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Sri Lanka’s parliament to elect new president on July 20
COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's parliament will reconvene on July 15 and a new president will be elected on July 20, the parliamentary speaker said on Monday, as President Gotabaya Rajapaksa plans to ...
Jul 11, 2022
Omysha the elephant dies at Zurich zoo days after her brother
ZURICH (Reuters) - A second elephant has died from elephant herpes at Zurich Zoo, staff there said on Monday, less than two weeks after the same virus claimed her brother. Omysha, an eight-year-old As...
Jul 11, 2022
Dutch give “deepest apologies” for role in 1995 Srebrenica genocide
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The Netherlands on Monday offered its "deepest apologies" for the role played by Dutch peacekeepers in the Srebrenica genocide, when roughly 8,000 Bosnian Muslims were massacred ...
Jul 11, 2022
Analysis-Tax-cut talk in UK leadership race adds to inflation angst
By Andy Bruce LONDON (Reuters) - Promises of tax cuts from candidates to succeed British Prime Minister Boris Johnson pose another inflationary risk which could pressure the Bank of England to raise i...
Jul 11, 2022
Chad creditors to meet this week; IMF calls on Glencore to ‘step forward’
By Andrea Shalal (Reuters) - Chad's official creditor committee will meet this week amid growing pressure from the International Monetary Fund and others for progress on the country's request for debt...
Jul 11, 2022
Putin decree gives all Ukrainians path to Russian citizenship
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on Monday extending a simplified Russian naturalisation process to all citizens of Ukraine, a document published on the government's...
Jul 11, 2022
Brazil’s Bolsonaro says deal close to buy cheaper diesel from Russia
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Monday that a deal was close with Moscow to buy much cheaper diesel from Russia, in what would appear to be the latest tangible benefit ...
Jul 11, 2022
United States supports Canada’s decision to return turbine to Germany
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States supports Canada's decision to return a repaired turbine to Germany that is needed for the Nord Stream 1 gas pipeline, the State Department said on Monday, a mo...
Jul 11, 2022
Market value alone is selling nature short, governments told
By Mark John (Reuters) - What is the value of a river? Is it for the nutritional content of the fish it sustains? The economic benefit of the local livelihoods it supports? Or does the river have its ...
Jul 11, 2022
Factbox-The views of the frontrunners to succeed UK’s Boris Johnson
LONDON (Reuters) - The race to succeed Boris Johnson as British prime minister has begun, with 11 candidates so far putting themselves forward for a contest which will ultimately be decided by around ...
Jul 11, 2022
