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Bangladesh's ousted PM Hasina sentenced to death for students crackdown

DHAKA (Reuters) -A Bangladesh war crimes court sentenced ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to death on Monday, concluding a months-long trial that found her guilty of ordering a deadly crackdown on a student-led uprising last year.

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Leaders of divided Cyprus to meet on November 20, officials say

NICOSIA (Reuters) -Leaders of ethnically-split Cyprus will meet on November 20, officials said on Monday, marking their first encounter since the election of a new Turkish Cypriot leader last month.

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Landslides in Indonesia's Central Java kill at least 18; dozens missing

JAKARTA (Reuters) -Rain-triggered landslides in two regions in Indonesia's Central Java province last week have led to the deaths of at least 18 people, authorities said on Monday, with search operations ongoing.

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Russian air defence units destroy 36 Ukrainian drones overnight, defence ministry says

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian air defence forces destroyed 36 Ukrainian drones over seven Russian regions overnight on Monday, the defence ministry said.

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Thousands of anti-graft protesters take to streets of Philippines capital for second day

MANILA (Reuters) -Tens of thousands of protesters returned to the streets of Manila for a second straight day on Monday, pressing their demands for accountability over alleged corruption in flood-mitigation projects.

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Trump reverses stance on Epstein files, urges Republicans to vote for releasing them

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday urged his fellow Republicans in Congress to vote for the release of files related to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, reversing his earlier resistance to such a move.

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US Border Patrol arrests 81 on first day of Charlotte immigration crackdown

(Reuters) -Federal agents arrested at least 81 people in Charlotte, North Carolina, this weekend, a senior commander said on Sunday, marking a sharp escalation in the Trump administration's mass deportation campaign.

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Russian missile strike kills three, wounds 10 in Kharkiv region, Ukraine says

(Reuters) -A Russian missile strike on the eastern Ukrainian city of Balakliia killed three people, with three teenagers among the 10 wounded, Kharkiv regional officials said on Monday.

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Measure to allow foreign military bases in Ecuador fails in vote

QUITO (Reuters) -A measure that would allow the return of foreign military bases to Ecuador looked set to fail in a Sunday referendum, as a count of close to 90% of ballots showed nearly two-thirds rejection of the proposal.

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Asbestos contamination forces schools in Australia, New Zealand to close

SYDNEY (Reuters) -More than 70 schools in Australia and New Zealand were closed on Monday for cleaning after asbestos was discovered in widely used children's play sand products.

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Landslide kills 6 bus passengers in central Vietnam

HANOI (Reuters) -At least six people were killed in central Vietnam when a bus carrying them was hit by a landslide on Sunday evening, state media reported on Monday, as heavy rain pounded the area. 

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Australia rules out co-hosting climate summit with Turkey

SYDNEY (Reuters) -Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Monday that Australia would not co-host the COP31 climate summit with Turkey amid an ongoing stalemate between the two countries.

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Ukraine signs deal to obtain 100 French-made Rafale warplanes

PARIS (Reuters) -Ukraine will obtain up to 100 French-made Rafale warplanes over the next 10 years under a deal signed on Monday, both countries said, as Kyiv seeks to bolster its defences against Russia's invasion.

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Trump says US may open talks with Venezuela's Maduro

(Reuters) -President Donald Trump said on Sunday that the United States may open talks with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, who faces escalating pressure from Washington amid a massive U.S. military buildup in the Caribbean.

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Trump says Republicans drafting bill to sanction countries that trade with Russia

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump said on Sunday that Republicans are working on legislation that will impose sanctions on any country doing business with Russia, and he said Iran may get added to that list.

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Bus crash in Ecuador kills at least 12 people

QUITO (Reuters) -A bus crash in Simiatug, in central Ecuador has killed at least 12 people, the country's disaster agency said on social media on Sunday, and injured at least 10.

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South Korea's new president, injured as a child labourer, cracks down on 'workplaces of death'

DANGJIN, South Korea (Reuters) -South Korean Kim Yong-ho thought he would die within seconds after a 200-kilogram (441-pound) industrial press at a Hyundai Steel plant sprang to life during maintenance and crushed his legs and back. 

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Britain reviews human rights laws in major shake-up of asylum policy

LONDON (Reuters) -Britain will overhaul its approach to human rights laws to make it easier to deport migrants who arrive in the country illegally as part of a major shake-up of asylum policy to be set out on Monday.

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Pentagon says it struck another suspected drug boat in Pacific, killing three

(Reuters) -The United States conducted another attack on an alleged drug trafficking boat in the eastern Pacific on Saturday, killing three people aboard, the Pentagon said on Sunday.

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Canada's Burnaby city apologizes to Chinese Canadians for "historic discrimination"

OTTAWA, Nov. 16 (Xinhua) -- Canada's Burnaby city has made an apology to Chinese Canadians over "historic discrimination" and repealed discriminatory bylaws that impacted them.