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By Joshua McElwee VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Francis returned to the Vatican on Sunday after surviving a five-week battle in hospital against double pneumonia that became the most serious health crisis of his 12-year papacy. The 88-year-old pope, who also made his first public appearance since February 14 before being discharged from Rome’s Gemelli hospital, …

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By Dedi Hayun and James Mackenzie TEL AVIV/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s cabinet approved a no confidence motion against the attorney general on Sunday, in its latest move on officials deemed hostile to the government, defying protesters who took to the streets for a sixth day. After the vote, Justice Minister Yariv Levin …

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By Anna Voitenko and Manuel Ausloos KYIV (Reuters) – A large-scale Russian drone attack on Kyiv killed at least three people, including a 5-year-old child, causing fires in high-rise apartment buildings and damage throughout the capital, Ukrainian officials said on Sunday. Mayor Vitali Klitschko, in a post on the Telegram messaging app, called it “a …

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ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) members and others head to polling stations on Sunday for a primary election to endorse detained Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu as candidate for the next presidential election. The CHP has called for non-party members to vote to boost public resistance following Imamoglu’s detention over charges including …

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By Guy Faulconbridge and Ksenia Orlova MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump may have had more contacts than the two publicly announced telephone calls over recent months, the Kremlin said in video footage published by state television on Sunday. Trump, who says he wants to be remembered as a peacemaker, …

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(Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday that efforts to stop further escalation of the Russia-Ukraine war are “somewhat under control.” “Rational discussions” and having good relationships with presidents Vladimir Putin of Russia and Volodymyr Zelenskiy of Ukraine are key to negotiating an end to the war, Trump told Clay Travis, the founder …

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MOSCOW (Reuters) -An oil products spill occurred at the oil depot that caught fire in southern Russia’s Krasnodar region after a drone attack last week, regional officials said on Sunday. The area of the fire at the depot near the village of Kavkazskaya increased to 2,000 square metres from the 1,250 square metres previously reported, …

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SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia’s government said on Sunday that a federal budget this week would include an A$1.8 billion extension to a scheme to reduce energy bills, ahead of what is expected to be a closely-fought general election due by May. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s centre-left Labor government has already handed out A$3.5 billion in energy …

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By Joshua McElwee VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis, who has been battling pneumonia for more than five weeks, will be discharged from hospital on Sunday but will need a further two months of rest at the Vatican, the head of his medical team said on Saturday. Francis, 88, was admitted to Rome’s Gemelli hospital …

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