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Two trains collide in Spain’s Catalonia region, several injured – emergency services

Two trains collided on Wednesday morning in Spain's northeastern Catalonia region and several people were lightly injured, local emergency services said. "Among the passengers, several people were lightly injured and are pending evaluation," the emergency services said on Twitter. Spanish media have reported that at least 150 persons suffered injuries,…

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UPDATED: Indonesia quake kills more than 50, wounds hundreds, destroys homes

JAKARTA, Nov 21 (Reuters) - A 5.6-magnitude earthquake killed more than 50 peopleand wounded hundreds in Indonesia's West Java province on Monday, with rescuerstrying to reach survivors trapped under the…

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UPDATED: U.S. Centcom says Iranian-made drone hit Pacific Zircon tanker off Oman

DUBAI, Nov 17 (Reuters) - An attack on a tanker off the coast of Oman on Tuesday was carried out by an Iranian-made drone, U.S. Central Command said in a…

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UPDATED: Police conduct manhunt for suspect in University of Virginia shooting

Nov 14 (Reuters) - Police were searching the University of Virginia campus and the area around the school on Monday for an "armed and dangerous" suspect who was wanted in…

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UPDATED: Russia’s Lavrov dismisses report that he was taken to hospital at G20

By Stanley Widianto NUSA DUA, Indonesia, Nov 14 (Reuters) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Monday dismissed an news agency report that he had been taken to hospital with…

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UPDATE – Person who left bomb causing Istanbul explosion arrested – Anadolu citing minister

Nov 14 (Reuters) - The person who left the bomb that caused Istanbul's explosion was arrested by the police, Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said on Monday according to state-run Anadolu…

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Earthquake of magnitude 5.6 strikes northeast India – EMSC

Nov 10 (Reuters) - An earthquake of magnitude 5.6 struck the northeastern Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh on Thursday, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre said. The quake was at a depth…

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UPDATED: Magnitude 6.2 earthquake strikes Gulf of California region in Mexico -USGS

Nov 4 (Reuters) - A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck the Gulf of California region in Mexico on Friday, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said. The quake had a depth of…

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Spain briefly closes part of airspace as Chinese rocket debris flies over

MADRID, Nov 4 (Reuters) - Spain briefly closed the airspace over the northeastern region of Catalonia and three other regions on Friday as remnants of a Chinese rocket were expected…

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UPDATED: South Korea scrambles jets after detecting North Korean military flights near border amid tensions

SEOUL, Nov 4 (Reuters) - South Korea's military said it scrambled fighter jets after detecting about 180 North Korean military flights north of the two countries' border over four hours…

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Bank of England makes historic rate hike despite ‘very challenging’ outlook

LONDON, Nov 3 (Reuters) - The Bank of England raised interest rates to 3% on Thursday from 2.25%, its biggest rate rise since 1989 as it warned of a "very…

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UPDATED: Former Pakistan PM Imran Khan wounded in ‘clear assassination’ attempt

LAHORE, Nov 3 (Reuters) - Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan was shot in the shin on Thursday when his anti-government protest convoy came under attackin the east of the…

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UPDATED: One dead and Monza player among several injured in Milan stabbing spree

Italy's Carabinieri police said one person had died in Thursday's attack, a 47-year-old Bolivian national who worked at the supermarket in the town of Assago. Another employee was injured along…

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ECB raises deposit rate to 1.5%, highest since 2009

FRANKFURT, Oct 27 (Reuters) - European Central Bank raised interest rates for the third meeting in a row on Thursday and signalled an intention to start mopping up cash from…

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UPDATED: Liz Truss announces resignation

British Prime Minister Liz Truss announced that she will be resigning. After just 44 days in office, Truss will be the shortest-serving prime minister in UK history. "I came into…

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UPDATED: Magnitude 5.5 earthquake hits Mindanao island, Philippines – EMSC

Oct 19 (Reuters) - An earthquake of magnitude 5.5 struck Mindanao island in the Philippines on Wednesday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said. The quake was at a depth…

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UPDATED: Kyiv’s central district rocked by blasts second time in week

Oct 17 (Reuters) - The central Shevchenkivskyi district of Ukraine's capital was rocked by blasts early on Monday for the second time in a week, with Mayor Vitalii Klitshchko saying…

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UPDATED: China will never renounce right to use force over Taiwan, Xi says

BEIJING, Oct 16 (Reuters) - It is up to the Chinese people to resolve the Taiwan issue and China will never renounce the right to use force but will strive…

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UPDATED: UK’s Truss fires finance minister Kwarteng, Jeremy Hunt to replace him

LONDON, Oct 14 (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Liz Truss fired her finance minister Kwasi Kwarteng on Friday, shortly before she is expected to scrap parts of their economic package…

