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Canada’s top court upholds sentencing for 2017 mosque shooter
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's Supreme Court on Friday upheld a decision by a lower court to speed up the parole eligibility for the man convicted of gunning down six people in a mosque in 2017 and deeme...
May 27, 2022
First steps in reforming global health emergency rules agreed at WHO meeting – sources
By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) - Countries have agreed to an initial U.S.-led push to reform of the rules around disease outbreaks, known as the International Health Regulations, after early oppositio...
May 27, 2022
Russia will need huge financial resources for military operation, Finance Minister says
(Reuters) - Russia will need huge financial resources to fund its military operation in Ukraine, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said on Friday. Siluanov said Russia had earmarked 8 trillion roubles (...
May 27, 2022
No Swedish politicians represent Kurdish PKK, Foreign Minister says
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - A report that some politicians in Sweden represent the Kurdistan Workers Party PKK, a Kurdish militant organisation outlawed by the EU, are without basis, Sweden's Foreign Minist...
May 27, 2022
Ukraine fighting to keep control of town of Lyman
(Reuters) - Ukrainian troops are fighting to keep control of the northwestern and southeastern parts of the town of Lyman, the country's defence ministry said on Friday, as Russia's offensive in east ...
May 27, 2022
UK Conservative lawmaker quits government over toxic ‘partygate’ culture
LONDON (Reuters) - A Conservative lawmaker quit his role as an assistant to Britain's interior minister on Friday, saying his work had been tarnished by the "toxic culture" in Downing Street that was ...
May 27, 2022
EU may clinch summit deal to sanction Russian oil shipments
BRUSSELS (Reuters) -European Union countries are negotiating a deal on Russian oil sanctions that would embargo shipment deliveries but exempt oil delivered by pipeline to win over Hungary and unblock...
May 27, 2022
Ukrainian city of Sievierodonetsk 2/3 surrounded by Russian forces – governor
KYIV (Reuters) - Ukrainian forces are engaged in a "fierce defence" of the eastern city of Sievierodonetsk, which is two-thirds surrounded by Russian forces, the Luhansk region's governor said on Frid...
May 27, 2022
U.N. says more than 4,000 civilians killed in Ukraine so far
GENEVA (Reuters) - More than 4,000 civilians have been killed in Ukraine since Russia's invasion began on Feb. 24, although the true number is likely much higher, the U.N. rights office (OHCHR) said i...
May 27, 2022
Ethiopian rights body seeks release of 16 detained journalists
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopia's state-appointed human rights body called on Friday for the release of 16 journalists and media personnel after new arrests in recent days in the capital Addis Ababa ...
May 27, 2022
