(Reuters) – Myanmar’s junta leader was on a visit to Russia on Monday, his second trip there in less than two months, as Myanmar’s ruling military tries to shore up one of its few diplomatic alliances as it comes under growing international pressure. Senior General Min Aung Hlaing has been barred from representing Myanmar at …
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TOKYO (Reuters) -Disapproval of Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s cabinet edged above 40% for the first time, propelled by doubts over whether his ruling party would ever be free of ties to the Unification Church, according to a public opinion poll. Revelations of long-running links to the church founded in South Korea in the 1950s …
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By David Stobbe and Ismail Shakil WELDON, Saskatchewan (Reuters) -Canadian police hunted for two suspects in a stabbing spree that killed 10 people and wounded at least 15 others mostly in a sparsely populated indigenous community early Sunday. The stabbings across 13 crime scenes were among the deadliest mass killings in modern Canadian history and …
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By Jan Strupczewski BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union should set up a fiscal capacity to pay for EU public goods, link the pace of debt cuts to individual country risk and let independent fiscal councils play a bigger role in policy, the International Monetary Fund said on Monday. The IMF proposal is timed to …
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(Reuters) -President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Sunday marked progress in a counter-offensive Ukraine that began last week, thanking his forces for taking two settlements in the south, a third in the east, as well as additional territory in the east of the country. He did not say precisely where the territories were and provided no timeline …
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VILNIUS (Reuters) – A private Cessna plane crashed off the coast of Latvia on Sunday evening, Sweden’s rescue service said, after NATO scrambled jets to follow its erratic course. The Austrian-registered Cessna 551 aircraft was flying from Jerez in southern Spain, from where it took off at 1256 GMT without a set destination, according to …
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PRAGUE (Reuters) – An estimated 70,000 people protested in Prague against the Czech government on Saturday, calling on the ruling coalition to do more to control soaring energy prices and voicing opposition to the European Union and NATO. Organisers of the demonstration from a number of far-right and fringe political groups including the Communist party, …
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By Simon Evans MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) – Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag was delighted with his team’s fourth straight win, a 3-1 victory over Arsenal at Old Trafford on Sunday, but said there was still plenty of work to do if they are to compete for honours. Marcus Rashford scored twice in the second …
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KAMCHATKA, Russia (Reuters) – Six people have died climbing the Klyuchevskaya Sopka volcano in Russia’s far east and six more are believed to be stranded on Sunday after freezing winds halted a rescue attempt. The party of twelve, which includes two guides, set off to climb the 4,754-metre (15,597 ft) volcano on Tuesday but ran …
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By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope John Paul I, who died in 1978 after only 33 days as pontiff, moved closer to sainthood on Sunday with the Vatican still having to dismiss lingering conspiracy theories that he was a victim of foul play. Pope Francis beatified his predecessor at a ceremony in St. …
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