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Witnesses say Tigrayan forces in Ethiopia retook Lalibela, UN Heritage site

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) -Rebellious Tigrayan forces have recaptured the Ethiopian town of Lalibela, witnesses told Reuters on Sunday, less than two weeks after the military and its allies took control of it as part of a broader offensive that pushed back Tigrayan forces on multiple fronts. Lalibela is a town in the Amhara region bordering …

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Putin rues Soviet collapse as demise of ‘historical Russia’

By Andrew Osborn and Andrey Ostroukh MOSCOW (Reuters) -President Vladimir Putin has lamented the collapse of the Soviet Union three decades ago as the demise of what he called “historical Russia” and said the economic crisis that followed was so bad he was forced to moonlight as a taxi driver. Putin’s comments, released by state …

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Sudanese PM replaces acting state governors named after coup – document

KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok has replaced all acting state governors appointed by the country’s military leader after a coup in late October, a document seen by Reuters on Sunday said. The decision is part of efforts by Hamdok, who returned to the premiership under a deal with the military, to roll …

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Nord Stream 2 gas unlikely to flow if Russia renews Ukraine aggression, U.S. says

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Gas is unlikely to flow through the Nord Stream 2 pipeline if Russia renews its aggression against Ukraine, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Sunday. “That pipeline … doesn’t have any gas flowing through it right now. And, in fact, it’s a source of leverage on Russia because to the …

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New Caledonia rejects independence in final vote amid boycott

By Michel Rose and Colin Packham CANBERRA/PARIS (Reuters) – The French territory of New Caledonia voted against independence in a referendum on Sunday, provisional results showed, amid a big drop in turnout due to a boycott of the vote by the independence movement. The indigenous Kanak population, who largely favour independence, had called for non-participation …

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Germany’s Baerbock looks to Liverpool’s football anthem for G7 inspiration

LIVERPOOL, England (Reuters) – German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock on Sunday drew inspiration from Liverpool’s premier league football club for the country’s upcoming G7 presidency, as the meeting of the Group of Seven in the northern English city came to a close. Baerbock said the idea of “strong cooperation” was something that could be found …

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German cybersecurity watchdog issues red alert warning on software

FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Germany’s federal cybersecurity watchdog, the BSI, on Saturday issued a red alert warning, its highest, on a flawed piece of widely-used software, saying it posed an “extremely critical threat” to web servers. A vulnerability in a Java-based library known as Log4j can be exploited to allow a complete takeover of the affected …

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Night of devastating tornadoes likely kills more than 100 in Kentucky

By Cheney Orr MAYFIELD, Ky. (Reuters) -At least 100 people were feared dead in Kentucky after a swarm of tornadoes tore a 200-mile path through the U.S. Midwest and South, demolishing homes, levelling businesses and setting off a scramble to find survivors beneath the rubble, officials said Saturday. The powerful twisters, which weather forecasters say …

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