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UPDATED: Italy’s Chamber of Deputies picks pro-Russian Fontana as speaker

ROME, Oct 14 (Reuters) - A pro-Russia, anti-gay politician was elected speaker of Italy's lower house of parliament on Friday, the day after a veteran nationalist lawmaker who collects fascist…

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UPDATED: La Russa elected Italian Senate Speaker

ROME, Oct 13 (Reuters) - A senior member of Giorgia Meloni's nationalist Brothers of Italy party was elected speaker of the upper house Senate on Thursday, despite a revolt within…

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OPEC+ oil supply cuts could tip world into recession, IEA says

LONDON, Oct 13 (Reuters) - A decision by the OPEC+ oil producer group last week to rein in output has driven up prices and could push the global economy into…

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UPDATED: Russia’s FSB arrests eight for Crimea Bridge blast

MOSCOW, Oct 12 (Reuters) - Russia's Federal Security Service said on Wednesday that it had detained five Russians and three citizens of Ukraine and Armenia in connection with the bombing…

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UPDATED: Belarus’s Lukashenko warns Ukraine, deploys troops with Russia

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said on Monday he had ordered troops to deploy with Russian forces near Ukraine in response to what he said was a clear threat to Belarus…

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Human rights advocate Ales Bialiatski from Belarus and Ukrainian and Russian NGOs win Nobel Peace Prize

The 2022 Peace Prize is awarded to human rights advocate Ales Bialiatski from Belarus, the Russian human rights organisation Memorial and the Ukrainian human rights organisation Center for Civil Liberties.…

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UPDATED: Thai mass shooting deaths include 22 children, among 34 killed – police

BANGKOK, Oct 6 (Reuters) - Thirty-four people were killed in Thailand on Thursday in a mass shooting at a day-care centre by a former policeman who killed his wife and…

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Nobel prize goes to pioneers of molecule-building “click chemistry”

STOCKHOLM, Oct 5 (Reuters) - Scientists Carolyn Bertozzi, Morten Meldal and Barry Sharpless won the 2022 Nobel Prize in Chemistry on Wednesday for discovering reactions that let molecular building blocks…

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Earthquake with a magnitude of 5.6 strikes Peru-Ecuador border -EMSC

Oct 5 (Reuters) - An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.6 struck the Peru-Ecuador border region on Wednesday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said. The quake was 25 km…

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UPDATED-EU edges towards more sanctions on Russia

BRUSSELS, Sept 30 (Reuters) - European Union countries on Friday edged towards agreeing what would be the bloc's eighth round of sanctions against Russia for waging war against Ukraine, diplomatic…

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UPDATED: EU countries approve energy windfall levies, turn to gas price cap

BRUSSELS, Sept 30 (Reuters) - European Union countries agreed on Friday to impose emergency levies on energy firms' windfall profits, and began talks on their next move to tackle Europe's…

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At least 19 dead after blast hits Kabul education centre

Police in Kabul say an explosion at an education centre in the Afghan capital has killed at least 19 people and injured many others. The blast took place at the…

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UPDATED: EU takes Malta to court over golden passport programme

BRUSSELS/VALLETTA, Sept 29 (Reuters) - The European Commission said on Thursday it would file a legal challenge against Malta for its so-called golden passport programme that allows wealthy foreigners to…

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Putin to preside over ceremony adding Ukrainian territories to Russia on Friday

LONDON, Sept 29 (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin will on Friday begin formally annexing 15% of Ukrainian territory, presiding at a ceremony in the Kremlin to declare four Ukrainian…

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UPDATED: North Korea fires two ballistic missiles ahead of Harris’ visit to South

SEOUL, Sept 28 (Reuters) - North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles off its east coast on Wednesday, the South's military said, just a day before U.S. Vice President Kamala…

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UPDATED: Swastika-wearing gunman kills 13 at Russian school

MOSCOW, Sept 26 (Reuters) - A gunman with a swastika on his teeshirt killed 13 people, including seven children, and wounded more than 20 at a school in Russia on…

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UPDATED: Strong earthquake strikes Mexico at night, one death reported

MEXICO CITY, Sept 22 (Reuters) - A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck western Mexico early on Thursday, claiming the life of a woman in Mexico City who fell and hit her…

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UPDATED: Putin signs decree on mobilisation, Russia’s partial mobilisation will see 300,000 drafted

(Reuters) - Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Wednesday that President Vladimir Putin's decree on partial mobilisation would see 300,000 additional personnel called up to serve in Russia's military…

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UPDATED: Strong earthquake hits southeastern Taiwan, building collapses

TAIPEI, Sept 18 (Reuters) - A 6.8 magnitude earthquake hit the sparsely populated southeastern part of Taiwan on Sunday, the island's weather bureau said, derailing train carriages, causing a convenience…

