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BEIJING (Reuters) – A Chinese foreign ministry spokesman on Tuesday described as “fake news” a newspaper report saying that China had sent invitations to European leaders to meet with President Xi Jinping in November in Beijing. On Monday, Hong Kong’s South China Morning Post newspaper cited an unnamed source as saying that China had sent …

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BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha fended off accusations of corruption and economic mismanagement in a televised session of parliament on Tuesday, as a censure debate got under way seeking to dent his credibility with an election due within 11 months. Prayuth, 68, a retired army chief who first came to power in …

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By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) – The following is a summary of some recent studies on COVID-19. They include research that warrants further study to corroborate the findings and that has yet to be certified by peer review. Blood thickness linked with death risk in severe COVID-19 Patients hospitalized with COVID-19 whose blood flows less freely …

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By Kylie MacLellan, Alistair Smout and Elizabeth Piper LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s former finance minister Rishi Sunak held onto his lead in the race to become Britain’s next prime minister on Monday as another hopeful was knocked out, leaving four candidates in an increasingly bitter contest to replace Boris Johnson. Sunak got 115 votes in the …

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By Tom Balmforth and Max Hunder KYIV (Reuters) – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy sidelined his childhood friend as head of Ukraine’s security service, and another close ally as top prosecutor, in the biggest internal purge of the war, citing their failure to root out Russian spies. Ivan Bakanov, head of the powerful SBU security agency, and …

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By Uditha Jayasinghe COLOMBO (Reuters) – Sri Lanka’s acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe gazetted orders late on Sunday for a state of emergency in the crisis-ridden island nation, in an effort to head off unrest ahead of a vote in parliament later this week to elect a new president. Sri Lanka’s beleaguered leaders have imposed a …

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By Dan Williams JERUSALEM (Reuters) – The chief of Israel’s armed forces will visit Morocco on Monday in the highest-level public engagement between the countries, which upgraded ties in 2020 under a U.S. diplomatic drive. While Lieutenant-General Aviv Kochavi’s trip has been showcased by Israel as part of emerging defence cooperation with the North African …

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PARIS (Reuters) – France braced on Monday for what could become one of the hottest days ever recorded with temperatures reaching 40 degrees Celsius in coastal regions cherished by tourists, as wildfires intensified in the west and south. “The peak of this heat wave is expected Monday,” MeteoFrance said in a statement, forecasting temperatures between …

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