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MOSCOW (Reuters) -The chief of Russia’s general staff, Valery Gerasimov, has inspected the “Centre” group of Russian forces which is fighting in the Pokrovsk area of the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine, Russia’s defence ministry said on Monday. Pokrovsk, which Russia refers to by its Soviet-era name of Krasnoarmeisk, is one of the focal points …

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By Jessie Pang and James Pomfret HONG KONG (Reuters) -Twelve Hong Kong pro-democracy activists appealed their subversion convictions and jail terms on Monday in a national security case that has spotlighted Beijing’s ongoing crackdown on dissent and drawn international criticism. The appeal stems from the “47 democrats” case, named for the number of activists who …

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By Ana Cantero MADRID (Reuters) -Violent clashes erupted between far-right groups, local residents and North African migrants in a town in southeastern Spain late on Saturday following an attack on an elderly man by unknown assailants earlier in the week. Five people were hurt and one was arrested during the unrest in Torre-Pacheco, local officials …

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By Crispian Balmer JERUSALEM (Reuters) -At least eight Palestinians, most of them children, were killed and more than a dozen were wounded in central Gaza when they went to collect water on Sunday, local officials said, in an Israeli strike which the military said missed its target. The Israeli military said the missile had intended …

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By Ali Sawafta RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) -A Palestinian American man was beaten to death by settlers in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and a second man was shot dead, the Palestinian Health Ministry said in a statement, in a confrontation overnight. U.S. citizen Sayafollah Musallet, 20, also known as Saif, was severely beaten in the …

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BRUSSELS (Reuters) -A political agreement was reached to advance the EU-Indonesia free trade deal, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Sunday. The trade deal, dubbed CEPA for Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement, will create more opportunities in key industries such as agriculture and the automotive sector, von der Leyen added. “There’s a lot …

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