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UPDATED: Two police officers stabbed near Leicester Square in central London

Two police officers have been taken to hospital after being stabbed in central London, the Metropolitan Police says. The stabbing took place near Leicester Square at 06:00 BST and is…

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Queen’s Elizabeth’s funeral to begin at 11 a.m. on Monday

LONDON, Sept 15 (Reuters) - The state funeral for Queen Elizabeth will begin at 11 a.m. (1000 GMT) on Monday at Westminster Abbey in London before Britain's late monarch is…

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EU Commission President von der Leyen delivers State of the Union speech

LIVE BLOG Thank you for following us today. Below, you can find a round up of the key points raised by Ursula von der Leyen in her State of the…

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Schiphol airport asks airlines to cancel flights due to labour shortages

AMSTERDAM, Sept 12 (Reuters) - Amsterdam's Schiphol airport has asked airlines to cancel flights between 4pm and 11pm local time on Monday due to labour shortages, it said in a…

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UPDATED – Britain’s Queen Elizabeth is dead – Buckingham Palace

BALMORAL, Scotland, Sept 8 (Reuters) - Queen Elizabeth, Britain's longest-reigning monarch and the nation's figurehead for seven decades, died at her home in Scotland aged 96 on Thursday. "The Queen died peacefully…

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UPDATED: Liz Truss named as Britain’s next prime minister

LONDON, Sept 5 (Reuters) - Liz Truss was named as Britain's next prime minister on Monday, winning a leadership race for the governing Conservative party at a time when the…

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UPDATED: Item at London Heathrow airport Terminal 2 deemed not suspicious after evacuation

LONDON, Sept 2 (Reuters) - London police said on Friday an unattended bag in Heathrow Airport's Terminal 2, whichprompted an evacuation, was deemed not to be suspicious, adding the incident…

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UPDATED: Chairman of Russian oil producer Lukoil dies after falling from hospital window

MOSCOW, Sept 1 (Reuters) - Ravil Maganov, the chairman of Russia's second-largest oil producer Lukoil, died on Thursday after falling from a hospital window in Moscow, two sources familiar with…

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Belarus President Lukashenko says Belarusian planes re-fitted to carry nuclear weapons

Aug 26 (Reuters) - Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said on Friday that his military's SU-24 warplanes had been modified to carry nuclear weaponsand that Minsk would react immediately if the…

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Italy mourns the death of TV personality Piero Angela

Piero Angela, considered the patriarch of Italian scientific documentaries, has died at the age of 93. "Have a good trip dad", wrote Alberto Angela on his social profiles announcing the…

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UPDATED: Police kill man with knife at airport in Paris

PARIS, Aug 10 (Reuters) - French police on Wednesday shot dead a man armed with a knife who was behaving aggressively at Paris' Charles de Gaulle airport, officials said. A…

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UPDATE – Five injured as blasts rock Russian air base in annexed Crimea

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Blasts rocked a Russian air base near seaside resorts in the annexed Crimean peninsula on Thursday, injuring five people according to local authorities in what Moscow attributed to…

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UPDATED: Thai night club fire kills at least 13, cause unknown

BANGKOK, Aug 5 (Reuters) - At least 13 people were killed and 35 injured when a fire broke out at a night club in Thailand's eastern Chonburi province early on…

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UPDATE – U.S. kills al Qaeda leader Zawahiri in Kabul drone missile strike

KABUL/WASHINGTON, Aug 2 (Reuters) - The United States killed al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri with a drone missile while he stood on a balcony at his home in Kabul, U.S. officials said,…

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Russia says peace in Ukraine will be on its terms, strikes multiple targets

KYIV (Reuters) - A senior Russian security official said on Tuesday that peace in Ukraine when it came would be on Moscow's terms as Russian forces struck targets across the country with…

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Italy’s president rejects Draghi resignation, tells him to address parliament

ROME, July 14 (Reuters) - The Italian head of state on Thursday rejected the resignation of Prime Minister Mario Draghi and asked him to address parliament to get a clear picture of…

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UPDATE – Italian Prime Minister Draghi to resign amid government crisis

ROME (Reuters) - Mario Draghi said he would resign as Italian prime minister on Thursday, after a party in his ruling coalition did not participate in a confidence vote. "I…

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ANALYSIS-Policy gripes, desperation behind 5-Star ambush on Italy’s Draghi

ROME, July 14 (Reuters) - Italy's government hangs in the balance, yet again. Despite war and economic turmoil destabilising the world, the culprit here is one this country has seen many times…

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UPDATE – Possible scenarios as Italy’s government faces collapse

ROME, July 14 (Reuters) - Prime Minister Mario Draghi's government is on the brink of collapse after the 5-Star Movement said it will not take part in a parliamentary confidence vote on a cost-of-living…

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