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HK court sentences seven for 2019 attack on protesters at train station
By Sara Cheng HONG KONG (Reuters) - A Hong Kong court on Thursday sentenced seven men to between 3-1/2 and...
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HK court denies bail to Apple Daily staff facing national security charges
HONG KONG (Reuters) -Four staff members from the now-closed pro-democracy Apple Daily newspaper were denied bail in a Hong Kong...
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France’s Macron to hold cabinet meeting on Pegasus spyware case
PARIS (Reuters) -French President Emmanuel Macron will hold a special cabinet meeting on Thursday morning to discuss investigations into the...
Read moreProtests rock northern Haiti city ahead of president’s funeral
By Herbert Villarraga CAP-HAITIEN, Haiti (Reuters) - Unrest roiled the northern Haitian city of Cap-Haitien on Wednesday as demonstrators set up...
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Peru arrests state hospital workers for charging COVID-19 patients $21,000 per bed
LIMA (Reuters) - Peruvian police said on Wednesday they had dismantled an alleged criminal ring that had charged as much...
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UK citizen arrested in Spain for role in 2020 Twitter hack
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A 22-year-old British citizen was arrested in Spain on Wednesday in connection with a...
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Train driver to face trial for Spain’s worst accident in decades
MADRID (Reuters) - A train driver and a former senior official will face trial in Spain for the country's worst...
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Death toll in South Africa riots rises to 276, minister says
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - The death toll from recent riots in South Africa has risen to 276, and police are investigating...
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Police in Nigeria secure release of 100 kidnapping victims
LAGOS (Reuters) - Police and government authorities have secured the release of 100 people, including women, children and nursing mothers,...
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Israel appoints task force to assess NSO spyware allegations -sources
By Dan Williams JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israel has set up a senior inter-ministerial team to assess growing allegations that spyware sold...
Read morePolitical furore in Italy after League councillor kills Moroccan
ROME (Reuters) - A member of Italy's rightist League party was placed under house arrest on Wednesday after shooting dead...
Read moreRussia shows off gaudy mansion, seized cash after policeman’s arrest in bribe case
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia said on Tuesday it had caught a criminal gang led by a traffic policeman that extorted...
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Haiti appoints new prime minister in wake of president’s assassination
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) -Haiti's government on Tuesday formally appointed Ariel Henry as prime minister, nearly two weeks after President Jovenel Moise...
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Ariel Henry formally appointed prime minister of Haiti in ceremony – Reuters Witness
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Ariel Henry on Tuesday formally assumed the post of Prime Minister of Haiti, taking over the role...
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Brazil’s Bolsonaro says he will veto lawmakers’ $1 billion electoral fund
By Lisandra Paraguassu BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Tuesday that he would veto a new 5.7...
Read moreIsrael company NSO, linked to Pegasus case, present in Luxembourg, says minister
PARIS (Reuters) - The Israeli company NSO - linked to the Pegasus spyware case - is present in Luxembourg via...
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France’s Macron targeted in project Pegasus spyware case – Le Monde
PARIS (Reuters) - The phone of French President Emmanuel Macron was targeted for potential surveillance on behalf of Morocco in...
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South African court grants delay in Zuma’s arms deal corruption trial
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -A South African court granted former President Jacob Zuma's request for a delay in his arms deal corruption...
Read moreNigerian Yoruba activist detained in Benin – reports
ABUJA (Reuters) - A Nigerian activist accused by the authorities of plotting a violent insurrection has been detained in neighbouring...
Read moreLandmark Hong Kong security trial wraps up in test for rule of law
By James Pomfret HONG KONG (Reuters) -The trial of the first person charged under Hong Kong's national security law wrapped...
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