Tunisia recovers bodies of four migrants off its coast, rescues dozens
TUNIS (Reuters) - Tunisia recovered the bodies of four migrants off the country's coast on Saturday, the national guard said, amid an increase in migrant boats heading from Tunisia toward Italy in recent weeks. The force said the coast guard separa...
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Iran to send experts to ally Venezuela to help with medical accelerators
CARACAS (Reuters) - Iran on Saturday said it will send experts to its ally Venezuela to help with medical accelerators in hospitals it said had been stopped due to Western sanctions. Venezuela requested Iran's help, according to a message on the so...
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Despite polls, Biden aides insist Gaza campus protests will not hurt reelection bid
By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Several top White House aides say they are confident protests across U.S. college campuses against Israel's offensive in Gaza will not translate into significantly fewer votes for Joe Biden in November's elect...
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South Africa's new MK party seeks majority win in pivotal election, Zuma says
By Anait Miridzhanian and Sfundo Parakozov JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's new uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) party is aiming to win a parliamentary majority in a May 29 election so that it can implement reforms without resistance from opponents, ...
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Britain's Conservatives trail Labour by 18 points, says Opinium poll
LONDON (Reuters) - The opposition Labour Party's lead over British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's governing Conservative Party has increased to 18 points, according to an opinion poll published on Saturday. A national election is expected later this ...
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Venezuela opposition candidate says he will guarantee political freedom
By Vivian Sequera LA VICTORIA, Venezuela (Reuters) - Venezuelan opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez said on Saturday he will ensure all political parties are free to operate if he unseats President Nicolas Maduro in a July vote, and he urged the ...
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Italian police seize 134 Fiat cars in flag dispute
MILAN (Reuters) - Italian fiscal police seized more than 130 Fiat cars imported from Morocco this week on the grounds that a sticker with the colours of the Italian flag on their doors could give a false indication of their origin, a spokesman for ...
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Residents of Canadian oil town menaced by wildfire can return home
By Anna Mehler Paperny TORONTO (Reuters) - Residents of the Canadian oil town threatened by an out-of-control wildfire can return home, authorities said Saturday, even as they warned the community will have to contend with the blaze for the foresee...
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Ukraine investigates civilian injuries, battles rage in Kharkiv region
KYIV (Reuters) - Ukrainian prosecutors said they were investigating attacks on civilians in two cities in the northeastern region of Kharkiv and President Volodymyr Zelenskiy reported successes by troops fighting a fresh Russian assault there on Sa...
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Israel's Gantz demand Gaza day-after plan by June 8, threatens to quit Netanyahu cabinet
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli war cabinet minister Benny Gantz demanded on Saturday that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu commit to an agreed vision for the Gaza conflict that would include stipulating who might rule the territory after the war wi...
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