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By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) – EU antitrust regulators are asking games developers whether Microsoft will be incentivised to block rivals’ access to “Call of Duty” maker Activision Blizzard’s best-selling games, according to an EU document seen by Reuters. EU antitrust regulators are due to make a preliminary decision by Nov. 8 on whether …

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By Dado Ruvic BANJA LUKA, Bosnia (Reuters) – Thousands of people on Thursday protested in Banja Luka over what they said was a ‘rigged’ election in favour of pro-Russian nationalist Milorad Dodik in the vote for president of Bosnia’s autonomous Serb Republic. The main contenders for the job are Dodik, who is leaving his previous …

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By Max Hunder KYIV (Reuters) -The head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog described the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station as Ukrainian on Thursday, challenging President Vladimir Putin’s assertion that the plant is now part of Russia. Putin ordered his government on Wednesday to take control of the plant, which was seized by Russian forces in March, …

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THE HAGUE (Reuters) – A Dutch court on Thursday ordered the government to bring conditions in Dutch emergency asylum centers up to European Union standards and said vulnerable refugees should no longer be housed there. (Reporting by Stephanie van den Berg; editing by John Stonestreet)

LONDON (Reuters) – United States intelligence agencies believe parts of the Ukrainian government approved a car bomb attack near Moscow in August that killed Darya Dugina, the daughter of a prominent Russian nationalist, the New York Times reported, citing unidentified officials. Reuters could not immediately verify the report. The United States took no part in …

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KYIV (Reuters) -A Russian rocket strike destroyed a five-storey apartment block in the southern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia, killing at least one woman and leaving other residents trapped under rubble, the regional governor said on Thursday. Firefighters rushed through the streets to tackle the blazes after the overnight attack, and more explosions were heard on …

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By Joe Skipper and Steve Gorman CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) -A SpaceX rocket soared into orbit from Florida on Wednesday carrying the next long-term International Space Station crew, with a Russian cosmonaut, two Americans and a Japanese astronaut flying together in a demonstration of U.S.-Russian teamwork in space despite Ukraine war tensions. A high-ranking official …

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By Lisandra Paraguassu SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Centrist Brazilian Senator Simone Tebet, who finished third in the presidential race, on Wednesday said she was supporting leftist Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva against far-right incumbent Jair Bolsonaro when they face off in an Oct. 30 runoff vote. The support of Tebet, who received nearly 5 million votes …

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