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UK tells EU: We will have no choice to act over N. Ireland if you aren’t flexible

Published by Reuters UK LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will have no choice but to take action unless the European Union shows more flexibility in talks over post-Brexit trade rules for Northern Ireland, Foreign Secretary Liz Truss told the EU on Thursday. “The Foreign Secretary … said the situation in Northern Ireland is a matter of […]

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Inside a Ukraine hospital where medics work as rockets fall

Published by Reuters By Jorge Silva and Ivan Lubysh-Kirdey BAKHMUT, Ukraine (Reuters) – The hospital in the small Ukrainian town of Bakhmut was never intended to receive queues of ambulances bringing the wounded and traumatised from the front line of Europe’s biggest battlefield. Nor did the volunteer paramedics expect, four months ago, to be shuttling

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The meeting, then the mob. A ‘turning point’ in Sri Lankan crisis

Published by Reuters By Alasdair Pal and Uditha Jayasinghe COLOMBO (Reuters) – On Monday morning, hundreds of supporters gathered at the prime minister’s official residence in Sri Lanka’s commercial capital of Colombo where they urged Mahinda Rajapaksa not to resign. Arguably the country’s most powerful man, and scion of the dynasty to which his younger

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Al Jazeera says reporter killed by Israeli army gunfire in West Bank

Published by Reuters JENIN, West Bank (Reuters) -An Al Jazeera reporter was shot dead during an Israeli raid in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, with Palestinians and the news channel accusing Israel of killing her and Israel’s leader saying she was likely hit by Palestinian fire. Shireen Abu Akleh, 51, a Palestinian-American, was wearing

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Biden considers executive orders, new funds for abortion

Published by Reuters By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Joe Biden is considering executive orders and other measures to increase access and funding for women if the U.S. Supreme Court votes to overturn the Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion, officials and sources with knowledge of the matter said. An unprecedented leak of

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Firm’s ‘air shield’ tech aims for virus protection on airplanes

Published by The Seattle Times SEATTLE — Air travelers are returning to the skies and U.S. planes are now typically flying full and with many passengers not wearing masks — a worry for those most vulnerable to COVID-19 infection. Pexco Aerospace, based in Union Gap in Central Washington, plans to offer a solution for airlines

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On possible nuclear strike, Russia says: it’s all in our military doctrine

Published by Reuters LONDON (Reuters) – Asked if Russia would rule out a preemptive tactical nuclear strike on Ukraine, Russia’s deputy foreign minister said on Tuesday that a decision on the possible use of nuclear weapons was clearly set out in Russia’s military doctrine, RIA reported. “We have a military doctrine – everything is written

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N.Korea missile launched from sub last week appears same model as last year’s -Japan minister

Published by Reuters UK TOKYO (Reuters) – The ballistic missile North Korea launched last week appears to be the same model as the submarine-launched missile Pyongyang tested last October, Japanese Defence Minister Nobuo Kishi said on Tuesday. North Korea fired a ballistic missile from a submarine on Saturday, days before the inauguration of new South

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Fall and rise: Marcos family back in power in the Philippines

Published by Reuters By Karen Lema and Tom Allard MANILA (Reuters) – Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. was 28 years old when a helicopter whisked his family from the Philippines’ presidential palace as millions of protesters demanded the ouster of his dictator father in a historic “people power” revolution. Just over 36 years later, the son

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