German ministers to hold special meeting after spate of attacks on politicians
BERLIN (Reuters) - The interior ministers of Germany's 16 states will hold an extraordinary meeting on Tuesday to discuss ways to counter a spate of attacks on politicians that represents a "new dimension of violence", a federal interior ministry s...
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Marseille garbage collectors strike ahead of Olympic torch arrival
PARIS (Reuters) - Marseille's public administration asked the local state authority on Sunday to requisition striking garbage collection workers, compelling enough of them back to work to maintain a service, two days before the Olympic torch is exp...
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Reaction to Israel's Rafah evacuation call
(Reuters) - Israel has urged Palestinians to evacuate parts of the Gazan city of Rafah in apparent preparation for an assault on Hamas units that foreign powers fear could take a big civilian toll. Here is some comment: HAMAS OFFICIAL SAMI ABU ZUHU...
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China's Xi in Paris to meet Macron, with trade, Ukraine talks planned
PARIS (Reuters) - Chinese President Xi Jinping awoke in Paris on Monday on his first visit to the region in five years, with trade and Russia's war with Ukraine on the agenda in talks with France's Emmanuel Macron and European Commission chief Ursu...
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Biden meets Jordan's King Abdullah as Gaza ceasefire hopes dim
By Nandita Bose and Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden will meet Middle East ally, Jordan's King Abdullah II, at the White House on Monday with prospects for a Gaza ceasefire appearing slim and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas...
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China May Day holiday spending delivers mixed picture on post-COVID recovery
BEIJING (Reuters) - Domestic travellers spent 166.9 billion yuan ($23.13 billion) during one of China's longest breaks, the May Day holiday, for a rise of 13.5% from pre-pandemic levels, government data showed on Monday, but expenditure per head la...
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Israel begins evacuating part of Rafah ahead of threatened assault
By Mohammed Salem and Hatem Khaled RAFAH, Gaza Strip (Reuters) - Israel called on civilians to evacuate parts of Rafah on Monday in what appeared to be preparation for a long-threatened assault on Hamas holdouts in the southern Gaza Strip city wher...
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Australian state-owned submarine builder hit by strikes at future AUKUS shipyard
By Lewis Jackson SYDNEY (Reuters) - Workers at Australian state-owned submarine builder ASC Ltd began on Monday a campaign of strikes for higher wages that could disrupt maintenance for Australia's submarines even as it prepares to build the nuclea...
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Russia to practice tactical nuclear weapon scenario to deter West - defence ministry
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia on Monday said it would hold a military exercise that will include practice for the use of tactical nuclear weapons after what the defence ministry said were provocative threats from Western officials. The defence ministry...
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Italy's white-collar mafia is making a business killing
By Emilio Parodi MILAN (Reuters) - Italy's mafia rarely dirties its hands with blood these days. Extortion rackets have gone out of fashion and murders are largely frowned upon by the godfathers. Just 17 people were killed by the mob in Italy in 20...
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Italy calls for Ukraine truce, peace talks with Putin - newspaper
ROME (Reuters) - Italy's Defence Minister said on Monday economic sanctions against Russia had failed and called on the West to try harder to negotiate a diplomatic solution with President Vladimir Putin to end the war in Ukraine. Guido Crosetto to...
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Ukraine air force says it destroys 12 Russia-launched drones
(Reuters) - Ukraine's air force said on Monday that its air defence systems destroyed 12 out of 13 attack drones launched by Russia. The drones were destroyed over the Sumy region in Ukraine's northeast, the air force said on the Telegram messaging...
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Hard right wants more EU power to reflect likely election gains
By Philip Blenkinsop STRASBOURG (Reuters) - From his office in a distant annexe, French right-wing lawmaker Jean-Paul Garraud has his sights set on a spot much closer to the decision-making heart of the European Parliament. The chair of France's Ra...
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Low-budget Chinese travellers highlight shift in Hong Kong tourism
By Jessie Pang and Joyce Zhou HONG KONG (Reuters) - Cost-conscious Chinese tourists have replaced many of the cash-rich mainland travellers who once flocked to Hong Kong, with some only interested in free walking tours of the city and staying acros...
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Israel military begins evacuating Palestinian civilians from Rafah, radio says
JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israel's armed forces have begun evacuating Palestinian civilians from Rafah ahead of a threatened assault on the southern Gazan city, an Israeli broadcaster said on Monday. The military gave no immediate confirmation of the report...
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Global health heavyweights team up for climate, disease funding
By Jennifer Rigby LONDON (Reuters) - Three of the biggest global health funders have joined forces for the first time in a $300 million partnership aimed at tackling the linked impacts of climate change, malnutrition, and infectious diseases and an...
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North Korea bolsters leader Kim with birthday loyalty oaths
By Minwoo Park and Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) - For the first time since leader Kim Jong Un took power in 2011, North Koreans were asked to take loyalty oaths on his birthday, a South Korean research institute said, amid other steps the country is ...
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Parents of US, Australian tourists presumed killed in Mexico to try identifying bodies
By Raul Cortes and Lizbeth Diaz MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The parents of an American and two Australian surfers presumed to have been killed in northern Mexico have arrived in the country and will try to identify the dead bodies believed to be their...
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Philippines says won't raise South China Sea tensions, won't use water cannons
MANILA (Reuters) -Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr said on Monday the country will not use water cannons or any offensive weapons in the South China Sea. The last thing the Philippines wants to do is to raise tensions in the strategic waterway...
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Mexican authorities confirm missing U.S., Australian tourists have died
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Family members of three tourists who went missing in northern Mexico last month have identified their bodies, the state prosecutor's office in Baja California said in a statement on Sunday. The remains of Australian brothers...
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Chad votes in first Sahel presidential poll since wave of coups
By Mahamat Ramadane and Portia Crowe N'DJAMENA (Reuters) - Chadians go to the polls on Monday three years after their military leader seized power, in the first presidential election in Africa's Sahel region since a wave of coups. Analysts say Maha...
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Blinken to travel to Guatemala on Tuesday, US State Dept says
(Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to Guatemala on Tuesday to lead a delegation to the a ministerial meeting of the Los Angeles Declaration on Migration and Protection, the State Department said on Sunday. Blinken will m...
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Brazil ex-president Bolsonaro hospitalized again with skin infection
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Sunday he had to be hospitalized again in the northern city of Manaus due to a skin infection caused by a bacteria, adding there is no forecast for when he could be discharged....
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UN accuses Israel of denying Gaza aid access as famine takes hold
By Michelle Nichols NEW YORK (Reuters) - A top U.N. official on Sunday accused Israel of continuing to deny the United Nations humanitarian access in the Gaza Strip, where the U.N. food chief warned a "full-blown famine" has taken hold in the north...
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Russia takes control of Ocheretyne village in Ukraine's east -defence ministry
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian forces have taken control of the village of Ocheretyne, in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region, the Russian Defence Ministry said on Sunday. The village, which lies northwest of the onetime Ukrainian stronghold of Avdiivka w...
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