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By Fabian Hamacher and Sarah Wu TAIPEI (Reuters) – Many in Taiwan have shrugged off China’s warnings about a possible trip to the democratic island by U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, saying they were accustomed to Beijing’s sabre-rattling and saw no cause for alarm. Such a trip would be the first by a House speaker …

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(Reuters) – A Ukrainian counter-offensive has virtually cut off the Russian-occupied southern city of Kherson and left thousands of Russian troops stationed near the Dnipro River “highly vulnerable”, British defence and intelligence officials said on Thursday. Ukraine has made clear it intends to recapture Kherson, which fell to Russia in the early days of the …

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By Angelo Amante ROME (Reuters) – The party with the most votes in Italy’s centre-right coalition will choose the prime minister if the bloc wins the coming election, the alliance said on Wednesday, putting far-right leader Giorgia Meloni in pole position for the top job. Mario Draghi’s government collapsed last week, opening the way for …

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By Kevin Dougherty and Philip Pullella QUEBEC CITY (Reuters) -Pope Francis landed in Quebec for meetings on Wednesday with Canada’s political leadership, a largely diplomatic pause from the main purpose of his trip – apologizing for the Church’s role in running residential schools where abuse was rife. Arriving in Quebec’s capital city on the fourth …

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By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Russian space officials have told their U.S. counterparts that Moscow expects to remain a part of the International Space Station at least until their own outpost in orbit is built in 2028, a senior NASA official told Reuters on Wednesday. Yuri Borisov, the newly appointed director-general of Russia’s space agency …

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KHIMKI, Russia (Reuters) -U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner told a Russian court on Wednesday she was not read her rights when detained at a Moscow airport in February, as she stands trial for drug charges that could see her face up to 10 years in prison. The 31-year-old, a Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) star …

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ATHENS (Reuters) – An Iranian-flagged tanker anchored off Piraeus port is expected this week to retrieve part of its cargo which was confiscated by the United States and sail back to Iran, following a Greek top court ruling, government sources said on Wednesday. The case has strained relations between Athens and Tehran amid growing tensions …

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By Idrees Ali, David Brunnstrom and Michael Martina WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States on Tuesday accused China of increased “provocations” against rival claimants in the South China Sea and said its “aggressive and irresponsible behavior” meant it was only a matter of time before a major incident or accident. Jung Pak, deputy assistant secretary for …

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By Simon Lewis THE IZIUM FRONT, Ukraine (Reuters) – Barely a kilometre from Russian positions defending the captured eastern city of Izium, Ukrainian and foreign fighters hunker in a dank basement. Artillery rains down on them most nights, shaking loose the plaster and filling the air with dust. At the sharp end of efforts to …

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By Soo-hyang Choi SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea’s prime minister said on Wednesday he would recommend to the president a pardon for Jay Y. Lee, vice chairman of the world’s biggest memory chip maker, Samsung Electronics. Lee, heir to the world’s second-largest contract chip maker, was convicted of bribery and embezzlement in January last year but …

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