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By Joanna Plucinska and Michael Kahn RZESZOW, Poland/PRAGUE (Reuters) – When Ukrainians started streaming across the border after Russia invaded their country on Feb. 24, residents in this Polish city — like many others across central Europe — sprang into action to help settle and house refugees fleeing war. Three months later Rzeszow’s population of …

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By Natalie Grover LONDON (Reuters) -The World Health Organization does not believe the outbreak of monkeypox outside of Africa requires mass vaccinations as measures like good hygiene and safe sexual behaviour will help control its spread, a senior official said on Monday. In an interview with Reuters, Richard Pebody, who leads the high-threat pathogen team …

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By Michael Martina and David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) – There is an old saying in politics that a gaffe is when a politician says what they really mean. And critics of U.S. President Joe Biden say he has made his fair share when it comes to Taiwan. On Monday, during his first trip to Asia …

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By Josephine Mason (Reuters) -The World Health Organization does not have evidence that the monkeypox virus has mutated, a senior executive at the U.N. agency said on Monday, noting the infectious disease that has been endemic in west and central Africa has tended not to change. Rosamund Lewis, head of the smallpox secretariat that is …

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NULKABA, Australia (Reuters) – Jan Hugo never realised her childhood dream of becoming a princess so instead she became Australia’s queen of royal memorabilia with over 10,000 pieces, a collection she plans to grow as Queen Elizabeth marks her Platinum Jubilee next month. “Your Majesty, if you’re watching, I hope you have a wonderful celebration …

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By Martin Quin Pollard and Engen Tham BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Beijing authorities extended work-from-home guidance for many of its 22 million residents to stem a persistent COVID-19 outbreak, while Shanghai deployed more testing and curbs to hold on to its hard-won ‘zero COVID’ status after two months of lockdown. On Monday, the Chinese capital reported …

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PARIS (Reuters) – Rape allegations against a minister poached from the opposition conservative party overshadowed the first meeting of French President Emmanuel Macron’s new cabinet on Monday, disrupting efforts to relaunch his presidency. Damien Abad, France’s newly appointed minister for Solidarity and the Disabled, on Sunday denied he had raped two women, following accusations published …

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GENEVA (Reuters) – Taiwan’s bid to take part in the World Health Organization’s annual assembly was rejected on Monday, the assembly said, in a decision that follows a campaign of diplomatic pressure from China to isolate the island. Assembly President Ahmed Robleh Abdilleh, also Djibouti’s health minister, said in a statement that a proposal sent …

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By Pavel Polityuk KYIV/MARIUPOL (Reuters) -Ukraine said on Monday it had held off the latest assault on an eastern city that has become the main target of Moscow’s offensive since Russian forces finally seized Mariupol last week. Russian forces tried to storm Sievierodonetsk, but were unsuccessful and retreated, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s office said. The city, …

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By Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s new president, Yoon Suk-yeol, used a largely successful summit with U.S. President Joe Biden over the weekend to lay the foundation for his goal of enabling South Korea to play a more active role around the world. Inaugurated on May 10, Yoon has said his main foreign …

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