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By Riham Alkousaa BERLIN (Reuters) – As Syrian President Bashar al-Assad addressed Arab leaders in Saudi Arabia on Friday, a group of Syrian refugees was in Germany learning to use international law to prosecute war criminals – which they hoped to apply to him someday. ‮”‬Every Syrian who suffered from this regime could represent a …

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BELGRADE (Reuters) – Tens of thousands marched through Belgrade on Friday in an anti-government protest following two mass shootings that killed 18 people, blaming the deaths on a culture of violence that critics say authorities have allowed to fester unchecked. On May 3 a teenage boy killed nine pupils and a security guard in the …

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By Ivan Lyubysh-Kirdey NEAR BAKHMUT, Ukraine (Reuters) -Ukraine said on Friday it had repelled attacks by Russian forces trying to recapture land they had lost around the devastated eastern city of Bakhmut, where Kyiv says it has inflicted heavy Russian casualties. Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of the Russian Wagner private army that is leading the …

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MILAN (Reuters) – Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi smiled from a car as he left Milan’s San Raffaele hospital on Friday, returning home after six weeks of treatment for a lung infection linked to chronic leukaemia. Berlusconi, 86, was rushed to hospital on April 5 and remained in intensive care for more than 10 …

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CANNES (Reuters) – Actor Sean Penn said on Friday he supported striking Hollywood writers and called studios’ rejection of their demand to restrict the use of artificial intelligence in writing scripts a “human obscenity”. “There are a lot of new concepts that are being tossed about, you know, including the use of AI,” Penn said …

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By Mindy Burrows CANNES, France (Reuters) – French hospitality workers demonstrated on Friday at a five-star hotel a few blocks from the Cannes Film Festival’s red carpet to draw attention to the difficult working conditions in the shadows of the glamour. As in previous years, the French Riviera city of Cannes has banned demonstrations near …

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HIROSHIMA, Japan (Reuters) – Group of Seven (G7) leaders on Friday said they had ensured that Ukraine had the budget support it needs for this year and early 2024 as they renewed their commitment to provide financial and military support in its fight against Russia. “Today we are taking new steps to ensure that Russia’s …

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(Reuters) – A French government plane is taking Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to the Arab League Summit in Saudi Arabia and will later take him to the G7 leaders’ summit in the Japanese city of Hiroshima, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters. Zelenskiy will attend the Arab League summit later on Friday, the …

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By Pavel Polityuk KYIV (Reuters) – Russia launched a new wave of overnight air strikes on Ukraine early on Friday, setting ablaze several buildings in President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s hometown and seriously wounding a 64-year-old woman, Kyiv said. Moscow has stepped up its campaign of long-range attacks in the last month, shifting from a winter tactic …

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