SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison conceded defeat and the opposition Labor Party was set to end almost a decade of conservative rule after an election on Saturday. QUOTES “Tonight, I have spoken to the leader of the opposition and the incoming prime minister, Anthony Albanese. And I’ve congratulated him on his election …
(The story from May 20 corrects official tallies in headline and in first paragraph, and adds line on Extremadura case in fifth paragraph) By Emma Pinedo and Patricia Vicente Rua MADRID/LISBON (Reuters) – Health authorities in Spain reported on Friday 23 new confirmed cases of monkeypox, mainly in the Madrid region where the regional government …
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LONDON (Reuters) – The Russian military said on Saturday it had destroyed a major consignment of Western arms in Ukraine’s Zhytomyr region, west of Kyiv, using sea-launched Kalibr cruise missiles. The defence ministry said in a statement the strike took out “a large batch of weapons and military equipment delivered from the USA and European …
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OSLO (Reuters) -A magnitude 6 earthquake struck north of the Norwegian Arctic archipelago of Svalbard on Saturday, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said, though police said there were no reports of any injuries or damage. The quake happened 725 km (450 miles) north of Svalbard at a depth of 2 km, EMSC said. “We have …
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By Elizabeth Pineau PARIS (Reuters) -Emmanuel Macron retained his finance and interior ministers while appointing only the second woman to head France’s foreign ministry, as the president reshuffled his cabinet ahead of parliamentary elections next month. After his re-election in April, when the far right came its closest yet to taking the presidency, centrist Macron …
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OSLO (Reuters) – At least three people were stabbed and injured on Friday in random attacks in a village in south-east Norway, police said. One of the victims was in critical condition. A suspect was later apprehended, officials said. “I can confirm we have the offender under control,” a police spokesperson told Reuters. “We do …
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(Corrects typo in words “in court” in first paragraph) By Tyler Clifford BUFFALO, N.Y. (Reuters) -The 18-year-old white man accused of killing 10 people in a livestreamed shooting in a Black neighborhood of Buffalo, New York, briefly appeared in court on Thursday in a case that has spurred a national debate over the intersection of …
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By Steve Holland and Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Joe Biden met with the leaders of Finland and Sweden at the White House on Thursday to offer robust U.S. support for their applications to join NATO, while Turkey threatened to block the Nordic nations from becoming members of the alliance. Biden, who has rallied …
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PARIS (Reuters) – A first suspected case of the monkeypox virus on French territory has been detected in the Paris/Ile-de-France region, the French Health Ministry said on Thursday, amid signs of the virus’ spreading around the world. Monkeypox is a virus that causes fever symptoms as well as a distinctive bumpy rash. It is usually …
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By Mimosa Spencer CANNES, France (Reuters) – “Mariupolis 2,” a documentary showing a close-up view of life under bombardment in Ukraine, debuted at the Cannes Film Festival Thursday with an emotional tribute to slain director Mantas Kvedaravicius by his fiancée. “It’s an honor to present Mantas’ recent work. It’s great the festival honors his legacy …
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