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China, Russia veto U.S. push for more U.N. sanctions on North Korea
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - China and Russia vetoed on Thursday a U.S.-led push to impose more United Nations sanctions on North Korea over its renewed ballistic missile launches, p...
May 26, 2022
White House expects minimal impact on U.S. and global economy from Russia default
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House said on Thursday it expects minimal impact on the U.S. and global economy from a Russia debt default. "We expect the impact on the U.S. and the global economy to...
May 26, 2022
Senegal health minister sacked after babies die in hospital fire
DAKAR (Reuters) - Senegal President Macky Sall on Thursday sacked his health minister, Abdoulaye Diouf Sarr, a government decree showed, after 11 babies were killed by a fire in a hospital neonatal wa...
May 26, 2022
U.S. secures forfeiture of Maryland property of former Gambian president
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department said on Thursday it has secured the forfeiture of a Maryland property purchased by former Gambian President Yahya Jammeh with about...
May 26, 2022
South Africa's Zuma suffers new setback in corruption trial
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's former president Jacob Zuma has suffered another setback in his attempts to remove the lead prosecutor from his arms deal corruption trial, as a top judge dismi...
May 26, 2022
U.S. OKs potential sale of HIMARS launchers to Australia, Pentagon says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department had approved the potential sale of High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) launchers and related equipment to Australia for an estimated cost o...
May 26, 2022
U.S. OKs potential sale of Chinook helicopters to Egypt, Pentagon says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department has approved the potential sale of CH-47F Chinook helicopters and related equipment to Egypt for an estimated cost of $2.6 billion, the Pentagon said o...
May 26, 2022
Exclusive-U.S. and Ukraine discuss danger of escalation as new arms extend Kyiv's reach
By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As the United States and its allies provide Ukraine with increasingly sophisticated arms, Washington has held discussions with Kyiv about the dang...
May 26, 2022
Spain's Congress passes bill qualifying all non-consensual sex as rape
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's lower house of parliament on Thursday passed a bill that qualifies all non-consensual sex as rape in response to social outrage after the so-called Wolf Pack case gave momen...
May 26, 2022
Military situation in East Ukraine is very bad - Ukrainian foreign minister
(Reuters) - The military situation in eastern Ukraine is even worse than people say it is and the country needs heavy weapons now to effectively fight Russia, Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said on Th...
May 26, 2022
