Five workers killed in sewage plant accident in Sicily
ROME (Reuters) - Five workers were killed on Monday in an accident at a sewage treatment plant near Palermo, on the island of Sicily, while another was found unconscious and taken to hospital, firefighters said. According to Italian broadcaster RAI...
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Iraq executes 11 people convicted of terrorism, two security sources say
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Eleven people were executed on Monday at a prison in the southern Iraqi city of Nassiriya after they were convicted and sentenced to death of terrorism crimes, two security sources have told Reuters. (Reporting by Timour Azhari...
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US sanctions Colombian maritime companies over alleged migrant smuggling
The U.S. issued visa sanctions against executives of several Colombia maritime companies allegedly linked to migrant smuggling through the Colombia-Panama border, a senior U.S. official said on Monday on a call with reporters. The announcement was tied...
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Turkey strikes northern Iraq from air, says it kills PKK members
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey hit northern Iraq with air strikes on Monday and claimed to have killed 16 members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) sheltering there. The Turkish defence ministry said the PKK militants had been "neutralised" ...
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Russia warns it can strike British military targets after Cameron remarks
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia warned Britain on Monday that if British weapons were used by Ukraine to strike Russian territory then Moscow could hit back at British military installations and equipment both inside Ukraine and elsewhere. British Ambassador ...
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Holocaust researchers use AI to search for unnamed victims
By Steven Scheer JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Researchers in Israel are turning to artificial intelligence (AI) to comb through piles of records to try to identify hundreds of thousands of Jewish people killed in the Holocaust whose names are missing from...
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Trump to return to New York courtroom for criminal hush money trial
By Jack Queen and Andy Sullivan NEW YORK (Reuters) - Donald Trump returns to a New York courtroom on Monday, where he will be forced to sit silently while others testify about his efforts during the 2016 presidential election to cover up news of an...
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Belgian and Dutch students join Gaza protest wave
By Charlotte Van Campenhout AMSTERDAM/BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Students in Belgium and the Netherlands occupied parts of the universities of Ghent and Amsterdam on Monday to protest against Israel's war in Gaza, joining international student protests that s...
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Columbia cancels university-wide commencement ceremony after protests
By Julia Harte NEW YORK (Reuters) -Columbia University on Monday canceled its main, university-wide commencement ceremony scheduled for May 15 in favor of smaller, school-based events, a decision that follows weeks of pro-Palestinian protests that roil...
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IAEA chief seeks tougher nuclear checks in Iran, with limited leverage
By Francois Murphy VIENNA (Reuters) - U.N. nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi flew to Iran on Monday hoping to bolster his agency's oversight of Tehran's atomic activities after various setbacks, but analysts and diplomats say he has limited leve...
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Australia criticizes China over 'unsafe' aerial confrontation over Yellow Sea
By Lewis Jackson SYDNEY (Reuters) - A Chinese fighter jet endangered those aboard an Australian military helicopter during an "unsafe" and "unacceptable" confrontation over the Yellow Sea last week, Australia said on Monday. The incident occurred o...
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Unused EU recovery funds should go towards defence, Polish ministers say
WARSAW (Reuters) - Unused European Union funds meant for helping member states recover from the pandemic should be put towards building the defence industry, Poland's deputy prime minister and its foreign minister said on Monday. Poland is spending...
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EU ends rule-of-law proceedings against Poland
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union Commission no longer believes there is a risk to the rule of law in Poland, EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Monday, adding that the EU would therefore end rule-of-law proceedings against ...
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Four teenagers investigated over attack on German MEP
By Sarah Marsh and Holger Hansen BERLIN (Reuters) - Four teenagers are being investigated over an attack on a German Member of the European Parliament that left him needing surgery, police said on Monday, as Berlin debated how to tackle a rise in a...
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German ministers to hold special meeting after spate of attacks on politicians
BERLIN (Reuters) - The interior ministers of Germany's 16 states will hold an extraordinary meeting on Tuesday to discuss ways to counter a spate of attacks on politicians that represents a "new dimension of violence", a federal interior ministry s...
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Marseille garbage collectors strike ahead of Olympic torch arrival
PARIS (Reuters) - Marseille's public administration asked the local state authority on Sunday to requisition striking garbage collection workers, compelling enough of them back to work to maintain a service, two days before the Olympic torch is exp...
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Reaction to Israel's Rafah evacuation call
(Reuters) - Israel has urged Palestinians to evacuate parts of the Gazan city of Rafah in apparent preparation for an assault on Hamas units that foreign powers fear could take a big civilian toll. Here is some comment: HAMAS OFFICIAL SAMI ABU ZUHU...
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China's Xi in Paris to meet Macron, with trade, Ukraine talks planned
PARIS (Reuters) - Chinese President Xi Jinping awoke in Paris on Monday on his first visit to the region in five years, with trade and Russia's war with Ukraine on the agenda in talks with France's Emmanuel Macron and European Commission chief Ursu...
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Biden meets Jordan's King Abdullah as Gaza ceasefire hopes dim
By Nandita Bose and Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden will meet Middle East ally, Jordan's King Abdullah II, at the White House on Monday with prospects for a Gaza ceasefire appearing slim and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas...
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China May Day holiday spending delivers mixed picture on post-COVID recovery
BEIJING (Reuters) - Domestic travellers spent 166.9 billion yuan ($23.13 billion) during one of China's longest breaks, the May Day holiday, for a rise of 13.5% from pre-pandemic levels, government data showed on Monday, but expenditure per head la...
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Israel begins evacuating part of Rafah ahead of threatened assault
By Mohammed Salem and Hatem Khaled RAFAH, Gaza Strip (Reuters) - Israel called on civilians to evacuate parts of Rafah on Monday in what appeared to be preparation for a long-threatened assault on Hamas holdouts in the southern Gaza Strip city wher...
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Australian state-owned submarine builder hit by strikes at future AUKUS shipyard
By Lewis Jackson SYDNEY (Reuters) - Workers at Australian state-owned submarine builder ASC Ltd began on Monday a campaign of strikes for higher wages that could disrupt maintenance for Australia's submarines even as it prepares to build the nuclea...
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Russia to practice tactical nuclear weapon scenario to deter West - defence ministry
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia on Monday said it would hold a military exercise that will include practice for the use of tactical nuclear weapons after what the defence ministry said were provocative threats from Western officials. The defence ministry...
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Italy's white-collar mafia is making a business killing
By Emilio Parodi MILAN (Reuters) - Italy's mafia rarely dirties its hands with blood these days. Extortion rackets have gone out of fashion and murders are largely frowned upon by the godfathers. Just 17 people were killed by the mob in Italy in 20...
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Italy calls for Ukraine truce, peace talks with Putin - newspaper
ROME (Reuters) - Italy's Defence Minister said on Monday economic sanctions against Russia had failed and called on the West to try harder to negotiate a diplomatic solution with President Vladimir Putin to end the war in Ukraine. Guido Crosetto to...
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