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By Toby Sterling VOORSCHOTEN, Netherlands (Reuters) -A train in the Netherlands rammed into a maintenance crane that stood on the rail tracks, killing the crane operator and injuring dozens of passengers as the train derailed and ploughed into a field early on Tuesday, officials and local media said. The maintenance work was planned and standard, …

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By Guy Faulconbridge MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s commissioner for children’s rights on Tuesday dismissed International Criminal Court (ICC) allegations that she was responsible for unlawfully deporting children from Ukraine as false. The Hague-based ICC on March 17 issued arrest warrants for President Vladimir Putin and Children’s Commissioner Maria Lvova-Belova for the war crime of unlawfully …

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ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan’s Supreme Court ordered on Tuesday that assembly elections in two provinces should go ahead by May 15 after it ruled that an election commission delay of the votes was illegal, three TV news channels and a lawyer said. The provinces of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa were governed by loyalists of former …

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VILNIUS (Reuters) – Lithuania’s parliament decided on Tuesday to ban Russian nationals from purchasing real estate in the Baltic country, citing risks to national security. The ban, which will be in place until 2024, would not apply to Russians who are granted residency in the country. Parliament also halted the issuing of new visas to …

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By Ivana Sekularac THE HAGUE (Reuters) – Lawyers for Kosovo’s former president Hashim Thaci said on Tuesday that he did not control the guerilla Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) at the time of the war crimes charges against him, and said any such crimes were the result of uncontrolled local activity. Thaci and three co-defendants face …

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MOSCOW/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -American journalist Evan Gershkovich, who was arrested and charged with espionage in Russia last week, has appealed against his pre-trial detention through his lawyers, as Washington said it was “pushing hard” to secure his release. A Moscow court last Thursday remanded the Wall Street Journal reporter in pre-trial detention until May 29 on …

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By Tiyashi Datta, Dawn Chmielewski and Milana Vinn (Reuters) – World Wrestling Entertainment Inc will combine with Endeavor Group-owned mixed martial arts franchise UFC to form a new, publicly listed entertainment giant valued at about $21 billion, the companies said on Monday. The deal unites two of the biggest names in wrestling and entertainment and …

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