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Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi listens during a joint press conference with Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi (not pictured) following their bilateral meeting in Jakarta, Indonesia, April 18, 2024.

China's foreign minister says admitting Palestinian state to UN is move to rectify injustice

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's foreign minister Wang Yi on Saturday said efforts to admit a Palestinian state into the United Nations were a move to rectify a prolonged injustice, state media Xinhua reported. He made the comments at a joint press ...

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How a small Oregon town sparked a nationwide debate on homelessness

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Ukraine drone attack sets ablaze Russian fuel depot, hits susbtations, Kyiv source says

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Two die in ongoing Israeli raid in West Bank, Palestinian Health Ministry says

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Emirates and flydubai resume normal operations after Dubai floods

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Russia's Kurgan orders evacuation in some districts as floodwaters rise

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People walk past the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, U.S., January 11, 2024.

US House to vote on long-awaited $95 billion Ukraine, Israel aid package

Patricia Zengerle, Richard Cowan and Moira Warburton |Updated 2 hours ago |3 min read

By Patricia Zengerle, Richard Cowan and Moira Warburton WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives on Saturday is set to vote on, and expected to pass, a $95 billion legislative package providing security ...

British Home Secretary James Cleverly makes a statement on the publication of the Part 1 Angiolini Inquiry report at the House of Commons in London, Britain February 29, 2024. UK Parliament/Maria Unger/Handout via

UK minister writes to London police over 'openly Jewish' comment

Reuters |Updated 2 hours ago |2 min read

LONDON (Reuters) - British interior minister James Cleverly has written to London's Metropolitan Police after an officer stopped a man who was wearing a traditional kippah cap from crossing a road during a pro-Palestinian march on the grounds he ...

Russia says it downs 50 Ukrainian drones overnight, two civilians killed

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MOSCOW (Reuters) -The Russian defence ministry said on Saturday its air defence intercepted and destroyed 50 Ukrainian drones overnight, repelling one of the largest such attacks on Russia during the conflict in Ukraine. Russian officials said two ...

Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen speaks at an American Chamber of Commerce event in Taipei, Taiwan March 28, 2024.

Taiwan president congratulates Taiwanese queen for winning Drag Race

Reuters |Updated 5 hours ago |2 min read

TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen on Saturday offered her congratulations to the Taiwanese drag queen Nymphia Wind for winning RuPaul's Drag Race, the first person from East Asia to take the crown. Tsai and her ruling Democratic ...

A Thai soldier takes cover near the 2nd Thailand-Myanmar Friendship Bridge during fighting on the Myanmar side between the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) and Myanmar's troops, which continues near the Thailand-Myanmar border, in Mae Sot, Tak Province, Thailand, April 20, 2024.

Fighting flares at Myanmar-Thai border as rebels target stranded junta troops

Reuters |Updated 6 hours ago |2 min read

(Reuters) - Fighting raged at Myanmar's eastern frontier with Thailand on Saturday, witnesses, media and Thailand's government said, forcing about 200 civilians to flee as rebels pressed to flush out junta troops holed up for days at a bridge ...

Visiting Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare speaks during a bilateral meeting with his Chinese counterpart Li Qiang at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Monday, July 10, 2023. Andy Wong/Pool via

Solomon Islands leader Sogavare keeps seat, vote count continues

Kirsty Needham |Updated 8 hours ago |2 min read

By Kirsty Needham (Reuters) - Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare has retained his parliamentary seat, results showed on Saturday, but it will be days before vote counting determines whether his OUR party can form the next ...

Solomon Islands leader Sogavare keeps seat, vote count continues

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Venezuela opposition backs Gonzalez as presidential candidate

Mayela Armas |Updated 7 hours ago |2 min read

By Mayela Armas CARACAS (Reuters) -Venezuela's major opposition coalition will back Edmundo Gonzalez for president in July's election, its leadership said on Friday, after intense internal negotiations to determine who could take on President Nicolas ...

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speaks to the media after the Senate dismissed the House Republican impeachment charges against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., April 17, 2024.

US Senate votes to reauthorize surveillance program

Jasper Ward |Updated 7 hours ago |2 min read

By Jasper Ward WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate voted late on Friday night to approve the reauthorization of a controversial surveillance program, narrowly missing the midnight expiration of the program. The reauthorization secures what ...

View of the installations of Ecuador's hydroelectric power station Coca Codo Sinclair in Napo, Ecuador June 1, 2018.

Ecuador president declares state of emergency over energy crisis

Reuters |Updated 10 hours ago |1 min read

QUITO (Reuters) - Ecuador's President Daniel Noboa declared a second state of emergency on Friday over an energy crisis that has already led to rationing in the South American country. Noboa, who took office in November, had declared an energy ...