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Exclusive-Bolivia’s Quiroga would grant resource ownership rights, eyes US trade

20 Aug 2025

By Lucinda Elliott and Monica Machicao LA PAZ (Reuters) -Bolivian presidential candidate Jorge “Tuto” Quiroga said he would dole out ownership stakes in key natural resources like lithium if elected in October as part of sweeping economic reforms, and signalled a willingness to improve ties with the United States. Quiroga, 65, emerged as the leading …

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Three killed in Russian shelling of key eastern Ukrainian city, local officials say

20 Aug 2025

KYIV (Reuters) -At least three people were killed in a Russian artillery attack on the eastern Ukrainian city of Kostiantynivka, local officials said on Wednesday, as Moscow’s troops advance to encircle the strategic hub in Ukraine’s industrialised Donbas region. Another four people were wounded in the attack, which Governor Vadym Filashkin said involved eight strikes …

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Aid groups say shelter materials are still not entering Gaza

20 Aug 2025

By Emma Farge and Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA (Reuters) -International aid groups say they have not yet been able to deliver shelter materials to Gaza despite Israeli authorities saying they have lifted restrictions on such supplies, and warn that further delays could cause more Palestinian deaths. Aid organisations say Israel had in effect been blocking …

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Madrid’s poor neighbourhoods clamour for more trees to cool streets in deadly heatwaves

20 Aug 2025

(Adds full name Sustainable Vallekas Collective in sixth paragraph) By Charlie Devereux and Michael Francis Gore MADRID (Reuters) -As Madrid sweltered at the peak of one of Spain’s longest-ever heatwaves, the temperature on a street in one of its poorest neighbourhoods – Puente de Vallecas – measured 41.4 degrees Celsius (106.5 Fahrenheit) by early afternoon. …

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Erdogan tells Putin Turkey supports Ukraine peace effort

20 Aug 2025

ANKARA (Reuters) -Turkey supports efforts to establish a permanent peace in Ukraine with the participation of all parties, President Tayyip Erdogan told his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in a phone call on Wednesday, the Turkish presidency said. Erdogan also told Putin he was closely following developments related to the process, and that Turkey had strived …

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Russia says its forces advance in Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk region

20 Aug 2025

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian forces have advanced in the east of Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk region, taking the village of Novoheorhiivka close to the Donetsk region, Russia’s defence ministry said on Wednesday. Russian forces said in July they had taken their first village in Dnipropetrovsk. U.S. estimates of the battlefield suggest Russian forces control less than 1% of …

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Pope Leo to visit Lebanon, cardinal says, in likely first trip abroad

20 Aug 2025

By Joshua McElwee VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Leo plans to visit Lebanon, the country’s senior Catholic official announced on Wednesday, in what could be the first visit outside Italy by the new leader of the global Church. The pope will travel to Lebanon “by December”, Cardinal Bechara Rai told the al-Arabiya television channel. Rai, leader …

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Huge wildfires stabilising in Spain, cooler forecast fuels hope worst is over

20 Aug 2025

By Nacho Doce and Guillermo Martinez GONDULFES, Spain (Reuters) -Wildfires raging in northern and western Spain have burned through nearly the same area in the past 24 hours as in all of last year, although the end of a 16-day heatwave and expected rainfall have fanned hopes that an end may be in sight. The …

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Belarus and Iran, both friends of Putin, plan to strengthen military and broader ties

20 Aug 2025

By Mark Trevelyan (Reuters) -Belarus and Iran – two countries that have backed Russia’s war in Ukraine – plan to deepen bilateral ties across all areas including defence, their presidents said at talks in Minsk on Wednesday. Belarusian state news agency Belta said presidents Alexander Lukashenko and Masoud Pezeshkian agreed to work on a strategic …

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