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As Harry visits Ukraine, combat amputees use sport to aid rehabilitation

KHARKIV, Ukraine (Reuters) -As Britain's Prince Harry visited Kyiv to support wounded veterans on Friday, dozens of military amputees gathered in Ukraine's second city, Kharkiv, to take part in a sports competition designed to support soldiers who have lost limbs.

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India, EU trade talks enter crucial phase, aiming to seal deal by year end

NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Trade talks between India and the European Union have entered a crucial phase and negotiators are working intensively to meet a year-end deadline for signing the free trade pact, a top European Union Official said on Tuesday.

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From Nepal's first female chief justice to interim head, the rise of Sushila Karki

NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Nepal's first female chief justice, Sushila Karki, is set to take charge as interim head, stepping in to run the poor Himalayan nation after anti-graft protests plunged it into the worst political crisis in decades.

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Ukraine increasingly finds Russian and Belarusian electronics in missiles

KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine is finding more and more Russian and Belarusian electronics in the wreckage of missiles fired at it by Moscow, a senior Ukrainian official said.

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Nepal's former chief justice Sushila Karki chosen interim leader, president's office says

KATHMANDU (Reuters) -Nepal's former Chief Justice Sushila Karki has been chosen as the country's interim leader, said an official from Nepal president's office, after violent anti-corruption protests forced Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli to resign this week.

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United Airlines flight makes emergency landing in Japan, two people injured

TOKYO (Reuters) - United Airlines said on Friday that two people had sustained minor injuries after a flight heading from Tokyo to Cebu in the Philippines made an emergency landing over concerns of a potential fire in the cargo hold. 

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Trump says his patience with Putin is running out

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday said his patience with Russian President Vladimir Putin was running out, but stopped short of threatening new sanctions over the Ukraine war.

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Suspect in Charlie Kirk's killing has been caught, Trump says

OREM, Utah (AP): The suspect in the Charlie Kirk assassination has been captured, President Donald Trump said on Friday (Sept 12), representing a significant breakthrough in the investigation into a targeted killing that raised fresh alarms about political violence in the United States.

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'Like a military operation': Koreans describe anxiety after US immigration raid

INCHEON, South Korea (Reuters) -South Korean workers who returned home on Friday after being detained for a week by U.S. immigration authorities described their horror over the raid at their workplace in the state of Georgia and their relief at being reunited with their families.

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Poland says Russian drone attack was 'no mistake' after Trump comments

WARSAW (Reuters) -Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Friday that this week's drone incursions into his country's airspace were not a mistake by Russia, despite U.S. President Donald Trump's suggestion that the incident could have been accidental.

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US to deploy National Guard to Memphis, Trump says

NEW YORK (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday he would send National Guard troops to Memphis, Tennessee to combat crime, following his administration's unprecedented police takeover in Washington last month.

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Japan centenarian numbers reach record high at nearly 100,000, with 88% of them women

The number of people aged 100 or older in Japan has hit a record high of nearly 100,000, with almost 90 percent of them women, ministry data showed on Friday.

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Indonesia faces greater flood risk this wet season, says weather agency

JAKARTA (Reuters) -Indonesia is expected to experience a longer-than-usual peak period during its wet season this year, bringing a higher risk of floods and extreme rainfall in many areas of the Southeast Asian country, its weather agency forecast on Friday.

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At Australian vigil, Charlie Kirk supporters say death won't kill his message

SYDNEY (Reuters) -At a candle-lit vigil in a park in the centre of Sydney on Friday, Australian supporters of Charlie Kirk said his death would galvanise the conservative activist's message in the country.

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Taliban clampdown on women forces UN to close aid centres for Afghan returnees

GENEVA (Reuters) -The U.N. refugee agency (UNHCR) has closed eight centres providing support to Afghan refugees forced back to the country because Taliban authorities are preventing female U.N. staff from entering them, an official said on Friday.

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Hong Kong’s Nepali community rocked by violent unrest in South Asian nation

'We're in a state of shock, worried and quite uncertain about the future,' Nepali PhD student in Hong Kong says

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Prisoners freed by Trump and exiled say they would rather have stayed in Belarus

VILNIUS (Reuters) -Belarusian prisoners released from jail on Thursday and exiled to Lithuania in a U.S.-brokered deal told Reuters they were confused over having to leave their home country, especially as many were almost due to be freed anyway.

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How Syrian forces emptied Alawite suburb: X means stay, O means go

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Exclusive-Trump administration plans push at UN to restrict global asylum rights

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump's administration plans to call for sharply narrowing the right to asylum at the United Nations later this month, documents show, as it seeks to undo the post-World War Two framework around humanitarian protection.

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Russia calls Danish plan to host Ukrainian long-range missile fuel production hostile

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia on Friday condemned plans by Denmark to host a Ukrainian production facility for long-range missile fuel, saying the move would increase the risks of escalation and lead to more bloodshed in Ukraine.