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Thai Princess Bajrakitiyabha's condition worsens after multiple infections, royal palace says
BANGKOK, May 21 (Reuters) - The medical condition of Thai Princess Bajrakitiyabha has worsened as a result of multiple infections in several organs, with physicians unable to contain her irregular hea...
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South Korea says nationals held by Israel released after Gaza aid vessel seizure
SEOUL, May 21 (Reuters) - South Korea's presidential Blue House said on Thursday that some of its nationals who had been in held in Israeli custody had been released. Seoul, which had earlier expresse...
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Mexico arrests municipal president, five others in corruption probe
MEXICO CITY, May 20 (Reuters) - Mexican authorities arrested the municipal president of Atlatlahucan and five other political figures in an investigation into corruption and organized crime in central...
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Trump administration pressures Palestinian UN envoy to drop General Assembly vice presidency bid
By Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON, May 20 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's administration threatened to revoke the visas of the Palestinian delegation to the United Nations if the Palestinian ambassador...
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Rebels in Indonesia's Papua region kill 8, military says
JAKARTA, May 21 (Reuters) - Indonesia's military said on Thursday that armed separatists in the country's easternmost province of Highland Papua killed eight civilians in the region of Yahukimo. Detai...
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Taiwan says President Lai would be happy to talk to Trump
By Ben Blanchard and Yimou Lee TAIPEI, May 21 (Reuters) - Taiwan said on Thursday President Lai Ching-te would be happy to speak with U.S. President Donald Trump, in what would be an unprecedented con...
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China's Xi may visit North Korea as early as next week, Yonhap reports
SEOUL, May 21 (Reuters) - Chinese President Xi Jinping may visit North Korea as early as next week and will try to act as a mediator between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Donald T...
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Pentagon official's Beijing visit in doubt over $14 billion US arms package for Taiwan, FT reports
May 21 (Reuters) - Beijing is holding up a proposed visit by the Pentagon's under-secretary of defence for policy, Elbridge Colby, as China pressures U.S. President Donald Trump over a $14 billion wea...
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UN backs world court climate opinion; U.S. among few to oppose
By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON, May 20 (Reuters) - The United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday voted 141-8 to adopt a resolution backing a world court opinion that countries have a legal obligat...
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How Trump's revenge tour against Republicans could cost the party in November
By Nathan Layne, Bo Erickson and Joseph Ax May 20 (Reuters) - Sixteen months into his second presidency, Donald Trump may be as unpopular as he's ever been among the American electorate - but his grip...
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