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Trump may reverse decision on climate accord, France's Macron says: JDD
[ad_1] PARIS (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron said he was hopeful that U.S. President Donald Trump would reverse his decision to pull the United States out of the Paris climate accord, according to weekly…
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Gunmen attack Congo wildlife reserve, U.S. journalist, three guards missing
[ad_1] KINSHASA (Reuters) – Armed men attacked a group of journalists and park rangers in a remote east Congo wildlife reserve overnight into Saturday, and an American journalist and three guards were missing, a local…
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Rohingya villagers tell media of abuses during army crackdown
[ad_1] KYAR GAUNG TAUNG, Myanmar, 2017 – Rohingya Muslim women lined up to tell reporters of missing husbands, mothers and sons on Saturday as international media were escorted for the first time to a village…
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Egitto, attacco al resort: due turiste rimaste uccise e altri quattro feriti
[ad_1] di BEATRICE GALLUZZO – A Hurghada, rinomata località turistica in Egitto affacciata sulle acque cristalline del Mar Rosso, la quiete dei villeggianti-perlopiù occidentali- che godevano del sole estivo in due dei tanti Resort sulla…
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Merkel tells voters: Brexit, French poll changed my view on Europe
[ad_1] ZINGST, Germany (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel told voters on Saturday that Britain’s decision to leave the European Union and France’s election of President Emmanuel Macron had changed her view on the bloc,…
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Honolulu, grattacielo in fiamme: 3 vittime
[ad_1] HONOLULU – Sarebbero almeno tre le persone che hanno perso la vita in un incendio divampato al 26mo piano di un grattacielo ad Honolulu, capitale delle Hawaii, e altre centinaia di persone sono fuggite…
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Prominent rights activist Xu Zhiyong freed from Chinese jail
[ad_1] BEIJING (Reuters) – One of China’s most prominent rights activists was released by the authorities on Saturday after serving a four-year sentence that prompted international criticism, with his lawyer saying he hoped he would…
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China says Nobel laureate cremated and his wife is "free"
[ad_1] SHENYANG, China (Reuters) – Deceased Chinese Nobel Peace Prize-winning dissident Liu Xiaobo was cremated on Saturday and his wife is “free”, a government official said, as a state-run newspaper attacked him as a “despised”…
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U.N. ends round of Syria talks with focus on fight against terrorism
[ad_1] GENEVA (Reuters) – U.N. Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura put the emphasis on the international fight against terrorism on Friday as he wrapped up a round of Syria peace talks at which there was…
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Egitto: sei turisti accoltellati in un resort a Hurghada
[ad_1] IL CAIRO – Torna il terrore in Egitto. Sei turiste, di diverse nazionalità, sono state accoltellate in un resort a Hurghada, in Egitto, sul Mar Rosso. Due al momento le vittime accertate. Il killer…
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Peru president urges fair trial for predecessor
[ad_1] LIMA (Reuters) – Peru’s president urged a speedy trial of his jailed predecessor Ollanta Humala on Friday, as an ongoing graft scandal tests the Andean nation’s political establishment and its judicial system. Peruvians had…
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Indonesia blocks Telegram messaging service over security concerns
[ad_1] JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia on Friday blocked access to the encrypted messaging service Telegram, citing concerns that it was being used to spread “radical and terrorist propaganda” in the world’s largest Muslim-majority nation. The…
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Usa, orrore in Pennsylvania: 20enne uccide 4 coetanei e li seppellisce nella sua fattoria
[ad_1] di ILEANA CIRULLI – Un 20enne della Pennsylvania ha confessato di essere stato l’artefice dell’omicidio di quattro suoi coetanei, scomparsi già la settimana scorsa nella comunità rurale di Bucks County, dove lui stesso risiede.…
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Iraq faces pockets of Islamic State resistance in Mosul's Old City
[ad_1] MOSUL (Reuters) – Iraqi forces faced further pockets of resistance from Islamic State militants in Mosul’s Old City on Friday, four days after the prime minister declared victory. Iraqi army helicopters flew overhead and…
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Paura a Gerusalemme: terroristi feriscono poliziotti prima di essere uccisi
[ad_1] di MARIAGRAZIA DI RAIMONDO – Stamattina Gerusalemme si è svegliata con attimi di terrore. Alle sette a Città Vecchia, vicino alla Porta dei Leoni, si è verificato un attentato. Tre uomini originari di Umm…
