDON (Reuters) - Dwindling food and fuel stocks could force aid operations to grind to a halt within days in Gaza as vital crossings remain shut, forcing hospitals to close down and leading to more malnutrition, United Nations aid agencies warned...
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Polish farmers march against 'green poison' EU climate change rules
By Kuba Stezycki WARSAW (Reuters) - Thousands of protesters marched through the streets of the Polish capital Warsaw on Friday to show their opposition to European Union environmental regulations that farmers say are driving them out of business. F...
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Education board in Virginia votes to restore schools' Confederate names
By Evelyn Hockstein and Julia Harte WOODSTOCK, Virginia (Reuters) - The education board for Shenandoah County, Virginia, voted early on Friday to restore Confederate generals' names to two public schools in the predominantly white, rural and solidl...
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Two Britons to face trial next year accused of spying for China
LONDON (Reuters) - Two Britons, including a former researcher for a prominent British lawmaker in the governing Conservative Party, were told on Friday they would go on trial next year accused of spying for China. The men, ex-researcher Christopher...
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Explainer-Catalonia's independence struggle – what now?
By Joan Faus BARCELONA (Reuters) - Spain's Catalonia region holds an election on Sunday with big implications for the Socialist-led national government and a pro-independence movement rumbling for a decade. WHEN DID THE INDEPENDENCE PUSH START? Sup...
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Pope urges governments to tackle demographic crisis
By Angelo Amante and Giuseppe Fonte ROME (Reuters) - Governments have to implement "serious and effective" policies in favour of families to tackle the issues of falling birth rates and aging populations, Pope Francis said on Friday, urging young p...
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Ukraine sends in reinforcements after Russian forces attack Kharkiv region
(Reuters) - Russian forces tried to break through the border into Ukraine's northeastern Kharkiv region with armoured vehicles on Friday and heavily shelled the area, Kyiv said, the strongest sign yet that Moscow seeks to awaken a new front in the ...
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Turkey says it killed 17 Kurdish militants in northern Iraq, Syria
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish forces have killed 17 militants of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) across various regions of northern Iraq and northern Syria, the defence ministry said on Friday. In a post on social media platform X, the mini...
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Croatian incumbent PM Plenkovic secures mandate to form government
SARAJEVO (Reuters) - Croatia's incumbent Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic submitted to President Zoran Milanovic on Friday a list of lawmakers who will support his centre-right HDZ party´s new coalition, securing a third term in office following an...
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Greece to bring in Egyptian farm workers amid labour shortage
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece will start bringing in workers from Egypt this summer to take on temporary farming jobs under a deal between the countries to tackle a labour shortage, the migration ministry said on Friday. After a decade of pain, the Gre...
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Israeli demonstrators torch part of UN compound in Jerusalem
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The main United Nations aid agency for Palestinians closed its headquarters in East Jerusalem after local Israeli residents set fire to areas at the edge of the sprawling compound, the agency said. Philippe Lazzarini, the head...
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India top court grants temporary bail to opposition leader Kejriwal to campaign in elections
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's top court gave temporary bail to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in a graft case on Friday, allowing him to campaign in the ongoing general elections, boosting the opposition alliance of which he is a key leader. ...
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China says it firmly opposes US export control tools
BEIJING (Reuters) - China firmly opposes the abuse of export control tools such as the U.S. entity list, a foreign ministry spokesperson said on Friday, after the U.S. added 37 Chinese firms to a trade restriction list over national security concer...
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South Korea's foreign minister to visit China next week
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's foreign minister Cho Tae-yul will visit China between Monday and Tuesday next week at the invitation of his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi, Seoul's foreign ministry said on Friday. It will be Cho's first trip to Beijing...
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China military says it 'drove away' US destroyer in South China Sea
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's military said it closely monitored and "drove away" USS Halsey that entered the territorial waters of Paracel Islands in the South China Sea on May 10, the Southern Theater Command of the People's Liberation Army said in...
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Analysis-Ukraine peace summit pushes neutral Swiss toward Western embrace
By Dave Graham ZURICH (Reuters) - An upcoming Ukraine peace summit, ostensibly the most ambitious bid in years by neutral Switzerland to mediate a major conflict, is instead showing how Swiss economic and security interests increasingly align with ...
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Catalans to vote in election that is key to Spain's political stability
By Joan Faus BARCELONA (Reuters) - Catalans vote on Sunday in a regional election that could determine the stability of Spain's Socialist-led government and also gauge the strength of a pro-independence movement that has roiled the country for a de...
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