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By Anne Kauranen HELSINKI (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump should move forward with imposing more sanctions on Russia as it would help bring an end to the war in Ukraine, Finland’s foreign minister said on Friday in a Reuters NEXT Newsmaker interview. Trump set Friday as the deadline by which Russia had to agree to …

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MATARO, Spain (Reuters) -Amid a symphony of tinkling bells, some 300 black, brown and dappled goats trot along a paved road in Spain’s northeastern Catalonia region, stopping every now and then to nibble with gusto on the dry shrubs lining the edge of a forest. The herd wandering from town to town is part of …

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By Muvija M and Barbara Lewis (Reuters) -Eddie Jen, a drag queen from San Francisco, wants to show that “America still fights for kindness”, while Abby Govindan, a U.S. stand-up comic of Indian heritage, aims to convince audiences Texas is not what they think. The performers are among those who make the number of U.S. …

US performers seek safety and risk at the Edinburgh Fringe Read More »

By Helen Reid LONDON/GENEVA (Reuters) -As a U.S. tariff deadline neared this week, Swiss watch manufacturer DuBois et fils rushed to ship five high-end watches worth thousands of dollars each to the United States. By Wednesday the firm had blocked orders on its U.S. website. Now CEO Thomas Steinemann is calculating the price hikes he’ll …

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By Yuddy Cahya Budiman BEKASI, Indonesia/KARANGANYAR, Indonesia (Reuters) -Spraypainting brick walls in an empty yard, Indonesian artist Kemas Muhammad Firdaus braved midday heat to paint a skull in a straw hat on a black background, a nod to the Japanese manga series “One Piece” about treasure-hunting pirates. Over the past month, students and activists in …

Indonesian artists, students unfurl manga pirate sign as protest symbol Read More »

By Alexander Cornwell, Nidal al-Mughrabi and Charlotte Greenfield JERUSALEM/CAIRO (Reuters) -Israel’s political-security cabinet approved a plan to take control of Gaza City early on Friday, hours after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel intended to take military control of the entire strip despite intensifying criticism at home and abroad over the devastating almost two-year-old war. …

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By Marco Trujillo SAINT-LAURENT-DE-LA-CABRERISSE, France (Reuters) – A massive wildfire that has scorched through 16,000 hectares (39,537 acres) of forest and villages in southern France since Tuesday has now been contained, local authorities said on Thursday. Firefighters will remain deployed in the area in the coming days to secure the site and prevent flare-ups, they …

Massive French wildfire now contained, 16,000 hectares affected, local authorities say Read More »