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By Philip Pullella VALLETTA (Reuters) -Pope Francis said on Saturday he was considering a trip to Kyiv and implicitly criticised Russian President Vladimir Putin over the invasion of Ukraine, saying a “potentate” was fomenting conflict for nationalist interests. Francis made the comments, first to reporters on the plane taking him to Malta for a two-day …

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(Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has accused Russian soldiers of deliberately mining areas in northern Ukraine as they withdraw or are pushed out by Ukrainian forces. Ukraine says its troops have retaken control of more than 30 towns and villages in the Kyiv region since Russia announced this week it would scale down its operations …

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SANAA/ADEN (Reuters) – Yemenis welcomed a nationwide U.N.-brokered ceasefire due to come into effect on Saturday evening as a glimmer of hope in a country ravaged by a seven-year conflict that has forced millions into hunger, poverty and homelessness. But after numerous failed attempts at peace and more than a year of escalating violence, Yemenis …

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By James Mackenzie ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine (Reuters) – As Dmytro Kartavov and his family joined thousands of people trying to flee the bombed-out city of Mariupol, one additional obstacle awaited as Russian troops sought to identify anyone fighting with Ukrainian forces defending the city.     “They stripped the men naked, looked for tattoos,” said Kartayov, a …

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By Brenda Goh and Engen Tham SHANGHAI (Reuters) -Esther Zhao thought she was doing the right thing when she brought her 2-1/2-year-old daughter to a Shanghai hospital with a fever on March 26. Three days later, Zhao was begging health authorities not to separate them after she and the little girl both tested positive for …

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By Uditha Jayasinghe and Dinuka Liyanawatte COLOMBO (Reuters) – Police and the military patrolled Sri Lanka’s capital city Colombo as shops slowly opened on Saturday – the first day after a state of emergency was declared to tackle growing unrest amid an unprecedented economic crisis. In an order late on Friday, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa invoked …

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BERLIN (Reuters) – Berlin is considering buying a missile defence system from Israel or the United States to defend against threats including Russian Iskander missiles in Kaliningrad, German weekly Welt am Sonntag reported on Saturday. The Iskander missiles can reach almost all of western Europe and there is no missile shield in place to protect …

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TAIPEI (Reuters) – U.S. and Taiwanese officials have held talks on expanding Taiwan’s international participation including “opportunities” for the island to attend a major World Health Organization meeting next month. Taiwan is excluded from most global organisations due to objections from China, which considers it one of its provinces and not a separate country. In …

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