By Toby Sterling and Poppy McPherson THE HAGUE (Reuters) -The World Court on Friday rejected Myanmar’s objections to a genocide case over its treatment of the Muslim Rohingya minority, paving the way for the case to be heard in full. Myanmar, now ruled by a military junta that seized power in 2021, had argued that …
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By Uditha Jayasinghe COLOMBO (Reuters) – Senior Sri Lankan lawmaker Dinesh Gunawardena was sworn in on Friday as the new prime minister, his office said, a day after the swearing-in of a new president as the Indian Ocean nation grapples with its worst economic crisis in decades. The event came just hours after security forces …
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TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Intense clashes erupted between rival factions in Libya early on Friday with reports of several people killed amid growing concern that a political standoff could prompt renewed conflict. A Reuters journalist saw clashes in the central district near the Radisson Blu hotel, an area where several government and international agencies and diplomatic …
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By Devjyot Ghoshal, Uditha Jayasinghe and Alasdair Pal COLOMBO (Reuters) -Sri Lankan security forces raided a protest camp occupying government grounds in Colombo early on Friday and cleared out a section of it, fuelling fears that President Ranil Wickremesinghe had launched a crackdown a day after being sworn in. Media footage showed soldiers in riot …
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By Lucy Craymer WELLINGTON (Reuters) – New Zealanders are dying from COVID-19 at record rates as the country battles a new wave of the Omicron strain that is particularly affecting the older population. Deaths from the virus reached 151 in the seven days to July 16, compared with 115 in the worst week of the …
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SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea and the United States will resume long-suspended live field training during their joint military drills, Seoul’s defence ministry said on Friday, as they work to curb North Korea’s evolving nuclear and missile programmes. The allies are set to kick off their annual summertime exercises next month, after South Korean President …
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(Reuters) – Sri Lankan security forces raided an anti-government protest site in the hours before dawn on Friday, arresting nine people and sparking reactions from opposition politicians, lawyers and foreign diplomats. SAJITH PREMADASA, OPPOSITION LEADER, ON TWITTER: “A cowardly assault against PEACEFUL protesters, who agreed to vacate the sites today; A useless display of ego …
(Refiling to delete extraneous word “to” from headline) By Jonathan Spicer and Michelle Nichols ISTANBUL/UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -Ukraine, Russia, Turkey and U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will sign a deal on Friday to resume Ukraine’s Black Sea grain exports, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan’s office said on Thursday. Russia and Ukraine are both major global wheat suppliers, …
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By Vitalii Hnidyi and Jonathan Spicer KHARKIV, Ukraine/ISTANBUL (Reuters) -Russia and Ukraine will sign a deal on Friday to reopen Ukraine’s Black Sea ports, Turkey said, a potential breakthrough that could ease the threat of hunger facing millions around the world as a consequence of Russia’s invasion. Ukraine and Russia are both among the world’s …
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By Uditha Jayasinghe COLOMBO (Reuters) – Veteran politician Ranil Wickremesinghe was sworn in as Sri Lanka’s new president on Thursday, a day after winning a vote in parliament and urging the island nation to come together to find a way out of its worst economic crisis in decades. The six-time prime minister succeeded Gotabaya Rajapaksa …
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