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Hundreds gather to mark five years since Beirut blast, but justice still elusive

4 Aug 2025

By Maya Gebeily BEIRUT (Reuters) -Hundreds of Lebanese gathered solemnly near Beirut’s coast on Monday to commemorate a half-decade since the cataclysmic port blast of 2020, when more than 200 people were killed in one of the largest non-nuclear explosions in history. Carrying Lebanese flags and portraits of some of the victims, many of those …

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Asked about Trump firing, German minister says institutions must be independent

4 Aug 2025

By Maria Martinez WASHINGTON (Reuters) -State institutions should be independent and free from politics, German Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil said on Monday when asked about U.S. President Donald Trump’s firing of the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics. “I consider this political approach to be wrong and believe that it is right for independent …

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Zelenskiy says ‘mercenaries’ from China, Pakistan and other countries fighting for Russia

4 Aug 2025

KYIV (Reuters) -President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday that Ukrainian troops in northeastern Ukraine were fighting foreign “mercenaries” from various countries including China, Pakistan and parts of Africa, and vowed a response. Zelenskiy has previously accused Moscow of recruiting Chinese fighters for its war effort against Ukraine, charges Beijing denied, while North Korea has also …

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Lithuania’s finance minister to lead caretaker government

4 Aug 2025

By Andrius Sytas VILNIUS (Reuters) -Lithuania’s President Gitanas Nauseda appointed Finance Minister Rimantas Sadzius as acting prime minister on Monday until a new cabinet has been sworn in, following the resignation of Prime Minister Gintautas Paluckas. The prime minister formally handed in his government’s resignation, after announcing on Thursday he would step down amid pressure …

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Russia’s Novokuibyshevsk oil refinery halted operations after drone attacks, sources say

4 Aug 2025

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Primary oil processing at Russia’s Novokuibyshevsk refinery, which is operated by the Rosneft oil company, has been halted since August 2 following a Ukrainian drone attack last week, two industry sources said. That was the first time a major Russian refinery had been attacked by a drone since March 2025. It came after …

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Cambodia and Thailand begin talks in Malaysia amid fragile ceasefire

4 Aug 2025

BANGKOK (Reuters) -Preliminary talks between Thailand and Cambodia defense officials started on Monday in Malaysia ahead of a key ministerial level meeting on Thursday, as a fragile truce continues to hold a week after the two sides agreed on a ceasefire. The ceasefire, which came after five days of border clashes between Cambodia and Thailand, …

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Italy arrests 13 people in nationwide raids against Chinese mafia groups

4 Aug 2025

By Alvise Armellini ROME (Reuters) -Italian police arrested 13 people following a nationwide sweep against Chinese mafia groups, on charges including involvement in crimes such as drug dealing, sex trafficking and aggravated robbery, they said on Monday. Raids were conducted in 25 provinces, including Milan, Rome, Florence, Prato and Catania, anti-organised crime police official Andrea …

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Kremlin plays down Trump submarine order, urges caution on nuclear rhetoric

4 Aug 2025

By Dmitry Antonov and Mark Trevelyan MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia said on Monday that everyone should be “very, very careful” about nuclear rhetoric, responding to a statement by U.S. President Donald Trump that he had ordered a repositioning of U.S. nuclear submarines. In its first public reaction to Trump’s comments, the Kremlin played down their significance …

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Ukraine claims Sunday’s drone attack on Russian fuel depot in Sochi

4 Aug 2025

(Reuters) -Ukraine’s general staff on Monday confirmed it had carried out a drone attack on a fuel depot of Sochi airport in southern Russia on Sunday. Russian local authorities had blamed Ukraine on Sunday and said two oil tanks had been set ablaze, but there had been no immediate comment from Kyiv. The general staff …

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Trump’s envoy Witkoff is expected in Russia on Wednesday, TASS cites sources as saying

4 Aug 2025

MOSCOW (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff is expected to visit Russia on Wednesday, state news agency TASS said on Monday, citing Russian and U.S. sources. Trump has set a deadline of Friday for Russia to agree to end the Ukraine war or face new sanctions. (Reporting by Reuters; Writing by Anastasia …

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