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SHANGHAI (Reuters) – The government of Shanghai has called on citizens to share “heart-warming” photographs, videos and stories about a punishing two-month lockdown imposed in April by the authorities to curb China’s biggest COVID-19 outbreak. The government of China’s most populous city has launched the propaganda campaign to “tell epidemic stories, spread volunteer culture and …

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KYIV (Reuters) -At least six people have been killed and more than 30 are feared trapped after Russian Uragan rockets hit a five-storey apartment block in Ukraine’s Donetsk region, leading to the building collapsing, the region’s governor said. Governor Pavlo Kyrylenko said on Telegram that the strike took place on Saturday evening in the town …

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(Reuters) – A deep financial crisis has left Sri Lanka struggling to pay for imports of food, medicine and fuel and brought thousands of protesters on to the streets. On Saturday, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa told the speaker of parliament he would step down next week. Here are some of the key developments in the crisis: …

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By Alasdair Pal NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Sri Lanka’s Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who oversaw a ruthless crushing of the Tamil Tigers to bring an end to the country’s long-running civil war and went on to become president, appears set to be forced from office following months of protests. After the dramatic storming of the president’s official …

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By Gul Yousefzai QUETTA, Pakistan (Reuters) – Intense floods killed dozens of people and left hundreds homeless in Pakistan, officials said on Saturday, as heavy monsoon rains battered the country. In the southern province of Balochistan, 57 people, including women and children, were killed after being swept away in flood waters, according to Ziaullah Langove, …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has canceled her visit to the Port of Yokohama during her travel to Japan next week, a Treasury Department official said on Saturday, out of deference after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was assassinated. Abe was fatally shot on Friday while giving a campaign speech on a …

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By Fayaz Bukhari SRINAGAR (Reuters) – At least 16 people have been killed after sudden rains triggered flash floods during an annual Hindu pilgrimage to the cave shrine of Amarnath in Indian Kashmir, a government official said on Saturday. More than two dozen people have been reported missing and rescue operations are underway. “Both army …

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