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A German town hoped migration could turn its fortunes around. It was no panacea

1 Sep 2025

By Riham Alkousaa ALTENA, Germany (Reuters) -A decade ago, as Germany was grappling with an influx of more than a million migrants, the small town of Altena saw an opportunity to reverse years of population and economic decline. The industrial town in Western Germany made national headlines in 2015 when it volunteered to take in …

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Indonesian groups call off protests on Monday, citing heightened security

1 Sep 2025

JAKARTA (Reuters) -Indonesian students and civil society groups called off protests in Jakarta on Monday after a week of escalating anger over lawmakers’ pay and the police response, citing fears of heightened security measures after deadly riots across the country on the weekend. The protests began a week ago, and have spread nationwide, escalating in …

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Australian report raises concerns over age-verification software ahead of teen social ban

1 Sep 2025

By Byron Kaye SYDNEY (Reuters) -An Australian government-commissioned report said selfie-based age guessing software could enforce a teen social media ban, but noted that some groups experienced “unacceptable” levels of inaccuracy, raising concerns about the December rollout. The report, published by the government on Monday, said photo-based age estimation products were broadly accurate, fast and …

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Ukraine’s drone attack sparks brief fire at Krasnodar power substation, Russia says

1 Sep 2025

(Reuters) -Falling debris from a destroyed Ukrainian drone sparked a fire at a power substation in the town of Kropotkin that was promptly extinguished, the administration of the southern Russian region of Krasnodar said on Monday. “Preliminary reports indicate no injuries,” the administration said on the Telegram messaging app. The full scale of the attack …

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Baguette? No, banh mi: Vietnam celebrates independence from French rule

1 Sep 2025

By Phuong Nguyen and Francesco Guarascio HANOI, Sep 1 (Reuters) -As Vietnam celebrates the 80th anniversary of its declaration of independence from colonial rule this week, French cultural influence remains ubiquitous, but not many people in the Southeast Asian nation are aware of its prevalence.   A massive military parade will herald on Tuesday the independence proclaimed …

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Houthi rebels raid UN premises in Yemen, detain at least 11 people

1 Sep 2025

(Reuters) -Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi rebels raided United Nations offices in the Yemeni capital Sanaa on Sunday and detained at least 11 U.N. personnel, the body said. U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the Houthis forcibly entered World Food Programme premises, seized U.N. property and attempted to enter other U.N. offices in the capital. The raid followed …

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Post-war plan sees US administering Gaza for at least a decade: Washington Post

31 Aug 2025

(Reuters) -A post-war plan for Gaza is circulating within President Donald Trump’s administration that would see the U.S. administer the war-torn enclave for at least a decade, the relocation of Gaza’s population and its rebuilding as a tourist resort and manufacturing hub, the Washington Post reported on Sunday.  The Washington Post said that according to a …

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Former Colombian rebels and soldiers work together to exhume remains, give families closure

31 Aug 2025

By Julia Symmes Cobb PALMIRA, Colombia (Reuters) -For nearly a year the ex-rebels worked shoulder to shoulder with their former enemies – retired soldiers from the Colombian military – in a place that viscerally expresses the toll of Colombia’s six decades of conflict: a cemetery. The former combatants helped exhume unidentified remains believed to belong …

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Tennis-Cirstea issues plea after Cleveland trophy goes missing in New York

31 Aug 2025

By Shrivathsa Sridhar NEW YORK (Reuters) -Romania’s Sorana Cirstea has issued a plea for the return of the trophy from her title-winning run at last week’s tournament in Cleveland after discovering that it had gone missing from her hotel room in New York. Cirstea warmed up for the U.S. Open by beating American Ann Li …

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