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(Reuters) – Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, convicted last year of murdering George Floyd, was sentenced on Thursday to 21 years in prison on separate federal charges of violating Floyd’s civil rights during the deadly May 2020 arrest, local news channels reported. Chauvin, who pleaded guilty to the federal charges in December, already is …

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By David Randall NEW YORK (Reuters) – Growing worries about a potential recession in the United States are tempting some investors back into the Treasury market, despite bruising declines in U.S. government bonds throughout the first half of 2022. Surging U.S. inflation and rising interest rates have dulled the allure of Treasuries this year, dealing …

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By Sudipto Ganguly LONDON (Reuters) -Rafa Nadal’s hopes of completing a rare calendar year Grand Slam ended on Thursday when the Spaniard pulled out of his highly-anticipated Wimbledon semi-final showdown against Australian Nick Kyrgios with an abdominal strain. Nadal won the Australian and French Opens back-to-back this year for the first time in his career …

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By Max Hunder and Simon Lewis KYIV/BAKHMUT, Ukraine (Reuters) – Vladimir Putin on Thursday accused the West of decades of aggression towards Moscow and warned that if it wanted to attempt to beat Russia on the battlefield it was welcome to try, but this would bring tragedy for Ukraine. His remarks came as Russian Foreign …

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By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -American actor James Caan, who starred as gangster Sonny Corleone in epic mafia film “The Godfather,” has died at age 82, his family said in a statement on Thursday. The statement, posted on Caan’s official Twitter account, said the actor died Wednesday evening. No cause of death or location …

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By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – Ghislaine Maxwell on Thursday formally appealed her conviction and 20-year prison sentence for helping the late financier Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse underage girls over more than a decade. The British socialite’s notice of appeal was filed nine days after she was sentenced by U.S. Circuit Judge Alison Nathan …

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Official creditors of Zambia, Chad and Ethiopia are set to meet in July, according to International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Kristalina Georgieva, in a bid to promote efforts to overhaul their debt burdens. The three African nations have all signed up for debt treatment under the G20 Common Framework – an initiative …

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LONDON (Reuters) – Boris Johnson will announce his resignation as British Prime Minister on Thursday, a government source said, after he was abandoned by ministers and his Conservative Party’s lawmakers who said he was no longer fit to govern. REACTION FROM FINANCIAL MARKETS: News of Johnson’s imminent resignation helped push the domestically focused FTSE 250 …

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HELSINKI (Reuters) – Finland’s parliament on Thursday voted in favour of legislation that would allow barriers on the country’s border with Russia and enable the closure of the 1,300-km (800 miles) frontier from asylum seekers in case of exceptional circumstances. The bill on preparedness, while contested in terms of European Union asylum rules, was passed …

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By Parisa Hafezi DUBAI (Reuters) -Iran’s Revolutionary Guards have detained several foreigners, including Britain’s second most senior envoy in Tehran, for alleged acts of spying such as taking soil samples in restricted areas, state television reported on Wednesday. It did not elaborate on when they were arrested or whether they were still under arrest. Britain …

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