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Attention turns to freedom of Liu Xiaobo's widow after Chinese dissident's death
[ad_1] BEIJING (Reuters) – Friends of China’s Nobel Peace Prize-winning dissident Liu Xiaobo, who died of liver cancer in custody, said on Friday they are still unable to contact his widow, Liu Xia, and that…
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Bastille Day march-past to close Trump's Paris visit
[ad_1] PARIS (Reuters) – President Donald Trump will watch American and French soldiers march together through Paris on Friday in a double celebration marking 100 years since the United States entered World War One and…
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Exclusive: U.S. prepares new sanctions on Chinese firms over North Korea ties – officials
[ad_1] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Frustrated that China has not done more to rein in North Korea, the Trump administration could impose new sanctions on small Chinese banks and other firms doing business with Pyongyang within…
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Addio a Premio nobel per la pace Liu Xiaobo
[ad_1] CINA – E’ morto il premio Nobel per la Pace cinese e oppositore Liu Xiaobo è morto a 61 anni. Era malato di un cancro al fegato. Il dissidente era ricoverato al First Hospital…
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Russia's Lavrov rubbishes claims of Moscow swaying elections
[ad_1] BERLIN (Reuters) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday that if Moscow really did have the power to influence foreign elections, its relations with its neighbors would be very different. “In eight…
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Pakistan PM's daughter, heir apparent in corruption probe crosshairs
[ad_1] ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – A damning judicial report into the family wealth of Pakistan’s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif threatens not just his premiership, but has also imperiled the political career of his daughter and heir…
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Sweden intensifies crackdown on illegal immigrants
[ad_1] STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Sweden has intensified its crackdown on illegal immigrants after a failed asylum-seeker killed five people in Stockholm, but the move has raised concerns that more migrants will be driven underground to…
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Trump, escaping domestic woes, visits France's Macron
[ad_1] PARIS (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump, under fire at home over Russian connections and abroad over climate change and trade, arrives in Paris on Thursday seeking common ground with France’s new leader Emmanuel…
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Ex-Brazil President Lula sentenced to nearly 10 years for corruption
[ad_1] BRASILIA (Reuters) – Former Brazilian leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, a top contender to win next year’s presidential election, was convicted on corruption charges on Wednesday and sentenced to nearly 10 years in…
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Italy drafts contested code of conduct for NGO migrant boats
[ad_1] ROME (Reuters) – The Italian government, looking to stem a flow of migrants into the country, has drawn up a draft code of conduct for non-governmental organizations operating in the Mediterranean Sea, an official…
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China dissident Liu's condition critical, breathing failing, hospital says
[ad_1] BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese Nobel Peace Prize-winning dissident Liu Xiaobo is in critical condition and his breathing is failing, the hospital treating him said on Wednesday. Liu, a prominent participant in the Tiananmen pro-democracy…
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Trump and Macron may not be an odd couple after all
[ad_1] PARIS/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s relationship with Emmanuel Macron got off to an awkward start, with a jaw-clenching handshake at a summit in Brussels before the French president rebuked the U.S. leader for…
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Tillerson faces tough Gulf talks on ending Qatar row
[ad_1] By Sylvia Westall | DUBAI DUBAI U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson faces an uphill task in persuading four Arab states to end a boycott of Qatar in talks on Wednesday after the four…
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Peru president and opposition leader 'optimistic' after meeting
[ad_1] LIMA (Reuters) – Peruvian President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski and the leader of the powerful opposition party that controls Congress expressed optimism that they can work together after holding a rare, two-hour meeting on Tuesday…
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Cleric Gulen says he would not flee U.S. to avoid extradition to Turkey
[ad_1] By Matt Spetalnick and Julia Harte | SAYLORSBURG, Pa. SAYLORSBURG, Pa. Fethullah Gulen, the U.S.-based Muslim cleric accused by Turkey of instigating last year’s failed coup, says he has no plans to flee the…