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US will know within weeks if Russia is serious about peace, Rubio says
BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The United States will know in a matter of weeks if Russia is serious about peace with Ukraine, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Friday, after European allies accused Moscow of stalling over the Trump administration's call for a ceasefire.
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Wikimedia must remove India content deemed defamatory, court rules
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The operator of Wikipedia has been ordered to remove statements deemed defamatory by an Indian court from the page of a domestic news agency it hosts, the latest such directive to the popular online encyclopedia.
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Indian PM Modi and Bangladesh's Yunus hold first talks after Hasina exit
BANGKOK (Reuters) - India's prime minister met with the head of Bangladesh's interim government on the sidelines of a regional summit in Bangkok on Friday, the Bangladesh government's press office said, their first meeting since the ouster of Bangladeshi premier Sheikh Hasina last year.
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One killed in Ukrainian drone attack on Russia's Bryansk region, governor says
(Reuters) -One civilian was killed and another was injured in a Ukrainian drone attack on Russia's Bryansk region, the local governor said on Friday.
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Analysis-Italy defence drive could derail debt, hit ratings
MILAN (Reuters) - Italy's pledges to increase defence spending to help Ukraine could scupper government efforts to rein in the mammoth public debt, analysts say, posing a threat to the creditworthiness of the euro zone's third-largest economy.
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'Free Le Pen!' Trump, Musk and Vance voice support for French far-right leader
PARIS/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump, his Vice President JD Vance and billionaire backer Elon Musk have all voiced their support to French far-right leader Marine Le Pen after she was found guilty of embezzlement and barred from running in France's 2027 presidential election.
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US NSA director Timothy Haugh fired, Washington Post reports
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The director of the U.S. National Security Agency was fired on Thursday, the Washington Post reported, citing two current and one former U.S. officials.
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Factbox-Who are the top contenders for South Korea's presidential election?
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea will hold a snap presidential election within 60 days after the Constitutional Court unanimously removed President Yoon Suk Yeol from office on Friday, upholding his impeachment for imposing martial law last year.
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New Zealand navy ship sank due to 'series of human errors', inquiry says
SYDNEY (Reuters) - A Royal New Zealand Navy vessel that ran aground and sank off the coast of Samoa last year was doomed by several errors, a government inquiry found on Friday, highlighting inadequate training of crew and poor leadership.
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What happens next after South Korea removes President Yoon
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's Constitutional Court on Friday removed President Yoon Suk Yeol from office over his stunning declaration of martial law in a case that ignited the worst political crisis in decades and rattled markets.
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South Korea's ousted leader Yoon loses reckless gamble with martial law
SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea's ousted leader Yoon Suk Yeol, a brash ex-prosecutor who came to power by repeatedly defying setbacks and taking gambles, ultimately fell victim to political recklessness that led him to impose martial law, former colleagues say.
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Weekly storage of natural gas in U.S. increases: EIA
HOUSTON, April 3 (Xinhua) -- Working gas storage in the contiguous United States was 1,773 billion cubic feet in the week ending March 28, a net increase of 29 billion cubic feet from the previous week, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) said Thursday.
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OPEC+ announces larger-than-expected oil output increase
VIENNA, April 3 (Xinhua) -- The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and its allies, collectively known as OPEC+, announced on Thursday that they will increase oil output by 411,000 barrels per day (bpd) in May, exceeding expectations.
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At least 6 people dead in mining clash in west Bolivia
LA PAZ, April 3 (Xinhua) -- At least six people were killed on Thursday due to a confrontation between members of mining cooperatives in Bolivia's western department of La Paz, local authorities said.
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Russian drone barrage hits Kharkiv homes, kills four people
KHARKIV, Ukraine (Reuters) - Russia launched a barrage of drones in an overnight attack on Ukraine on Friday, killing at least four people and injuring 35 in the northeastern city of Kharkiv, regional officials said.
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U.S. tariffs to slow Czech economic growth by 0.6-0.7 pp in 2025: ministry
PRAGUE, April 3 (Xinhua) -- The Czech Ministry of Finance said on Thursday that new U.S. tariffs are expected to reduce the country's economic growth by 0.6 to 0.7 percentage points this year.
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Nicaraguan officials committed 'systematic repression,' UN says
(Reuters) - The United Nations on Thursday named 54 officials from Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega's government who it said are responsible for serious human rights violations and crimes, in what was described as a "tightly coordinated system of repression."
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At least 7 killed after dozens of tornadoes hit U.S. Midwest, South
HOUSTON, April 3 (Xinhua) -- At least seven people were killed and 13 others injured after dozens of tornadoes tearing through large swaths of the U.S. Midwest and South since Wednesday night, local authorities confirmed on Thursday.
