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Iran, U.S. prisoner swap mediated by regional state -Nournews

DUBAI (Reuters) -A regional country has mediated between Iran and the United States for the “simultaneous release of prisoners,” Iran’s Nournews said on Saturday, shortly after Tehran allowed an Iranian-American businessman out of prison on a one-week furlough. “In recent weeks, intensive talks, with the mediation of a regional country were held for the release …

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Banging pots, Cubans stage rare protests over Hurricane Ian blackouts

By Dave Sherwood HAVANA (Reuters) -Cubans banged pots and shouted protests in neighborhoods of Havana still without electricity on Friday, three days after Hurricane Ian knocked out power to the island of 11 million people. Sweating in the dark on Thursday night and early Friday, some Havana residents resorted to pot-banging, a traditional method of …

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Defiant Putin proclaims Ukrainian annexation as military setback looms

By Jonathan Landay ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine (Reuters) -A defiant Vladimir Putin proclaimed Russia’s annexation of a swathe of Ukraine in a pomp-filled Kremlin ceremony, promising Moscow would triumph in its “special military operation” even as he faced a potentially serious new military reversal. The proclamation of Russian rule over 15% of Ukraine – the biggest annexation …

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Burkina Faso army captain announces overthrow of military government

By Thiam Ndiaga and Anne Mimault OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) -Burkina Faso army Captain Ibrahim Traore has ousted military leader Paul-Henri Damiba and dissolved the government in the West African country’s second coup in eight months, he said in a statement read on national television on Friday evening. Traore said a group of officers who helped Damiba …

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A Chinese mRNA COVID vaccine is approved for the first time – in Indonesia

By Stanley Widianto and Roxanne Liu JAKARTA/BEIJING (Reuters) – Indonesia said it has granted emergency use approval to an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine developed by a Chinese company, becoming the first country, ahead of even China, to do so. Indonesia’s food and drugs agency (BPOM) greenlighted the use of Walvax Biotechnology’s mRNA vaccine, which has been …

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Iran protests over young woman’s death continue, 83 said killed

DUBAI (Reuters) -Protests continued in several cities across Iran on Thursday against the death of young woman in police custody, state and social media reported, as a human rights group said at least 83 people had been killed in nearly two weeks of demonstrations. Mahsa Amini, 22, from the Iranian Kurdish town of Saqez, was …

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Comedian Trevor Noah to leave ‘The Daily Show’ after seven years

By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Comedian Trevor Noah, host of “The Daily Show” on Comedy Central, said he was going to leave the program after hosting it for seven years, indicating he wanted to dedicate more time to stand-up comedy. The 38-year-old comedian – who moved to the United States in 2011 and was born …

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In Colombia, land occupations raise tensions and spook investors

By Nelson Bocanegra CORINTO, Colombia (Reuters) – A machete slung across his chest, sugarcane worker Aldemar Moreno guards the entrance to the farm where he has been employed for 23 years, ready to defend it from land occupations by indigenous groups and others that have erupted around Colombia. “We have taken the decision that if …

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Ukraine advance on Russian outpost challenges Putin’s grip on Donbas

(This Sept 29 story has been refiled to correct date) By Tom Balmforth and Jonathan Landay KYIV (Reuters) – Ukrainian troops are moving to capture the Russian-held eastern town of Lyman, threatening a new setback for Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin’s campaign in the Donbas as he prepares to declare the region part of Russia. The …

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