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Colombia election this weekend sees leftist Petro in pole position
By Oliver Griffin BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombians will choose among a leftist promising change, a center-right candidate seen as the natural successor to the incumbent leader, and an eccentric business ...
May 27, 2022
Prince William holds future of British monarchy in his hands
By Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) - While nearly all attention will be focused next week on Queen Elizabeth as she celebrates her 70th anniversary on the throne this year, for those with eyes on the ...
May 27, 2022
Resurgent east Congo violence displaces 72,000 in one week
DAKAR (Reuters) - Fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo over the past week between the army and M23 rebel group has forced more than 72,000 people from their homes, the United Nations said ...
May 27, 2022
China punishes local officials for falsifying economic data
BEIJING (Reuters) - China has punished a number of local officials with demotions or dismissal for falsifying economic data, the country's statistics bureau said on Friday, as part of an effort to cur...
May 27, 2022
Monkeypox can be contained if we act now, WHO says
GENEVA (Reuters) - A World Health Organization senior official said on Friday that the priority needs to be containing monkeypox in non-endemic countries, saying that this can be achieved through quic...
May 27, 2022
Turkey seeks concrete action from Sweden, Finland for NATO bids
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey expects Sweden and Finland to take concrete action and halt what it says is their support for terrorist groups in order for Ankara to lift its objections to them joining NA...
May 27, 2022
UK’s Boris Johnson says Putin making slow but palpable progress in Donbas
LONDON (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin is making slow but palpable progress in the Donbas in east Ukraine, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Friday. "I'm afraid that Putin, at ...
May 27, 2022
Explainer-How Quebec’s new French language law will impact business, hiring?
MONTREAL (Reuters) - Backers of Quebec's sweeping new law to promote French usage in the Canadian province hail it as the most important measure in nearly half a century to protect the language in mos...
May 27, 2022
Kremlin accuses Ukraine of “contradictory” statements on peace talks
(Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Friday that it blames Ukraine for the fact that peace talks between the two countries are frozen, saying it was unclear what Kyiv wanted. Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Pe...
May 27, 2022
EU agrees common purchase of vaccine, antiviral against monkeypox, paper
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - The European Union has decided on common purchasing of a vaccine and antiviral to fight the outbreak of monkeypox, a virus endemic in Africa and usually rare in other places, Swe...
May 27, 2022
