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Trump to speak with Taiwan's president in a new challenge for US-China relations
By Bo Erickson, Michael Martina and Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON, May 20 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he would speak with Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te, an unprecedented ...
May 20, 2026
Bolivia dismisses Colombian ambassador as tensions heighten
By Daniel Ramos LA PAZ, May 20 (Reuters) - Bolivia's government asked Colombia's ambassador to leave the country, citing sovereignty concerns and interference in internal affairs, the foreign ministry...
May 20, 2026
Kremlin says Lithuanian minister's comments about attacking Russian exclave 'verge on insanity'
MOSCOW, May 20 (Reuters) - The Kremlin slammed remarks by Lithuania's top diplomat as "verging on insanity" on Wednesday after Foreign Minister Kestutis Budrys said that NATO had to show Moscow it was...
May 20, 2026
Colombia's ELN rebels call three-day ceasefire for presidential election
BOGOTA, May 20 (Reuters) - Rebels from Colombia's National Liberation Army (ELN) said on Wednesday that they will hold a three-day unilateral ceasefire for the first round of the presidential election...
May 20, 2026
Colombian presidential candidate Valencia vows end to 'total peace' policy, will be tougher on security
By Luis Jaime Acosta BOGOTA, May 20 (Reuters) - Colombian presidential candidate Paloma Valencia said she would scrap the government's "total peace" policy and pursue a tougher security strategy again...
May 20, 2026
Gazans barred from Hajj, animal sacrifice as major Muslim festival nears
By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Haseeb Alwazeer GAZA/CAIRO, May 20 (Reuters) - In a tent in southern Gaza, Najia Abu Lehia mourns not only her husband but also their failure to make the pilgrimage to Mecca, ...
May 20, 2026
Irish PM urges full investigation into death of Congolese man restrained outside store
By Conor Humphries and Padraic Halpin DUBLIN, May 20 (Reuters) - Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin has called for a thorough investigation into the death of a Congolese-born man after he was restrai...
May 20, 2026
US offers new relationship to Cuba in Rubio message
WASHINGTON, May 20 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio offered to forge a new relationship between the U.S. and Cuba on Wednesday in a video message to the Cuban people, proposing $100 mil...
May 20, 2026
Right-wing Fujimori holds narrow lead over Sanchez in Peru election poll
LIMA, May 20 (Reuters) - Right-wing candidate Keiko Fujimori leads voter intentions in Peru's June 7 presidential runoff election against leftist Roberto Sanchez, a new Ipsos Peru poll showed on Wedne...
May 20, 2026
Fugitive Polish minister flew to US from Italy, prosecutors say
WARSAW, May 20 (Reuters) - Fugitive former Polish justice minister Zbigniew Ziobro, who faces charges stemming mainly from his alleged misuse of money for political gain, flew to the United States fro...
May 20, 2026
