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Russia bans Elton John AIDS Foundation to defend 'spiritual and moral values'
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's General Prosecutor on Thursday banned the activities of the Elton John AIDS Foundation, accusing it of taking a negative stance towards countries like Russia that protect "traditional spiritual and moral values".
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Judge to weigh if Trump administration violated order not to deport Venezuelans
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. judge will hold a hearing on Thursday over whether the Trump administration violated his order temporarily blocking the deportation of alleged Venezuelan gang members under a rarely-invoked 18th century law.
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Russia's foreign ministry says France 'killed democracy' with Le Pen conviction
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Thursday that France had "killed democracy" with the conviction of far-right leader Marine Le Pen.
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Putin envoy Dmitriev says some forces are trying to sow discord between Russia and US
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin's investment envoy Kirill Dmitriev, who is visiting Washington this week, said on Thursday that unidentified forces were trying to sow tension between Russia and the United States.
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Rubio: US is committed to NATO, but Europe must spend more on defence
BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The United States is as committed to NATO as ever but demands that European allies spend substantially more on defence, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Thursday, while adding that the U.S. would give allies some time to do that.
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Turkish police detain 11 over opposition-led economic boycott
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish police have detained 11 people as part of an investigation into social media calls for an economic boycott backed by the opposition following the arrest of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, state media reported on Thursday.
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US South, Midwest face 'generational' flood threat after severe storms, two dead
(Reuters) -The National Weather Service warned on Thursday of "generational" floods in the U.S. South and Midwest as storms ripped across a swath of the country from Texas to Michigan, whipping up tornadoes and killing two people.
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Myanmar earthquake toll crosses 3,000; heat and rains fuel disease risk
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Extreme heat and heavy rain in Myanmar could cause disease outbreaks among earthquake survivors camping in the open, global aid bodies warned on Thursday, complicating rescue efforts made difficult by a civil war, as the death toll surpassed 3,000.
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Senegal lifts amnesty for some offences during deadly 2021-24 protests
DAKAR (Reuters) - Senegal's parliament has approved revisions to an amnesty law covering 2021-24 protests, paving the way for possible prosecutions over the deaths of dozens of protesters.
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Greek feta producers fret over exports after US tariffs
KALAVRITA, Greece (Reuters) - A small cooperative of 1,200 stock breeders producing feta, Greece's trademark white soft cheese, in the southern Peloponnese peninsula had one big target this year: a market foray in the United States.
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For Trump, tariff gamble brings political risk
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -He called it "Liberation Day," but President Donald Trump's Wednesday unveiling of reciprocal tariffs could cause political headwinds for his party and economic pain for his constituents if his promises to recast the economy do not work out.
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Bodies of four migrants found as boat sinks off Greek island of Lesbos
ATHENS (Reuters) - The bodies of four migrants - one boy, one girl and two women - have been recovered from a sinking boat off the Greek island of Lesbos while another 23 migrants were rescued, Greece's coastguard said on Thursday.
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EU's Kallas: EU countries already providing over 50% Ukraine's ammunition needs
WARSAW (Reuters) - European countries are already providing more than half of Ukraine's ammunition needs, recently put at two million rounds by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said on Thursday.
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Australia PM Albanese falls off stage during election campaign event
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese appeared to fall off a stage on Thursday during a campaign event for May's national election, but quickly recovered and insisted he was "sweet" afterwards.
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Illegal luxury timber from Brazil's COP state makes its way to US and Europe, investigation finds
(Reuters) -Almost 2,000 container ships carrying illegally harvested timber from the Brazilian Amazonian state that will host this year's U.N. climate summit has reached Europe and the U.S. in recent years, showed an investigative report by an environmental NGO.
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EU plans countermeasures to new US tariffs, says EU chief
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen described U.S. President Donald Trump's universal tariffs as a major blow to the world economy and said the European Union was prepared to respond with countermeasures if talks with Washington failed.
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Tornadoes, heavy rains rip across central, southern US
(Reuters) - Tornadoes ripped across a wide swath of central and southern United States on Wednesday, destroying homes and businesses and bringing down power lines and trees.
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South Korea's acting president calls for talks with US over tariffs
SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea's acting President Han Duck-soo called on Thursday for talks with U.S. officials to shield the export-reliant economy from the impact of U.S. tariffs and ordered emergency support measures for businesses.
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Thousands of Haitians take to streets to protest surging gang violence
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Thousands of Haitians took to the streets in Port-au-Prince on Wednesday to express their anger against armed gangs that control nearly all of the capital and surrounding areas and the government's failure to hold them off.
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Eleven more Ukrainian children return home from Russia, Russian-held areas
(Reuters) - Eleven more Ukrainian children have been brought home from parts of Russia and Russian-occupied Ukraine where they had been taken without permission, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's chief of staff said on Wednesday.
